Welcome to Litsy!

(2022) It's a historical fantasy set in the ninth century, following the travels of an Icelander across Europe, looking for horses to bring back to Iceland to make his fortune. The author is a medievalist, and brings her knowledge of the time and its literary forms to the story. I am not a medievalist, but do know she delivered a mesmerizing story that feels authentic about ambition, social change, and (of course) horses.

Halfwayr through with this one and so far it‘s very intriguing- the eerie wasteland makes me think of Vandermeer‘s Annhilation/ Southern Reach novels which I also enjoyed lots!

I read She Who Became the Sun in one sitting. I was completely engrossed. I kept having to force myself to go back to He Who Drowned the World.

I'm not even sure what it was that I wasn't enjoying. It wasn't as tightly plotted as the previous book and there were pacing issues.

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Good book

Selling my mystery books at a craft fair today. Started reading this in the low points. Got an hour left and it's completely dead so hopefully I'll get through a bit more!

Put aside one book and picked up this one. So far, so good. 🤞🏻

I like books about train trips. But this one is crazy so far….

This is my most anticipated December read. I keep putting it off because I enjoyed the first one at much and I'm scared it won't be as good

#HolidayBookDragons #WinterGames2024 @LiseWorks

Characters weren't likable - they were morally grey. I really love that kind of characters. Like I said they weren't likable but I love to read about them xD

This was a dark and ugly story, but I loved it. I loved political plotting and betrayals.

This was a great story about people who had lust for power and oh boy how far they were willing to go! Reading this was like watching a train wreck.

#serieslove2024 #spookoween

3✨ Being the last in the series a lot has happened to these characters. This may have been the first time I realized it included some history to this fantasy world. Naturally, I knew it was using real places, but I thought that was it. Like with the other two, I was only interested in one of the POVs. #SeriesLove #HauntedShelves #TeamFlurken