![]() ![]() MY RATING: I GIVE THE WITCH’S HEART THREE OUT OF FIVE STARS FOR THE WAY IT TELLS A NEW TALE USING POWERFUL SOURCE MATERIALĪfter adjusting to the style, which reads more of a campfire tale or Literature than what I’ve come to expect from an epic fantasy novel, it was easier to get into the flow of the story. ![]() After that…well you’ll have to either read it yourself or check out my spoilers. What follows is something like domestic fiction, with drama around relationships, pregnancy, parenthood, and fidelity.Īt least for the first half of the novel. Instead, we get secondhand accounts of their actions and feel the ripple effect of their decisions through the perspective of Angrboda, a thrice-killed woman who leaves her tormentors to live a quiet life in a cave at the end of the world. The tale unfolds in the worlds of the Norse gods, though with a few exceptions the gods themselves rarely show up on the page. Or, rather, it is what fantasy novels once were, in that it takes its time telling the story with lulls followed by bursts of devastating action (and/or apocalyptic prophesy). The Witch’s Heart isn’t a traditional fantasy novel. Utilizing the mentions of Angrboda in the Edda, Gornichec weaves a tale that fits between the lines of the original text and explores the life and loves of the woman who helped bring about Ragnarok and the end of the Norse gods. The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec is a Norse mythology retelling focusing on Angrboda, wife of Loki and mother of monsters. ![]()
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