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First Comes Summer
First Comes Summer: A Novel | Maria Hesselager
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The spellbinding story of a young woman�s dangerous passion as it plays out over the course of an eerie summer In their remote Viking settlement, Folkv�and her brother, �slakr, have always been close�unnaturally close. They�ve grown (…more)
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GerardtheBookworm
First Comes Summer: A Novel | Maria Hesselager
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Mehso-so

Beautiful prose gets lost in the translation in this literary novel set during the Anglo-Saxon period. A Viking brother and sister involved in a taboo situation (think Jamie and Cersi Lannister) has their connection threatened when sis is trained to be a village shaman and bro takes a spouse after a battle expedition. Cut to some confusing folklore and Norse mythology, and the plot becomes convoluted and confusing. Meh, for me.

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PirateJenny
First Comes Summer: A Novel | Maria Hesselager
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Pickpick

This I the story of Folkvi and Aslakr, siblings who happen to be very close and what happens when Aslakr becomes betrothed to Gerd. Set in the Viking age, when omens and magic are a part of everyday life, this is a slow burn literary horror with an ending that will stick with you.