Welllllll....... it was fine.
The first third of the book was slow. Slow enough that I wasn't invested. I almost bailed, but continued being super hopeful that it would improve.
Then there's the characters..
Maeva and Leidah are beautiful characters that you come to love over the course of the story.
Then there's Pieter. He can go to hell. He's a male character straight from a Barbara Kingsolver novel. He is everything that is wrong with men. He "means well" but is super controlling and seems to "know" what's best for everyone. To put it simply, he's a control freak who can't trust his family.
And the worst of women are in this book. There's a village ready for a witch hunt and a self-serving witch that you hate just as much as Pieter.
The ending was ambiguous, but I think it works and is appropriate to the story.
Also, there's a bit of a Norse mythology learning curve. You'll definitely appreciate the story more if you know some basic Norse mythology.
I really loved the parts of this book that I didn't find completely frustrating. Read it? See how you feel about it.
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