Tyson Vaughan’s Reviews > Odin's Child > Status Update

There's so much I thoroughly enjoy in this book, but two or three times in critical moments the male protagonist makes absolutely nonsensical decisions, totally inconsistent with his character and objectives. It makes me want to scream. Still, from around the 50% mark this is quite the page-turner.

Enjoying this, but there are quite a lot of belief-stretching, conspicuously convenient coincidences. Hirka escapes to Ravnhov, and the first person she meets in the woods happens to be the prince? One such coincidence is fine, but this keeps happening over and over. And the only purpose seems to be to reduce the page count.

Usually in stories about the one special child who's different from everyone else, that child is the one with the magical abilities. In this story, everybody else in the world has magical talent, and the special girl is the only one without it. Would love to know more about the Norse folklore this is based on.