Hello Friends!
Happy Monday! I have two reviews to share with you guys today and the first one is of a three novellas in one book, which I always love because I get to read more in the series.
“Tooth and Blade“, written by Julian Barr, is a compilation of the first 3 novellas of the Tooth and Blade series in one book which can be read a a standalone, a Historical Fantasy book, published on 1st March 2020.
I want to thank Rachel, at Rachel’s Random Resources, and Julian Barr for the eCopy of this book, and for allowing me to join in the fun and being a part of the blog tour with my honest review of the book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Synopsis
Parts 1-3 of the legendary TOOTH AND BLADE series together for the first time!
Two worlds. One destiny.
Dóta has dwelled sixteen years among the trolls. She knows nothing but the darkness of her family’s cave. Her mother says humans are beasts who would slay them all. Yet the gods of Asgard whisper in the night: Dóta is a child of men, a monster unto monsters.
To discover her human side, Dóta must take up her bone knife and step into the light above. Secrets await her in the human realm—beauty, terror, the love of a princess.
Soon Dóta must choose between her clan and humankind, or both worlds will be devoured in fire and war.
A monster sheds no tears.
Norse mythology meets historical fantasy in TOOTH AND BLADE. Step into a realm of haunted meres, iron and magic.
Purchase Links: Amazon UK | Amazon US
Author Bio
Julian Barr first fell in love with all things ancient and magical in childhood, when he staged his own version of I, Claudius using sock puppets. After his PhD in Classics, he did a brief stint as a schoolteacher, hated being called ‘sir,’ and dived into storytelling. Although he remains open to the possibilities of sock puppet theatre, historical fantasy is his passion. He has published scholarly research on Roman medicine and the gastronomic habits of Centaurs, but prefers to think of himself as an itinerant bard. He is also the author of the Ashes of Olympus trilogy.
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My Review
This is the first story I’m reading written by Julian Barr and I do love that he compiled the novellas all in one book because I just kept reading one after the other with no worries, just has I would read a big book.
Now, we are taken to a world with a set of rules and we follow Dóta in her journey to discover herself and her human side. That’s something we can relate at one point in our lives, we end up trying to figure out who we are as people, our likes and dislikes, our goals, our place in the world. And I kind of could relate to Dóta in that aspect, although her journey is different.
As we read the book we get to learn about the world and the characters, it’s a place of myths and magic, with adventure and everything that entails, from action scenes to drama. Each page, each moment, brought some new information as well as questions, and it grabbed my attention to learn more.
The characters were interesting and the interaction were realistic in some ways, with the old world vibe. Dóta was such an intriguing character from the very beginning and she goes on her adventure through the new world, we go right along side her.
Life is full of ups and downs, full of moments of obstacles, of uncovering secrets, of fighting for our goals, and in a way, this story had that, which made me enjoy the story and be excited to read the next page just to see if I was right, if I was going to learn more, what the characters would do… basically what was going to happen in the next scene.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this book with the three novellas in it. It was engaging and it left me wondering about humankind and our nature, as well as what this world had to offer, at each page I read. I do hope the author goes back to the world and take us back to it to follow other character, because it was an interesting take in the Nordic mythology and magic in a fantasy novel.
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Jess
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