A Fate Inked in Blood

3.75★ rounding up to 4. I often have fun with Norse mythology based books, so this was a very enjoyable read. The different personalities present in the book were well written, everyone has something to fight for, and they were compelling. There were points in the book where I was getting slightly irritated by some of the logic of our protagonist, most of which was based on my own personality biases, but the author did a great job bringing me back and helping me understand that this character has layers that can't be shed off so easily, and I appreciated that.

My only immersion breaking gripe with this book was some of the awkward placement of smut. Now.. yes.. this is Romantasy, but I don't think we need to be pondering about our dead allies and the ripped muscles of our love interest in the same breath ¯_(ツ)_/¯
And before you come for me, yeah it's mentioned several times that a huge part of this romance is based on lust. I just think it could've been more refined, which in turn would make the yearning, and the ending payoff of it, become that much more impactful.

This was my first time reading a Norse based Romantasy. Usually, when it comes to mythology, I like to read high-stakes-battle fantasies, but I genuinely had a good time with this one and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!