Well after reading the introduction to this I thought I was set for a wokefest and everything being politically correct and I'd be unlikely to read this for long.

I'm very pleased to be totally wrong. It was a very good tale of a young girl growing through her traumas.

Well written and with believable characters, I'd certainly like to see what happens next.

This is a coming of age story set in the Viking era about two young women- one an African Slave who rises to become a warrior and the other a Norse Princess.
It started quite slow with a lot of description and world building however this typical in a lot of fantasy books and it did help with my understanding.

I loved the defying of gender norms and I felt the characters were really strong and well developed by the end of the story.

I was provided with an advance reader copy on Net Galley.