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koistyfishy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4 Fraendi Stars ⭐
Spicy Level: 🌶️🌶️/5
The writing in The Lost Daughter is absolutely beautiful and stunning. It is quite sophisticated and descriptive while still being eloquent and rich. But the problem with that is that it doesn't always read easily. This book is not something that I found myself being lost in the world when I was reading, and I had to almost concentrate quite a lot to keep up with what was happening in the story.
This is a dual-POV story where we follow Ailsa, who is the last surviving daughter of Ledger Locharsson, the jarl of her village. Ailsa steps into the shoes of Jarl and is soon face to face with the Fae who murdered her Father and two sisters, Vali. Vali has come to her village because he has heard this is the place of the Tether he has been spending almost half a century trying to locate and in a strange turn of events, Ailsa soon finds herself bound to this Tether. She is essentially then dragged on a quest by Vali and thrust into the politics of the different realms of Yggdrissl and encounters Gods, fae, demigods, witches, and wolven in an intricately woven plot revolving around her destiny as "The Last Daughter"
Spicy Level: 🌶️🌶️/5
The writing in The Lost Daughter is absolutely beautiful and stunning. It is quite sophisticated and descriptive while still being eloquent and rich. But the problem with that is that it doesn't always read easily. This book is not something that I found myself being lost in the world when I was reading, and I had to almost concentrate quite a lot to keep up with what was happening in the story.
This is a dual-POV story where we follow Ailsa, who is the last surviving daughter of Ledger Locharsson, the jarl of her village. Ailsa steps into the shoes of Jarl and is soon face to face with the Fae who murdered her Father and two sisters, Vali. Vali has come to her village because he has heard this is the place of the Tether he has been spending almost half a century trying to locate and in a strange turn of events, Ailsa soon finds herself bound to this Tether. She is essentially then dragged on a quest by Vali and thrust into the politics of the different realms of Yggdrissl and encounters Gods, fae, demigods, witches, and wolven in an intricately woven plot revolving around her destiny as "The Last Daughter"
“Besides, I’m getting what I’ve always wanted.”
“What is that?”
Ailsa looked out into the Realm Between Realms and smiled.
“An adventure.”
I really enjoyed the "enemies to lovers" transition in this and while at times it felt a little bit quick into the "lover's" realm, it was drawn out quite a bit. There is a clear progression in their relationship and a change in her perspective as she starts to understand the reasons behind the motivation that drove Vali to her "kidnapping" and why he murdered her family.
Her father used to say sometimes in battle there was no good side or bad side. What was right and wrong changed with a simple shift of perspective. And by spending a short time with her enemy, she'd learned he was not a monster after all
Ailsa is a really amazing character. She is quite determined and strong, and because she spent her whole life being told that she's weak, she doesn't let her weakness define her, even though she does have a terminal illness that affects her breathing and limits her ability to do things. She's brave and she's willing to stand up for what she believes in. Even if it means standing up to the old father himself.
Vali is witty and a badass and since he has been spending almost his entire life trying to fulfil this quest he can also be quite guarded. At times he is brutal and hardened by what he has had to do to. He is also willing to go to the ends of the earth for Ailsa and would do absolutely anything for her. He sees past her weakness and only sees the strength and determination in her.
Vali is witty and a badass and since he has been spending almost his entire life trying to fulfil this quest he can also be quite guarded. At times he is brutal and hardened by what he has had to do to. He is also willing to go to the ends of the earth for Ailsa and would do absolutely anything for her. He sees past her weakness and only sees the strength and determination in her.
“You’re going to kill me one day, Ailsa. If not with a blade, then with your mouth.”
What did bring us down a little bit for me is it felt like the two characters personalities changed around 60% in the book when they finally admitted their feelings for each other. And a large focus was just on the two of them as a couple and we kind of lost sight of the plot a bit. It was almost like it was pushed to the background while we had like a blissful montage of the two of them together.
“Never underestimate your power over me, Ailsa. There is nothing stronger in all the realms than the way I feel for you.”
Something that also prevented me from getting lost in the story is...she's COMPLICATED! I wished the glossary that was at the end of the book was almost given to me at the start because with all the Norse mythology terms and Gods thrown into the mix and then bringing in fae, prophecy, legend, and destiny while still adding in a plot - my brain was a little confuzzled at times.
The ending also felt a little bit rushed and there were a lot of loose ends that still need to be tied up. So I am kind of looking forward to that second book so that these aspects are cleared up a little.
Overall, a great book that I enjoyed. Definitely something I would recommend reading if you do like a fantasy story based on Norse Mythology that has a little bit of spice to it.
It also has these tropes:
▶ Enemies to Lovers
▶ Forced Proxmity
▶ Fated Mates/Bonds
▶ One Bed
▶ OneHorse Eagle
▶ "Cassian's Headboard" with a Vanity (iykyk)
The ending also felt a little bit rushed and there were a lot of loose ends that still need to be tied up. So I am kind of looking forward to that second book so that these aspects are cleared up a little.
Overall, a great book that I enjoyed. Definitely something I would recommend reading if you do like a fantasy story based on Norse Mythology that has a little bit of spice to it.
It also has these tropes:
▶ Enemies to Lovers
▶ Forced Proxmity
▶ Fated Mates/Bonds
▶ One Bed
▶ One
▶ "Cassian's Headboard" with a Vanity (iykyk)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
gimmiiie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
cassie12_21's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy
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