Review: Daughter of Doom

Daughter of Doom by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Yrsa lives in Denmark in the year 870 AD.  She should have been left to die since she was born with a crooked foot, but she is the daughter and granddaughter of strong people, and they raised her to also be strong.  Her ability to see people’s futures has brought marriage offers, but her crooked foot is a bad omen.  Yrsa becomes friends with Sister Job, a hostage brought back from a raid, they must both run away from the village when Sister Job is assaulted, and Yrsa protects her.  How are their fates intertwined? 

Daughter of Doom is a stand-alone historical fiction story that also includes a good dose of adventure.  Since the story takes place during a time and place that I am already familiar with, I didn’t feel as if there was a lot of world-building at the start, yet the story did drag in spots, and I wondered where it was going.  The ending was a little abrupt, so I re-read the last chapter to make sure I didn’t miss something (which I didn’t).  Daughter of Doom will be a good read for those who already enjoy a good Viking story.

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