Review: Children of Ragnarok

Children of Ragnarok by Cinda Williams Chima
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Eiric has had a fairly good life on his modir’s farm.  He must work hard to keep everything going, but he must also try and stay out of his stepfadir’s way.  When Eiric is put on trial for killing his stepfadir, he knows that there isn’t going to be a good outcome since the jury is made up of his stepfadir’s family.  Reggin is a performer who is controlled by a fire demon.  She wants to get away and when two wyrdspinners offer to train her, she thinks it is an offer she can’t refuse.  These two stories alternate throughout the book and readers will willingly anticipate when they will converge.

Children of Ragnarok is the first book in the Runestone Saga series.  This series is different than many of Chima’s other series because it takes place during the time of the Vikings, but as a person who enjoys books and TV shows about this time period, I willingly jumped into this one.  There is a lot of world-building and character development, but the time spent on these pages adds so much to the story that readers won’t be bothered by it.  I enjoyed the start of this new series and can’t wait for the next book to be published.

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