Viking Thunder

Solid introduction

CW for sexual assault. An introductory novella to a series, short and smutty. There's a lot of unresolved tensions with other characters as a result of this being the introduction. But I'm intrigued.

I really should have done my research before picking up this title. I saw Viking and thought medieval romance and... well, I was wrong. The story is short and I wouldn't call it a romance in any form. There's not one ounce of love or romance in this book. There is a lot of violence (read rape) and graphic sex, but no love. There's even a cliffhanger. It's the first book in a series, but usually there's closure in each book. Not so much here.

The bright spot was the narration. Emma Parry has a pleasant accent and good pacing. It was a solid performance, but nothing stood out as excellent.

This book just wasn't for me. I get that Vikings are violent, but I can't saw that I want to read about it within the pages of fictional story. I have the opportunity to read the next book in the series, but I'm not entirely sure I can stomach it.