Born and raised in the West Virginia mountains, generational story-telling runs in her blood. Heather Day Gilbert, a Grace Award winner and bestselling author, writes novels that capture life in all its messy, bittersweet, hope-filled glory. I requested the opportunity to read and review this book through the author. I’m excited to see where this series goes next. Beautiful messages of courage, redemption, healing, and love are woven throughout the lives of these formidable characters and turbulent times. He simply adores her and it irritates her to no end! Freydis, who has always seen such love as a weakness, is finally faced with the truth of her own feelings and the undeniable power of the God of Love.
There’s a lot to be said for a slender woman who can command and lead a horde of men like that!įreydis and Ref’s relationship has fascinated me from book 1.
Although she isn’t able to rule her violent Viking crew with brute force, Freydis does have stealth, strength, precision, intelligence, and cunning among her arsenal of intimidating skills. I enjoyed experiencing her story and peeling back the many layers of her personality and circumstances. Goodreads | Amazon My Thoughtsįreydis Eiriksdottir is one intensely fierce warrior woman. This immersive tale is Book Two in the bestselling Vikings of the New World Saga. Historically based on the Icelandic Sagas, Forest Child brings the memorable, conflicted persona of Freydis Eiriksdottir to life. In her race to outrun the truths that might destroy her, Freydis ultimately collides with the only enemy she cannot silence-her own heart. She will return home with enough plunder to force her brother, Leif, to sell her the family farm in Greenland.But nothing can prepare her for the horrors she must confront in Vinland…and nothing can stand in her way when her family is threatened. Protective mother.ĭetermined to rise above her rank as the illegitimate “forest child” of Eirik the Red, Freydis launches a second voyage to Vinland to solidify her power and to demand the respect she deserves.
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