I got an ARC on Netgalley of the book "Odin's child" by Siri Pettersen, for an honest review.

This book should be up my alley cause it's with norse elements and I've seen the book around in Scandinavia. But it didn't catch my attention nor made me want to know more. It was rather dull and boring. It just wasn't a match for me.

I did not feel entertained, and I was more like ain't the book soon done. So there for my rating.

This book did not read like YA. The main character might be in the age range but I think this reads a lot more like an adult fantasy book with a younger protagonist. So be warned - there are explicit scenes of graphic scenes.

I very much appreciated the different cultural background for this - there is not a lot of fantasy by Scandinavian authors that gets translated. I have to say I don't think I know enough about Norse mythology or the mythological roots for this novel to comment on that.

The story is really interesting and I think beautifully written. Sometimes it comes off as a bit bloated but I think it works in the context of the story. While the story can be a bit weird and I still have a lot of questions (and would have liked a bit more answers) I think if you are interested in trying a fantasy from Scandinavia this might work for you.

The book had a good promise of Norse mythology, but the only Norse thing about it is the name Odin. I was expecting something along the Viking lines, with the correct mythology behind it. I couldn't get along with the style of writing and I made a lot of notes similar to 'the grandeur writing is too much'. quite frequently. It kept dancing around the reasons and thoughts rather than outright saying them and that got quite irksome. I got halfway through the book and had to stop as the writing style really bugged me. This book is definitely not for young adults; the language and some graphic scenes are not suited to 12-17 year olds, the book is definitely for adults. Even if the protagonist is 15-ish, it doesn't automatically make the book suitable to read for that age group. I did not quite get why they had tails, and I did not quite get the other terminology being used without it being explained. I suppose if you like odd fantasy novels with a grand writing style that doesn't explain things fully, go for it. This book was not for me unfortunately, though I did have good hopes for it