P.L. Stuart

It’s been five years since ‘Dragon Mage’, Book One in ‘Rivenworld’ was published. Decorated author M.L. Spencer’s best-known work is an Indie darling, one of the most hyped self-published fantasy books to come along in recent memory. And in my opinion, having read it, it certainly lives up to the hype. The only thing that could possibly be more ballyhooed would be a sequel to ‘Dragon Mage’. And it is now we find ourselves blessed with that sequel: ‘Champion of the Fallen’.

With Depth of Character and a Blend of non-stop action, The Valkyrie of Vanheim is a thrilling Portal Fantasy WHAT IS The Valkyrie of Vanheim ABOUT? Frida Ransom has a secret, she is a human/Fae hybrid. A lonely one too. Frida and her mother lived a solitary existence to keep that secret safe. Her mother’s unexpected death, and a decade-long war with the fae, turned the girl even more emotionally fragile. Now, with the war over, humanity and the Fae must cooperate to overcome new challenges.

For me, every book begins with the characters, and the characters in this book were absolutely fabulous. Scheming, megalomaniacal, utterly egotistical gods, caring for nothing but their own pleasures, indulgences, and cruelties, and holding onto and increasing that power, at the expense of all other life, and using mortals as their pawns. But the mortals are tired of the game, and the bravest among them, aspire to overthrow the gods, and be free from their despotism.