Tessa's Reviews > Loki's Wolves

I do not like mythological stories set in the present day. I do not like them, not one bit.

But I liked this. I liked this a lot.

Part of it might be the setting. I've been to Mount Rushmore (multiple times...). I've been to Deadwood. The midwest is sadly overlooked in literature and it made me happy to see it represented. We're awesome here. More people should write books about us.

Part of it was certainly the mythology--even though I'm a self-proclaimed modern retelling hater. In the beginning, it was annoying and I very nearly quit. They were throwing around names and myths like nobody's business and the protagonist had a little Thor's hammer, and it was just weird. But it grew on me.

Part of it was the characters--I really liked them. (Except for that one. She was very obviously evil.) I wasn't sure about Laurie in the beginning, but she grew on me pretty quickly. Matt and Fen I liked right away--though I'm curious about why Fen is missing from the cover.

The ending felt a little bit rushed, like the authors suddenly realized how few pages they had left and had to tidy things up quickly.

But otherwise, I liked this a lot. Now I'm off to order the next one.