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The Witch's Heart

De : Genevieve Gornichec
Lu par : Jayne Entwistle
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When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.
 
Angrboda’s story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust of him transforms into a deep and abiding love.
 
Their union produces three unusual children, each with a secret destiny, who Angrboda is keen to raise at the edge of the world, safely hidden from Odin’s all-seeing eye. But as Angrboda slowly recovers her prophetic powers, she learns that her blissful life—and possibly all of existence—is in danger.
 
With help from the fierce huntress Skadi, with whom she shares a growing bond, Angrboda must choose whether she’ll accept the fate that she’s foreseen for her beloved family...or rise to remake their future. From the most ancient of tales this novel forges a story of love, loss, and hope for the modern age.

*This audiobook includes a PDF that contains the Acknowledgments and the Appendix—a listing of people and places that appear in the story, and recommendations for further reading.
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I deeply enjoyed this book for a variety of reasons :

- it is very original and develops a story from the very few pieces of information we have on Loki's wife and children
- it is very poignant and tear-jerking at times.
- there is no real black and white and even when you think some characters are behaving very badly there's always something behind it

The only complaint I have is I didn't really liske the performance. The voice used for AngrBoda is way too raspy and "old". While I get she is supposed to be old in numbers, she is not in body.

Great take on Nordic mythology !

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