Goodreads: The Wolf and the Woodsman
Published: 08 June 2021
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Panda Rating:
(3.5 pandas)
In her forest-veiled pagan village, รvike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodlineโher father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the kingโs blood sacrifice, รvike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.
But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but รvike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except heโs no ordinary Woodsmanโheโs the disgraced prince, Gรกspรกr Bรกrรกny, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gรกspรกr fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gรกspรกr understands what itโs like to be an outcast, and he and รvike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother.
As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as รvike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gรกspรกr need to decide whose side theyโre on, and what theyโre willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.ย
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