While on the surface it could be categorized under certain genres such as fantasy and romance, it dispenses with the usual clichés associated with these classifications and tosses them away to forge a new path. Without a doubt, Beautiful Wreck is one of the best novels I've read recently. I also want to know what happens next! Read more I was so enthralled with the people, love interests, daily life and all that I want to go back and read this book again. The Chief, Heirik, is cursed as untouchable, but Ginn is enamored and through a slow process of building trust, encouraging love and not giving up she works to build a relationship with Heirik.The descriptions, characters and story are wonderful. Jen (now Ginn) must learn to be useful to the family and she does not shy away of anything thrown her way. We learn of daily life during all seasons and events. There begins her adventure living in a long house as part of a Viking family.

After I got past my own difficulties, this book just grabbed me, pulled me in and still hasn't let me go!Beginning in a future Iceland where Jen, a linguist at a virtual reality company, is testing a simulation when something happens that transports her to 10th century Iceland. I think it has to do with the writing and pacing style which I needed to get used to. Once I got my copy I started it, restarted, put it down and then started again. I must confess I had a hard time getting into this book. Selected by All About Romance as one of the best books of 2015.I am not a big romance novel reader, but the book description enticed me right away so I signed up on Library thing to see if I could get an advanced review copy.

But when grown-up Tess can hardly tend her own wounds, how can she free a golden-haired woodsman from his curse? Ever since little Tess cut off her doll’s hands and painted them blood red, she’s longed to live in a gruesome fairy tale. One part fairy tale, one part psychological horror, with a dash of fated love. Selected by All About Romance as one of the Best Books of 2014, and chosen by Powell’s Books as a Staff Top Fives selection for 2014. “…A saga worthy of the firesides of the Vikings…lavishly woven into a story about loving family, dangerous plots, and lost love.” Paranormal Romance Guild calls it pure poetry. When an accident lands her in the dangerous and beautiful world of 10th century Iceland, will she become more of a Viking than she ever imagined? In a cold future built on virtual reality, Ginn is a romantic who yearns for something real. Buy the book at amazon or Powell’s or iTunes or smashwords.Ī love story that spans time, from a bleak 22nd century into 10th century Viking Iceland – a land of rugged beauty and ax-hewn justice.

Beautiful wreck by larissa brown