The latest book in my challenge was Runemarks by Joanne Harris. Runemarks is her first novel aimed at young adults and whereas her other novels have contained fantastic elements whereas this one is a proper fantasy novel. It's also been sitting on my bookshelf for about two years. This is because I've been a lazy reader buying books and then not getting around to reading them. Its only in the last two years when I've set myself some challenges have I got back tinto the habit of reading have I managed to yomp through so many. Anyway, back to the review.
It centres around Maddy a young girl who is an outsider in her own village. She has a runemark or a ruinmark as the villagers call it. The novel starts there with visits from a gnarly old mad called One-Eye.
This novel rapidly stops being about a small village and more about Harris' reinterpretation of Norse mythology with a little bit of questioning organised religion.
Needless to say I found the novel beguiling and I really enjoyed the instense descriptions. Its a great story and she invokes a whole lot of life into the Norse Gods.
Go read it, its fab.
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