sapphic mythological retellings my beloved <3 

i did enjoy this book, but there was just not enough on the actual development of the relationship between brynhild and gudrun for me to really become invested in them.

also loved loved loved the conflict between odin, freyja and hel and the exploration of the different afterlives and worlds. i could have read an entire book focused on brynhild creating and negotiating her new afterlife as well as her relationships with the other valkyries.

the ideas in this book were so cool but i feel like the best ones were just crammed into the last few chapters, which is a bit of a disservice to the beauty of the story heartfield’s telling