UF Review: Mist (Paperback)

I've finished "Mist" by Susan Krinard.


New York Times bestselling author SUSAN KRINARD launches her first urban fantasy series with MIST.

Mist lives a normal life. She has a normal job, a normal boyfriend, and a normal apartment in San Francisco. She never thinks about her past if she can help it.

She survived. That’s the end of it.

But then a snowy winter descends upon San Francisco. In June. And in quick succession, Mist is attacked by a frost giant in a public park and runs into an elf disguised as a homeless person on the streets and then the man Mist believed was her mortal boyfriend reveals himself to be the trickster god, Loki, alive and well after all these years.

Mist’s normal world is falling apart. But thankfully, Mist isn’t quite so normal herself. She’s a Valkyrie, and she’s going to need all her skill to thwart Loki’s schemes and save modern Earth from the ravages of a battle of the gods.

Product Details
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; 1 edition (July 16, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765332086
ISBN-13: 978-0765332080

My Review:

We find out that Mist is one of three Valkyries that survived Ragnarok and she has settled down in our world. She is finally living a normal life with a human boyfriend but that all changes one day.

She is coming home one day when she encounters an angry Jotunar (a frost giant) and Alfar (a elf). Then Loki reveals himself disguised as her boyfriend for the last six months and he is after Odin's Gungnir which is in her care. Loki steals Odin's Gungnir and is on the run. Now Mist with Alfar Dainn (who Freya sent to help Mist defeat Loki) are after him.

I really enjoyed how Krinard incorporated Valkyries and Norse Mythology into her story though I'm not really familiar with this mythology.

Mist and the rest of the characters were well developed and they had room to grow.

Some interesting sex scenes that might make some people uncomfortable.

3/5

Thanks TOR Books for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Luck of the Wolf (Hqn) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Luck of the Wolf" the 2nd book in her Renier series by Susan Krinard.

Product Description

Branded an outcast by the noble branch of his werewolf clan, Cort Renier had come to San Francisco seeking fortune — and revenge. What he found was a mysterious beauty who could not — or would not —reveal who she truly was. At first glance she seemed vulnerable and afraid, like so many girls caught up in the debauchery of the city's whiskey-soaked gambling dens. But one look into her stunning turquoise eyes and he knew he'd found the winning hand.

Aria di Reinardus had reasons of her own for concealing her identity, but Cort's kisses were more than enough to convince her to go along with his plan to transform her into a missing heiress and return her to her "family." But they were not the only ones with secrets to keep and vengeance in mind, and they were about to discover that some destinies couldn't be outrun….

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: HQN Books; Original edition (November 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373774699
ISBN-13: 978-0373774692


My Review:
 
This book had a great plot with deception, backstabbing with a twisted romance tossed in.
 
Cort Renier left his werewolf clan as an outcast exiled and living for revenge. While in San Francisco, Cort is playing in a high stakes poker game and he wins a female, Aria di Reinardus, who also happens to be a werewolf. Once she is safe with him he finds out she was abducted and is looking for her family. Cort plots to use her for his plans of revenge. He will try to pass Aria off as the lost Reinardus heiress and escort her to her clan in New Orleans. While Aria figures out who he is from the start, Cort is so consumed with vengeance that he doesn't recognize her as a potential love interest until he fights to keep her safe from harm from those who fear she may be royalty and want her dead.
 
Aria was quite dependent on Cort and is naive and too trusting.  Glad she finally took matters in her own hands at the end of the book.
 
Cort is so intent on his revenge nothing would stop him and I'm glad that he was courtious towards Aria.
 
Yuri wasn't a very likeable character and some of his actions are quite questionable.
 
Babette was very nice and helpful toward Aria and taught her how to be a lady.  She's actually quite a lady and I don't blame her for her former life.
 
4/5