by Danielle L. Jensen. In this book we follow a woman called Freya, who’s stuck in an unwanted marriage to an awful man and spends her days longing for a life as a warrior. But when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl Freya ends up in a fight for life and death. She is forced to reveal her greatest secret. She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such magic would unite the fractured region beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate. And jarl Snorri is not about to give up his chance at becoming King, so he decides Freya is now his. Leaving Freya not only forced to fight for the jarl, but also against her own rising, and very much forbidden, desire for his son. When I got this book to review, I knew very little of it and I hadn’t read much more than the title and the fact that it was a Norse-inspired fantasy. That part is perhaps important considering my reaction to the novel.  All in all, this is a really good book. It’s easy…