“Giants of the Frost” by Kim Wilkins mixes elements of Norse Mythology, realistic fiction and paranormal romance into an interesting story, that is well-executed and offers an original insight into paranormal romance, and please be aware that the book was written fifteen years ago. I read the book short after its release, I remember it well, and decided to re-read again and liked it even better. I must add that I originally read “The Autumn Castle” prior to the present book, and -Norse Mythology being one of my ‘gems’ – have very high, almost impossible to meet with, expectations. While “The Autumn Castle” plot is still far superior to this, “Giant of the Frost” is a good tale, that manages to interweave Norse Mythology into a primordial romantic story, without neglecting the myths or turn them into a mere travesty.
Victoria Scott is a twenty-seven-year-old that after a strain of bad jobs, decides return to academia and by accepting a job at Kirkja Station, a meteorological research station in Othinsey, an island just three degrees under the Artic Circle and two miles off the Norwegian coast, a hard, cold, solitary place, destined to her ‘home’ for the length of her doctoral thesis research work as a geophysicist. As a matter of fact, Victoria has lost her academic drive, but the work is still better as her last attempts as glorified barista and gives her the chance to flee the mess of a broken engagement, who has clenched every love feeling she never had, for Victoria love-stories are just for fools, even is she is about to get tangled in a epic mated-love story of her own.
Vidar, son of Odin, has expended centuries waiting for her lost love (Halldisa) to be reborn, until he finally feels her presence in Odin’s Island (aka Othinsey). Vidar has always believed in love, much to his father’s distress who is convinced there is not love, but only fate what matters. Now that her love has been reborn, Vidar will have to win her over while protecting her from Odin’s rage at the very same time.
This a love story developing between two worlds: Asgård, the Norse Gods realm and home to Vidar and, Midgard the human realm at Othinsey, which are separated by a fragile bridge/veil, that allows Vidar to seek Victoria and her to visit the realm.
The story is well-written and coherent with the character’s personalities, Victoria is an academic who has lost her love for the discipline, and it’s just going through the motions, expecting something new to get her going and blindly stumbling into an already fated destiny; Vidar is determined to this time get his mated-love at all cost and will fight until the end to not forfeit his second and last opportunity at happiness. This is a paranormal romance plot, and as such Victoria’s human personality slowly disappears and blends with Halldisa’s to fulfill the fated-mates proposition of the plot. It’s a good book, interesting and original, and while still does not reach the quality of the aforementioned “The Autumn Castle”, very satisfying on its own.
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amaliadillin
3 years ago
This book literally came to me at a time when I desperately needed to read it–one part almost horror and one part fantasy, it’s also a phenomenal story of divine love that spans centuries. One of my favorite rereads!
By kimwilkins
“Giants of the Frost” by Kim Wilkins mixes elements of Norse Mythology, realistic fiction and paranormal romance into an interesting story, that is well-executed and offers an original insight into paranormal romance, and please be aware that the book was written fifteen years ago. I read the book short after its release, I remember it well, and decided to re-read again and liked it even better. I must add that I originally read “The Autumn Castle” prior to the present book, and -Norse Mythology being one of my ‘gems’ – have very high, almost impossible to meet with, expectations. While “The Autumn Castle” plot is still far superior to this, “Giant of the Frost” is a good tale, that manages to interweave Norse Mythology into a primordial romantic story, without neglecting the myths or turn them into a mere travesty.
Victoria Scott is a twenty-seven-year-old that after a strain of bad jobs, decides return to academia and by accepting a job at Kirkja Station, a meteorological research station in Othinsey, an island just three degrees under the Artic Circle and two miles off the Norwegian coast, a hard, cold, solitary place, destined to her ‘home’ for the length of her doctoral thesis research work as a geophysicist. As a matter of fact, Victoria has lost her academic drive, but the work is still better as her last attempts as glorified barista and gives her the chance to flee the mess of a broken engagement, who has clenched every love feeling she never had, for Victoria love-stories are just for fools, even is she is about to get tangled in a epic mated-love story of her own.
Vidar, son of Odin, has expended centuries waiting for her lost love (Halldisa) to be reborn, until he finally feels her presence in Odin’s Island (aka Othinsey). Vidar has always believed in love, much to his father’s distress who is convinced there is not love, but only fate what matters. Now that her love has been reborn, Vidar will have to win her over while protecting her from Odin’s rage at the very same time.
This a love story developing between two worlds: Asgård, the Norse Gods realm and home to Vidar and, Midgard the human realm at Othinsey, which are separated by a fragile bridge/veil, that allows Vidar to seek Victoria and her to visit the realm.
The story is well-written and coherent with the character’s personalities, Victoria is an academic who has lost her love for the discipline, and it’s just going through the motions, expecting something new to get her going and blindly stumbling into an already fated destiny; Vidar is determined to this time get his mated-love at all cost and will fight until the end to not forfeit his second and last opportunity at happiness. This is a paranormal romance plot, and as such Victoria’s human personality slowly disappears and blends with Halldisa’s to fulfill the fated-mates proposition of the plot. It’s a good book, interesting and original, and while still does not reach the quality of the aforementioned “The Autumn Castle”, very satisfying on its own.
This book literally came to me at a time when I desperately needed to read it–one part almost horror and one part fantasy, it’s also a phenomenal story of divine love that spans centuries. One of my favorite rereads!