An ancient sword points the way to an ages-old conflict and eternal love. Nika Graves was excited about the Viking exhibit at her museum. She wasn’t counting on the star artifact, the Rune Sword, being stolen by a vampire. She certainly wasn’t counting on falling for the Swedish SOG agent who had been assigned to protect it. Viking vampires? Ancient Norse gods? That’s more than Nika bargained for … more than Nika bargained for – but it’s what she got. Now on the run with Erik, a sexy vampire turned Special Forces operative, she’s up to her eyeballs in magic, danger and desire.
The Rune Sword holds the key to awakening a long-dead vampire king.
Can Nika and Erik keep him in his grave where he belongs?
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LOVE PERSISTING THROUGHOUT TIME
I received this book for free and am giving my honest and voluntary review.
I loved this story of Vikings and vampires. This is a story of love everlasting and the mistakes that kept a vampire miserable for a millennium. The love Eric (a vessel for a god) and Nika (the vessel for the god’s mate) was unbound and until the host body for the goddess that Nika finally held was strong enough to hold the goddess, Thor waited and lived a miserable life, wishing he’d done something different when he could. Fighting evil and keeping the world safe from evil vampires was something Eric swore to uphold. The warring between the vampire factions left numerous people dead and caused considerable anguish for Eric.
4 Stars
“Nika, I have looked for you across a hundred lifetimes. I have walked through a thousand years just to see your face. We are bound together, soul to soul.”
Rune Sword is the first book in the Rune Series by Amelia Wilson. It is a Paranormal romance with vampires, Vikings, Norse mythology, Viking legends, history, an ancient war, good vs evil, action, adventure, betrayal, and more. This was a different take on vampire lore, and I thought it was original and intriguing.
Nika Graves is the assistant museum curator who is busy organising a new exhibit, on loan from Sweden. The artefacts are very rare and valuable, particularly the ancient sword with the runic details- so a security team have accompanied the exhibit to the United States. Nika has no idea that her life is about to change forever. As a world she never even knew existed is revealed, she learns that there is so much more to the sword, the artefacts, the security team, and the situation, than she could have ever imagined. She is drawn to the head of the security detail, like no one else ever before her. But danger has followed the sword and she is soon drawn into an ancient war- a battle of good vs evil- with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. Why is the sword so important? Who wants it so badly and why? What part does Nika play in all this? Why is she so drawn to Erik? Will good prevail or will evil win out in the end?
The story is told from a duel point of view, has a great pace and a smooth flow. I really enjoyed the story, with wonderful world building, vividly descriptive scene setting, and interesting historical and mythological additions- this story really came to life. I do wish it was a little longer so we could have gotten even more depth, backstory, and development. The romance and chemistry was built really well, but as it was one of the ‘main’ ingredients to the storyline, I really felt the story didn’t explore this attraction/connection as well as I would have liked- and Erik was just a little ‘flat’ and could have done with more ‘development’.
I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Thank you, Amelia Wilson.
Really enjoyed this fast paced original story and characters.