4.5 stars rounded to 5. Thanks to Susan McDuffie for sharing this very enjoyable ARC with me. Muirteach and Mariota are a very unique couple and this outing proved to be no different. I was a bit disappointed with how readily Muirteach responded romantically to the overtures of what turned out to be the "anti-heroine", but heartened by the ending of the book that reconciliation will occur.
There were a lot of murders and animal maiming which also ultimately were ascribed to this same unpleasant but lovely Ingvalt. Her relationship to the characters involved, revealed at the end was startling, so how she fooled Muirteach with her character was readily seen. Her links to Greenland were very unique and almost unbelievable.
Startling to me was how much credence, right there in Scotland, was given to nobility and how quickly accused underlings were imprisoned and held in terrible conditions. The Lady Ingvelt, married to a nobleman, was given great latitude to continue murdering and maiming until Muirteach confronted her. The ensuing struggle for her to poison and kill took her to her death and almost took Muirteach with her.
A great read and the next one hopefully will see them home with a child. I want to mention Susan McDuffie's very fine historical author's note about these distant places and their connection to Medieval Scotland .Start your reading of this series now.
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