She’s a leader in her own right, a daughter-in-law of Eirik the Red, and the first documented European woman to have a child in North America. Written in a beautiful, believable first-person point of view, God’s Daughter is the story of Gudrid, a Viking woman on a voyage to the New World with her husband, Finn, and a crew of Viking men (and a few women). (And is that not the most gorgeous cover? Wow.) (Disclaimer: I received an electronic advance reader copy of God’s Daughter from the author in exchange for my review.)Īnd oh, was I glad I did. That the main character was a Christian Viking woman was intriguing enough for me to want to read it. It didn’t matter to me what else the story was about. (I’m thinking of those Capital One credit card commercials, and of course, the football team that is a mortal enemy of my beloved Chicago Bears. If there are two words I wouldn’t think to put together it’s “viking” and “Christian.” Because let’s face it, my knowledge of Vikings is purely stereotypical. Not only that but about a Viking woman who’s a Christian. God’s Daughter by Heather Day Gilbert is a story about Vikings. I’ve read a lot of books across a lot of time periods, but I think I can safely say that reading this book was a first for me.
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