Rating: 4 out of 5

An easy read and I found myself picking the book up at any opportunity. I enjoyed the descriptions of the landscape and architecture and found myself comparing my actual surroundings with those of the story on a couple of occasions. A good sign. The only think stopping it being a 5 star read is a few bits of clunky writing. I enjoyed it.

Highlighted passages:

Grimsby was once a Viking-period farm that belonged to a man called Grimr,

And persistent, too: like a Jack Russell terrier with a live rat, he must hang on – regardless.

Originally posted to my Goodreads account