Published by HarperTeen 2012
352 Pages
Standalone
Source: The Europe YA Map from Epic Reads (heard about it),
from the library
*There is a lot of offensive language in this book. So
please do be careful if you are going to pick it up.
Bookologists Analysis: Valkyries Rising is a book that makes
you see the world through the eyes of a girl that has a crush on her over
protective brother’s best friend. I was branching out in terms of my mythology (I
usually prefer Greek/Roman/Egyptian), but I decided to try something in
Scandinavia. The book was okay, but everything can have improvement, right?
Nothing ever happens in Norway. But at
least Ellie knows what to expect when she visits her grandmother: a tranquil
fishing village and long, slow summer days. And maybe she'll finally get out
from under the shadow of her way-too-perfect big brother, Graham, while she's
there.
What Ellie doesn't anticipate is Graham's
infuriating best friend, Tuck, tagging along for the trip. Nor did she imagine
boys going missing amid rumors of impossible kidnappings. Least of all does she
expect that something powerful and ancient will awaken in her and that strange
whispers will urge Ellie to claim her place among mythological warriors.
Instead of peace and quiet, suddenly there's a lot for a girl from L.A. to
handle on a summer sojourn in Norway! And when Graham vanishes, it's up to
Ellie—and the ever-sarcastic, if undeniably alluring, Tuck—to uncover the truth
about all the disappearances and thwart the nefarious plan behind them.
Deadly legends, hidden identities, and
tentative romance swirl together in one girl's unexpectedly epic coming-of-age.
Let’s be honest.
Fishing villages?? Who thought of the idea to come up with fishing villages?
(My rant is now over. Merci for listening). Valkyries Rising made you feel the
over advertisement of coming-of-age books. Realistically you hope all books have
characters maturing, but in this book it felt a little overdone with the whole "your family is secretly part of a secret mythological society and so is someone
very close to you" (shhh). The book had the feeling of wheel turning and turning
never stopping.
Valkyries Rising
had the positive air to it with the coming-of-age thing. When a book advertises
itself of a coming-of-age book, it is overdone with the whole idea of wanting
to be more grown up. These books are almost desperate to become inspirational. Growing up and being mature is a lifelong
journey. Ellie forgets that just because her grandmother is a super powerful
Valkyrie doesn’t mean she has to give up her life and just become a badass
fighter.
Valkyries Rising
is about the hope you have to have to persevere. No matter how many twists
there are from older college guys, girls in hardcore leather boots, or from
friends that tap on the roofs and on walls with you. Ellie took everything that
was thrown at her with her head held high (because nothing lasts forever- you
know I love my song references) and took everything with a grain of salt because
you never know who your enemies are.
This book makes
you want to have a cool grandmother that never leaves you wanting. The power of
family and friendship is portrayed as something that is either constraining or
freeing, but most of the time it is a tug of war between both variables. Her
brother Graham constrains her to be the little sister of nine not the young
lady of sixteen she is. Her Grandmother however want s her to step up to take
the responsibility of being of a Valkyrie. She doesn’t have a lot of friends
only a sort of sarcastic banter between her and Tucker. Valkyrie Rising is about rising up to the
moment that when your call rings no matter how you are brought up because you
can overcome anything. Rating:
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