Heathen, Vol. 1 by Natasha Alterici
Aydis is a Viking without a home. After getting busted for kissing her friend, her village sentenced Aydis to marriage or death. Her father chose death, but secretly booted her from their village so that she could have a chance at life as the woman she is rather than being forced into a hetero marriage. Armed with her wits and her beloved horse, Saga, Aydis decides to rescue the immortal Valkyrie Brynhild from Odin’s curse before embarking on a crazy adventure.
I picked this up because it sounded interesting and the first thing I noticed is that the artwork is absolutely stunning! Every single panel looks like it could become a poster or an art print. Everything is absolutely gorgeous and really aids in telling the story, which is also wonderful. We follow Aydis right after she’s been cast out of her village. It’s just her and Saga against the world, but she’s got a heart of gold and is determined to lift the curse that Odin placed on Brynhild.
We meet several characters along the way, and the majority of them have a lot of layers. It doesn’t matter how briefly we see them. It’s clear that a lot of thought was put into these characters down to seeing a flashback or getting some form of backstory on them. I really enjoyed meeting all of these characters as the series was being set up, and I look forward to seeing how the story and these characters develop over each volume. From this volume alone, I think this is going to be a very strong series all the way to the end.
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