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Tied To Something Older Than You Are
Daughter of Ash and Bone follows a chemist who inherits a strange Norse pendant and finds herself pulled into a world of tokens, gods, dreams, and old violence. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
I was drawn to the Brísingamen myth and the conflict between Loki and Heimdall—there’s a tension there that feels unresolved in a really interesting way.
I wanted to take that dynamic and reframe it by placing a woman at the center of the story as Odin—someone who isn’t just affected by that power but becomes the point it revolves around. That shift opened up a lot of questions about control, identity, and what it costs to be tied to something older than you are.
Alice begins as a grounded, practical chemist. What interested you about placing someone so rooted in logic into a mythic conflict?
I come from a scientific background, so I’m used to thinking in terms of logic and proof.
Alice starts from the same place. She doesn’t believe in the impossible—until she’s forced to confront it.
That shift gave me a way to explore mythology through resistance instead of acceptance, which feels like a fresher perspective for readers.
Beckett and Alice’s relationship grows alongside danger rather than apart from it. Why was that balance important to you?
I wanted to take a different approach to romance. Alice and Beckett start as friends, with a real sense of trust already in place.
So, when things become dangerous, their relationship doesn’t fall apart—it deepens. Instead of struggling to hold on to each other, their connection is what helps them move forward.
That felt more grounded to me, and more reflective of how some people actually respond under pressure.
Can you give us a peek inside the next book in the Ravens and Runes Saga? Where will it take readers?
The next book goes deeper—both into the mythology and into the consequences of what’s already been set in motion.
The world opens, but it also becomes more dangerous. What seemed contained starts to spread, and the lines between who can be trusted and who can’t begin to blur.
Alice is no longer just reacting—she must make choices that carry real weight. And some of those choices don’t have clean outcomes.
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ODIN CLAIMS.
AND SHE’S CAUGHT BETWEEN GODS.
Alice Reed built her life on control—routine, logic, certainty.
Until a package arrives from a man who died centuries too late.
Inside: a pendant pulsing with impossible power.
Now storms follow her.
Shadows move.
Reality bends.
And the truth is worse than magic—
she’s been pulled into a war between Norse gods.
The pendant isn’t a gift.
It’s a weapon.
And it’s choosing her.
As her power grows, so does the cost.
She’s stronger. Faster. Changing.
But the deeper she’s pulled into the war, the more her life begins to fracture—
including the one person she trusts most.
Because in a world of gods and monsters,
even love can be used against her.
Loki is rising.
Odin is waiting.
And if Alice can’t control what’s awakening inside her—
she won’t just lose herself.
She’ll burn the world.
Perfect for fans of American Gods and Lore
Previously published as A Legacy of Ravens.
Daughter of Ash and Bone
Daughter of Ash and Bone is a mythological fantasy with a strong romantic thread, the kind of book that drops a modern woman into an old war and then asks what survives when buried history starts breathing again. Alice Reed begins as a chemist trying to hold together a quiet, carefully built life, then inherits a strange Norse pendant from a relative she never knew and gets pulled into a world of tokens, gods, dreams, and old violence that never really ended. What starts as an eerie inheritance mystery widens into a story about identity, legacy, and the dangerous pull between the mortal present and mythic past.
I liked how grounded the book tries to keep Alice, even when the story gets bigger and stranger. I liked that she isn’t introduced as some already fearless chosen one. She’s tired, wary, practical, and a little stubborn, which makes her easier to believe in. The early scenes with the package, the apartment, the cat, the office, and the slow creep of dread do a lot of work. They give the fantasy something solid to push against. I also think the author has a real feel for momentum. The book keeps feeding you just enough mystery to make you keep going, whether that is the changing pendant, the dreams, or the shifting loyalties around Alice. Sometimes the dialogue and emotional beats feel a bit heightened, but in this kind of fantasy romance, that intensity is part of the engine, and it works.
I was especially interested in the author’s choice to build the story around Norse mythology without making it feel like a cold mythology lesson. The gods and their history arrive through conflict, family damage, and personal cost, which makes the lore feel lived in instead of pinned to a board. Beckett and Alice’s connection gives the book warmth, and I appreciated that the romance grows beside danger rather than replacing it. Tia, Freya, Campbell Graves, and Loki also help widen the emotional field of the novel. Loki, in particular, comes across less like a flat villain and more like an old wound that learned how to speak.
Daughter of Ash and Bone is easy to sink into and easier than I expected to care about. It feels like an urban fantasy and mythic fantasy blend with romance at its center, written for readers who want magic, emotional stakes, ancient grudges, and a heroine who has to piece herself together while everything around her is coming apart. I would recommend it most to readers who enjoy modern settings crossed with old gods, character-driven fantasy, and stories where attraction, danger, and destiny all arrive at the door together.
Pages: 352 | ASIN : B0GTFG3C9D
