Berserker by Emmy LaybourneMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a great, gripping, thrilling read!!! Emmy Laybourne really knows how to pull the reader in with the Norse/Viking mythology, the Nyette power that runs in certain families, and it ruins them too. When Hanne, who is a Berserker, feels her father in danger, her power comes in full and she kills 3 men, causing the family to flee from Norway to America. Her brother Knut (Nyette is strength) and Steig (Nyette is control heat/weather) are also Nytteson but not their youngest sister, Sissel. They all hope their uncle can help them understand/control their powers as they plod through the west in the 1800s. I loved this family, with their compassion for each other, the brother's aching concern for Hanne's self-loathing, and their quiet, kind acceptance of life in all the good and bad. Their meeting Owen Bennett really added to my love for this intriguing, hardscrabble tale. Owen (really nice cowboy) and his dog, Daisy (OMG, loved her!!!) has had a tough existence but he really messes up when he gets drunk and loses all his earnings. But this could also be the BEST thing for Owen because he meets this wonderful family, gets hired on as their guide (for lots of $$) and really begins to feel special when he is with them. I could not put this book down, so happy for the good advice from Rolf and Ketril's demise (what is the Baron advocating with his Nytteson???) I simply can't wait for the second book!!! Highly recommended!
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