Again, she’s not exactly the perfect female character, but she grows and she learns as the book goes on. For her it is simply, “do it or die trying.” So for that, I dub thee Rasmina a … 🔥 Fiery Female 🔥 ! Rasmina was a big like for me in this book. She knows that its unlikely that she will succeed, but she doesn’t let that hold her back from her plan to complete it. ♈ Even with doubts about her ability to complete such a task. ♈ Even after being betrayed by her father, her mother, and her peers from her warrior training, instead of wallowing and focusing on all of the aforementioned, she focuses on the fact that she made her sister a promise that she would try. What I did like about her though, was that even though her mattugr (her task) is impossible, she goes after it full-force. She definitely has a lot of growing to do.

She hasn’t had an easy life (her Mom is kind of a witch – not a real one – I substituted the first letter of that word) and she’s singled out (read: bullied) by a lot of her peers by the attention she receives from their trainer as her father’s heir. So at the beginning of the story, Rasmina is your typical 18-year-old girl. Rasmina, who has been shown nothing but her father’s kindness and the benefit of his station up until this point, is shocked by how quickly he not only disowns her, but gives her a task that he knows she won’t be able to complete. If she wishes to return to her village and have her honor restored, she must kill the oppressive God who claims tribute from the villages each year. 🙄 Rasmina’s trial ends up being sabotaged and she is exiled to the wilderness with an impossible task. Apparently jewelers and healers are not strong and powerful to Rasmina’s father. Rasmina has trained since the age of 8 to be a warrior, a feat her father is most proud of considering he has no sons and Rasmina is his only chance at having a true (read: strong and powerful) heir.

A huge difference from her sisters who are mostly jewelers, though one of them is a healer. Rasmina just happens to have chosen to be a warrior. This ended up being a quick, fun little read about Rasmina, heir to to the leader of her village (whose name is totally escaping me), who upon arriving at her 18th birthday, must survive a trial in her chosen profession.

I had no idea what the story was even about but the detail in that axe just captured my attention. So the first thing that drew my eye to this book was definitely this wicked awesome cover.

Tricia levenseller warrior of the wild