Krissi's Reviews > North Is the Night

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for providing a free audio arc of this book.

I enjoyed the story as it kept me engaged and left me wanting to know more with each turn of the page. You don't hear a lot of Finnish lore in fantasy, and I was absolutely intrigued by the different gods and the underworld portion of the book. The main female characters Aina and Siiri are both characters who care deeply for each other and you can see the growth in them throughout their separate "adventures" especially Siiri in her search to bring Aina back and Aina taking on responsibilities she never expected, some good and some...questionable.

The one major thing that took the book off from being a 5 star for me was the world building. The author really did not portray a cold, snowy Finnish terrain throughout the story, and Tuonela (the Finnish underworld) could have been described in more detail to pull me into the scene. Tuoni and Aina's relationship also just wasn't that interesting to me, but it did help in the development to what was hinted at earlier in the story.

This book was a great time, and I will definitely pick up the second in the series!

This is a review of the audiobook.