** spoiler alert ** Loved this book! The story is progressing and more intense! I love that Freya's brother Fryer (now known as Freddie) as returned. They've vindicated him of wrong-doing so he's now free but he's been badly played by another god! Tricked to recover his trident (he didn't know it was his trident) and give it to said god on the promise of what he thought was Hilly's (Brunhilde) hand in marriage but was actually Gerde her adopted sister's (which by the way was done without Gerd's knowledge or consent!). Luckily for him (as I'm sure her adopted father wasn't aware of the fact or cared enough about her to consider it a possibility) the two of them appear to have been made for each other as there was an instant attraction between them. They both share a love of the sea for one thing! I loved when Hilly became invisible to him when he truly seen Gerd for the first time and she did not seem impressed, wanting him to carry an eternal torch for her when he'd already forgot about her in Gerd's presence! I'm also glad that Gerd hates her adopted father and has at the end given her allegiance to Freddie's family. Joanne's suitor Harold turns out to be a traitor and a minor god himself who has been fooling Joanne while trying to hamper her investigations. On another plus, she seems to have forgiven Norman and they seem to be on the path to reconciliation, which I'm glad of cause it would be nice to see them a family again.
On the downside, although Freya has discovered that Killian is innocent of the accusations Freddie made against him and Freddie himself has realised and accepted that Killian is not guilty, Freddie had already approached the Valkeries to accuse Killian and now Killian has been taken to Limbo while he's half-dead from exerting himself transporting Freya through time when she was in trouble. They now have to find a way to prove Killian innocent and rescue him from Limbo, while proving Loki to truly be innocent, not just of destroying the bridge but stealing the power of the other gods! They also have to find a way to stop him from causing the other gods/goddesses' lines to become extinct as their power dwindles further due to the destruction of the bridge and his theft of their power/strength.
Even worse Freya appears to have been stolen out of thin air at the end so they have to rescue her as well. Honestly, I can't wait for the next book in the series and really hope they manage to rescue both Freya and Killian so the two can get married. I'm also hoping for good things for Ingrid and Matt. He seems to have finally accepted the exsistence of Magic so they can be a real couple! Shame he hasn't turned out to be an immortal or the child of an immortal though, it would raise the possiblity of Ingrid not having to lose him when they get older and he passes into the afterlife while she'd reborn again.
I do wonder if this will be a trilogy or more, prehaps the next book they'll get Freya and Killian back but still have Loki to deal with or prehaps it will be resolved, I kinda hope it isn't resolved and we get more books with the Beauchamp family!