I was wondering if you've read Runemarks by Joanne Harris? If not, you should give it a look! I found the main character very intelligent and relatable and I feel like the descriptions of the gods were pretty accurate most of the time. I think you might en

Hi Dragonsnax,

Thank you for the recommendation! Runemarks and The Gospel of Loki are on my reading list — but I won’t touch them until after the I Bring the Fire series is done.  Ditto for Loki by Mike Vaisch (though I have purchased it—have to support my fellow authors). I am reading Christophor Moore’s Coyote Blue at the moment… but only because it’s about another trickster. I’ve also read Alydia Rackham’s Baldur’s Tears; I’m familiar enough with her work to know her interpretation will be very different from my own.

I’m afraid of too much cross pollination, so I’ve been sticking to non-fiction retelling of the myths. This way, if I’m too “derivative”, I can honestly say it was an accident. :-P