Olaf the Viking and the Pig Who Would Be King

by Martin Conway

Olaf is just an ordinary Viking boy-so he hopes the gods will leave him alone now, to build an ordinary life in his ordinary village. After all, what could he possibly have to offer them? But the goddess Freja has a problem-and she needs Olaf just because he is ordinary. Freja has fallen in
love with a mortal man, but she doesn't really understand how to win his heart-she's only used to dealing with other gods, after all. So Olaf must help her-and to make things worse, her beloved has to win a rather tricky contest against his brother to prove that he's the rightful King of Norway.
It's time for Olaf, Freja, and the trickster Loki to lend him a hand. But as ever, their mission leads them into some very peculiar adventures indeed . . .

246 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Ahmed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny enough

[Marsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Olaf doesn’t quite measure up to the other boys in his village. He’s small and weedy—not a good thing to be when you’re born to Vikings. So he has to think his way out of problems. Fortunately, he’s smart as a whip and quick on the draw when it comes to outwitting people and the occasional god. But he knows when a king must take up his sword and when he’s got to learn his family tree up to his distant ancestors, twenty times removed. Oy.

Fast-paced, funny, filled with fighting, sorcery, thieving gods, sh**-covered wolves and magicked piggies, this is one series I wouldn’t mind getting into repeatedly.

[Joshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

better than the first book.love thor in these books