Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Source: Publisher
Genre: Young Fiction / Fantasy / Epic
An eighteen-year-old chieftain's daughter is banished into the monster-filled wild after being betrayed during her coming-of-age trial and must find a way to kill her village’s oppressive deity if she ever wants to return home in this Viking-inspired YA standalone fantasy from the author of Daughter of the Pirate King.
Eighteen-year-old Rasmira has always been both praised and scorned for her talents. As her father's chosen heir, she has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. Fortunately, her long wait is almost over and after she passes her coming-of age trial, she'll finally be able to live on her own and not have to deal with her mother's constant rejection or the jealousy of her peers. Perhaps then she will be able to be both a warrior and a woman.
But when trial day arrives, everything goes terribly wrong. Her test is sabotaged, and by law all those who fail are banished and given an impossible quest to reclaim their honor in death. And Rasmira is given the most difficult quest of them all: She must kill the oppressive deity who claims tribute from her village every year or die in the attempt.
Tricia Levenseller's Warrior of the Wild is an engaging standalone tale of a fierce female warrior named Rasmira Bendrauggo
who is betrayed by someone close to her and now must fight to redeem
herself. On the day 18-year old Rasmira is set to prove her warrior abilities, be
acknowledged as a full-grown woman, and publicly take her place as her
father’s heir as the next village leader, she is betrayed by those
closest to her.
The betrayal costs Rasmira everything that she's worked hard to accomplish since choosing her path 10 years ago. Her only saving grace is her relationship with her older sister Irrenia. Banished to the wild where few survive, she faces the daunting task of killing the god Peruxolo who has been terrorizing the local villages for
years. Rasmira must figure out not only how to survive and kill an
immortal, but also how to grieve, how to heal, and how to trust again.
She's not alone in the wild. She encounters two others, Soren and Iric, who have also been exiled from their own villages after failing their challenges. Soren and Iric have been in the wild for a year. They have made a home for themselves, they know the fauna and the dangerous creatures that inhabit the wild, and Iric has the opportunity to prove his genius by created all sorts of weapons that are not only used to catch their food, but to also save their lives, and to complete their Mattugr's.
Iric is understandably angry at being in the wild since he left someone behind who he loves unconditionally. Soren made the choice to follow Iric to order to protect him. The three must find a way to put away the hurt, the anger, and the jealously, and work together to pass near impossible tasks in order to return home. The best part of this story was the growth and changes that occur in Rasmira's characterization
throughout the story, especially her interactions with Soren and Iric.
Readers will want to root for Rasmira’s success and enjoy the sweet
friendship she begins to build with both warriors.
Author Tricia Levenseller packs this Viking-inspired YA standalone fantasy with
dangerous quests, foul creatures, friendship, and romance. I would have liked this story a whole lot better, but I've read this sort of story before. It is predictably filled with a hate, then turns into love story about Rasmira and Soren. It is predictable in its ending since it would make zero sense for the author to write what happens any other way. Will I did have minor issues with this story, I was impressed with how awesome Rasmira is as a warrior, her strength, and her independence.
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