Author: Marie Treanor
Length: 232 pgs.
This was a cute little read. I give it a solid three stars. It puts an interesting twist on the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale in which he turns straw into gold. However in this story his name isn’t actually Rumpelstiltskin but Ragnorak-if you know his true name, Svartan if you don’t.
Ragnorak comes to Gwyneth’s aid after her father’s boastful words put her in front of the king, who thinks she’s able to spin straw into gold. She’s locked up for 3 nights in order to do this, and as the story goes Ragnorak shows up after she pleads with God for assistance.
There’s instant chemistry but of course, on the third night Ragnorak asks for Gwyneth to promise him her firstborn in order to turn the straw into gold one last time. Desperate, she agrees – and months later Ragnorak returns to take her new daughter, Brea, back with him to his underground realm of Elohim. Only in this story, Gwyneth is given and accepts an offer of accompanying Brea.
Over the course of the story Ragnorak and Gwyneth of course fall in love and make an erotic deal which Gwyneth at first hopes will get her out of Elohim and back to the outside world. As days go by, however, she begins to fall for Ragnorak, and finds that he treats her and Brea much better than the King ever did.
I liked reading about Ragnorak’s underground world. I found Gwyneth to be likable and I enjoyed seeing them fall in love, albeit delayed for a bit due to the fact that both are playing their cards close to their chest. I did like that they threw in the storyline of Ragnorak’s secret ties to the King and his attempt to make a deal with King Midas. It was good to see some outside conflict after reading about Gwyneth and Ragnorak hanging out underground for a while. Unfortunately the downside was that there was nothing going on that really grabbed me, gave me that feeling of I NEED TO KEEP READING. But it wasn't unenjoyable, just a little middle of the line.
A short, fun 3 star read if you like fairytales and erotica.
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