Berserker by Kitty Thomas

 This is one of those books where I think I liked the idea of it better than the execution. BERSERKER is a very short book, under 100 pages long. It is also dark erotica with very dubious consent. One thing that makes BERSERKER stand out is its Norse mythology influence. The heroine is a Valkyrie and only Valkyries have the ability to calm berserkers, which are basically possessed warriors fueled by rage and blood-lust.

On a flight to France, she runs into one of these on the brink of murdering everyone and manages to stop any "incidents." Unfortunately she gets marked in the process, and this particular bersekrer is very possessive and enjoys the thrill of the hunt.

I think this book is way too short to do what needs to be done. I just read another one of her books, THE MONSTER KEEPS ME SAFE, which was great. It was also about 100 pages longer. There's a very anticlimactic ending to this book and not enough time to develop the relationship that Thomas tries to create between these characters. The world-building was so interesting that it feels kind of like a waste to just use it as trimmings.

The Bane fangirls and Omegaverse girlies will probably be into the unhinged violence of the hero-- and the sex *is* pretty hot if you don't mind dub-con-- but I ended up skimming through them just because I was hoping for a little more in the way of story.

2 to 2.5 out of 5 stars