I loved this story. It has been a really long time since I turned on my kindle expecting to only read for couple hours before I go to bed. However, I ended up staying up most of the night just to read this story. I couldn't put it down no matter how much my brain was telling me I will regret it in the morning. I fell in love with the characters and the whole story. The next day, I did some research because my Norse mythology is a little rusty. I really only remember what I have seen in the recent Thor movies, some from the game Age of Mythology, and I remember even less from my 10th grade mythology class. So it was nice, and refreshing to have a book that made me crave to learn more about something. Then again, I love mythology. I think this story captured the pure essences of maybe being in love with you best friend, but then you aren't completely sure if he is the ONE. I am sure we all have fallen in love with our best friend. I liked how they still were best friends even though everybody thought Raine went crazy and she was in love with they mysterious neighbor Torin. It was also kinda obvious throughout the story that Eric might have been crushing on their other best friend Cora. The relationships in this story did not feel forced to me at all. I couldn't wait to start the 2nd book in the series. So I am going to end here because I don't want to get the two mixed up since I just finished the 2nd book. I do highly recommend this series so far! I received this book through Newgalley in exchange for an honest review.Runes is the story of a teenage girl who has everything should could possibly want until her father's plane crashes, and a mysterious guy moves in next door. Raine has a great relationship with her parents, she is on the school swimming team, and she has the start of a great relationship with her best friend Eirik. Then, Torin moves in next door and her world starts changing. She sees things no one else can see, and she begins to have feelings for the mysterious new neighbor. Raine is a character you can easily love. She is a good girl who always tries to do the right thing; especially, when it comes to her friends. She always has a positive outlook, and you can't help but cheer for her. Raine is a very well rounded character, but the rest of the characters seem extremely flat or one dimensional to me. Her best friend Cora seems like she is constantly jumping from guy to guy and is never happy. Eirik is a very vague character, he's around but pretty much only to hang off of Raine. I would like to see more development with these characters in the next book. The idea of Torin, Andris, Meliina, and Ingrid being Reapers was not something I saw coming. I purposefully didn't read any information about this book because I didn't want the surprise to be ruined, and I'm glad I waited. The idea of reapers is refreshing and not something that is currently popular with currently paranormal romance. The pacing of the story is just right, there is always something happening and it left me wanting more, more, more! I couldn't put the book down, and I actually read it in 1 day. The one thing that kept this book from receiving 5 stars from me was the ENORMOUS amount of grammatical errors and missing words I encountered while reading. I think the author needs to have someone else proof read the next book, or hopefully I received an early enough copy that it wasn't finished with the process. Overall, this book is a wonderful adventure that I was truly lucky to get my hands on. I absolutely can't wait for book 2! You won't want to miss this book!
Do You like book Runes (2013)?
Absolutely loved thus book! amazing!But WHY did it have to end like that!?!?! Ahhh!!!
—Rayann8402
Was not expecting the last chapter or so. Overall I enjoyed it.
—Oshii
Love This Book and Everyone in the Series... :)
—jm72ultc
