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A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology from the author of The Bridge Kingdom series.

“THE must-read fantasy of 2024!”—Jennifer L. Armentrout, author of From Blood and Ash


AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.

Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. And it’s been foretold that such magic will unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.

Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she has sworn to protect.

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Published Feb 27, 2024

464 pages

Average rating: 7.53

450 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Anonymous
May 21, 2025
8/10 stars
3.5 rounded up
Courtasaurus Rex
Mar 22, 2025
10/10 stars
4.5/5

What to expect:
- Slow Burn
- Forbidden Romance
- Forced Proximity
-Norse Mythology
- Forced Marriage


This is my first Danielle Jensen book, and I agree 12000% with the hype of this book! I was drawn in from the beginning. This book does not have slow world-building. It is a fast-paced Norse mythology read. I highly recommend reading this book.
SraGonzalez
Mar 10, 2025
6/10 stars
Not what I expected. I don’t even know how to review this book but I guess to put it in prospective, I didn’t get into the book until the last chapter. The whole time I kept thinking I won’t be interested in reading the next book, then it finished and now I’m considering it but who knows.
JanML
Feb 21, 2025
7/10 stars
Fun, quick read.
Finch
Jan 24, 2025
7/10 stars
I really enjoyed this one! A bit darker than I expected and once again disappointed at the cliffhange rending so I docked points for that, but the story itself, the plot, was so strong I sometimes forgot I was reading a good old romantasy. I like that the plot twists actually made me like her more and I like that she is so flawed, as a person. However, the lack of decent people around concerns me. BUT because the main characters were almost just as shitty as the side characters, it felt better than in other books, where the only good character is the main character. I can't even explain what I liked about it, just that the foreshadowing was good enough that I caught on to many things. My prior knowledge of the Norse gods helped, though, knowing a few of the gods and how they relate to each other can put things into perspective. What does NOT help is that the gods are a main feature and the main character is named after one. But perhaps that's also a twist coming up. Kind of nervous about buying the second book because what if it too ends on a cliffhanger? Then I won't ever be able to reread this again unless I read the whole series and that's not what I like. So this is probably a library read for me then. But it read very fluidly and I'm an ADHD girlie so being able to read a lot on one sitting was great!

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