Shades of Valhalla

Inner Origins Book One

By: Ellis Logan

Narrated by: Maya Cointreau

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's Summary

Magic. Mayhem. One girl to save the world - or end it. 

Siri Alvarsson is thrust into an unseen war between the Light and the Dark and a world she never even knew existed. She's having strange visions, and the Dark wants to use her as an instrument to win the war. The futures of both humanity and fae depend on Siri. Will she choose the Light or the Dark?  

Experience Siri's struggle and triumph while she learns to follow her heart and discovers her true inner origins.  

Ellis Logan's best-selling paranormal fantasy series, Inner Origins, is action-packed with magic and romance. The books combine Celtic and Norse myth with ancient Faerie legend to create an adventure you'll never forget. If you liked Mortal Instruments, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Relentless, or A Court of Thorns and Roses, you'll love Shades of Valhalla.

©2015 Ellis Logan (P)2018 Maya Cointreau & Ellis Logan

Very good

siri is a fae but doesn't know she must learn to reisit the evil pull from dark while still learning to accept her powers great job by narrator

Wonderful story with delightful characters.

Loved reading the book and enjoy the dialogue even more with this narration. looking forward to the next part of the trilogy.

Good read/listen, looks to be a good series

Shades of Valhalla (Inner Origins, #1). My first WOW read/listen from author Ellis Logan. I got this book back in November of 2017 and somehow never got around to reading it until I was given an Audible copy of the book & now I’m voluntarily reviewing it & since I own both the Audible & Kindle editions I was able to follow along while being read to. Maya Cointreau’s narration added to the well-written book's enjoyment. A well written, interesting read, with intriguing, well-developed characters. I need to get Fates of Midgard (Inner Origins, #2). (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

Light vs Dark

Teenage Siri has spent her life moving from place to place all over the world. When her mom and her settle in Vermont, she finally feels like she found a place to call home. It doesn't hurt that she meets a cute guy right off the bat that likes her just as much as she likes him. But shortly after her arrival she starts having visions of catastrophic disasters around the world. When she confesses this to her mom, she learns that she is descended from fae warriors - which explains why her mom has been teaching her various forms of martial arts since she was little. Before she really has a chance to find her feet in this new world, a family dinner at her boyfriend's house leads to her mother being kidnapped by the dark fae and puts her on the run. Despite being from a dark family, Rowan, her boyfriend, helps her escape and find someone that can help her. This leads to her discovering more about her heritage and meeting up with a light warrior, Alec, who will take her to Valhalla where she gets to meet her father. I loved how the author mixed in bits of history and mythology into the story. This is a coming of age story with a love triangle that is good for all ages.
The narrator is great to listen to and does a great job with the voices, especially of Miko, the talking squirrel. My only complaint is there are quite a few times where parts of sentences are repeated or cut off at the end of the sentence. But this bad editing doesn't detract from the overall story.

nice start

a girl learns she is a fae and on top of that has to choose between light or dark. To further complicated things there is a prophecy.

Enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed it. Everything was great, the story, the performance. There was a couple slip-ups which is why I have the performance 4 stars, but I really enjoyed the performance otherwise.

Great book! Truly love it! <3

I read the whole entire series before and even love it more now since it is done in audible/voice format. It is a beautiful and magical story and I truly love it.