The squabbling Norse gods and goddesses of Runemarks are back! And there's a feisty new heroine on the scene: Maggie, a girl the same age as Maddy but brought up a world apart - literally, in World's End, the focus of the Order in which Maddy was raised. Now the Order is destroyed, Chaos is filling the vacuum left behind... and is breaching the everyday world.
A chilling prophecy from the Oracle. A conflict between two girls. And with just twelve days to stave off the Apocalypse, carnage is about to be unleashed . . .
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A second book by the Chocolat author in a series for young adults that reinterpre and adapt Norse mythology... but this time [Maddy] has some unexpected allies. 4* - Nottingham Evening Post
Runelight is enjoyable, funny and dramatic. (8/10) - Liverpool Daily Post
Imagine if civilisation as we know had been shaped wholly by the Vikings that invaded our shores more than a millennium ago. Welcome to the world of Joanne Harris's Runelight. - Liverpool Echo
Runelight is the second in a series of books for young adults that reinterpret and adapt Norse mythology. [...] Despite the death of her friend Odin, Maddy must once again fight the forces of Chaos as her old enemies seek to use her unknown sister to regain strength. - Bristol Evening Post
Runelight is enjoyable, funny and dramatic, but sadly over-long. 4/5 - Hull Daily Mail
The author is one of my favourites...The author's wonderful imagination is showcased to great effect. - The Sun
I read the original Runemarks a few years ago, yet even so, it's a title I remember fairly well as I loved the complexities as well as plot intrigue that Joanne had woven within almost as if she were a Norn herself. Yet this book almost dwarves that with its huge plot, more twists than the roots of Yggdrasil and just as complex with the developments as well as emotional turmoil for the characters within. It's a beautiful piece of writing and whilst it took a little time to get back into the spirit of, it was well worth the time and effort and lets face it a book aimed at this market at 600 pages has to have something special woven within to keep the target audience happy. Add to this the introduction of a new character who's just as tough as the original which when backed with cracking prose and wonderful pace alongside classically complex world building and it's a title that was really hard to put down for sleep at the end of the night. Great stuff and definitely a title I'd recommend to others, provided you're prepared to do a little slogging first to get to the good stuff. - http://tattystreasurechest.blogspot.com/
Chocolat author Joanne Harris is best known for her evocative, food-inspired novels, but Runelight is the second in a series of books for young adults that reinterpret and adapt Norse mythology. It is three years after the events of Runemarks. Maddy Smith, one of Thor's twin daughters, is living in Malbry and is more powerful than the fallen gods of the Aesir and the Vanir thanks to the runemark on her hand. Despite the death of her friend Odin, Maddy must once again fight the forces of Chaos as old enemies seek to use her unknown sister to regain strength. But this time she has some unexpected allies to help stave off another End of the Worlds. A preface provides a summary of the previous plot for new readers, and Runelight is enjoyable, funny and dramatic, but sadly overlong due to its constant repetitions of earlier events in each chapter. - Retford Times
Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat (made into a major film starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche), Five Quarters of the Orange, The Lollipop Shoes and Blue-Eyed Boy, amongst others. She lives in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, with her husband and daughter.
