Waiting on Wednesday #85 : Sky in the Deep

Can't Wait Wednesday is a wonderful meme hosted by Wishful Endings based on Waiting on Wednesday created by Jill from Breaking the Spine where we highlighted an upcoming release that we're eagerly anticipating. 

Sky in the Deep
by Adrienne Young
Hardcover, 352 pages
Expected publication: April 24th 2018 
by Wednesday Books
Goodreads | Amazon| B & N | TBD

Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago.

Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.

She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating. 

A Viking teen female warrior? Wll why not? I'm anticipating that it will be gory and violent with lots of dead bodies strewn around but a cool heroine with an unpredictable plotline. Please make this one as cool as it sounds. I've been burned too many times with so-called 'alpha female protagonist' before.