Week 33 Review: Hellfinder

From Goodreads:

Winter Break turns deadly when Rory Quinn and her treasure-hunter grandmother travel to Iceland in search of an enchanted artifact. Their mission is to recover a blood-smeared stone that legend says will lead whoever possesses it to the nearest doorway to Hell. The client's grandson, Einar, took the stone at the request of his favorite heavy metal band. As part of a publicity stunt, the band plans to open the closest doorway, rumored to exist deep inside one of Iceland's many volcanoes, in just three days. Along with Einar's twin brother, Gunnar, Rory and Gram will need to navigate glaciers, ice caves, and volcanic tunnels in search of the missing artifact. But can the three of them recover the stone before the band unleashes anything evil into the Icelandic wilderness? As the team grows closer to Einar, Rory is growing closer to Gunnar, too. But she can tell he's keeping secrets from her. Big ones, that when revealed, will cause her to question almost everything she's ever believed.

My Review:
This was a really fantastic read! Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down! I loved the world that we slowly learn about, and these characters as they are on this adventure to reclaim some stolen property from a wayward family member! 

If you put Rory in an alignment chart, she would be chaotic good. Those impulses that you get, she follows them more often then the average person. It's gotten her kicked out, or invited out of multiple schools, so she's now has a tutor and gets schooling from home. Which suits her just fine, so she can go along with her treasure-hunter grandmother across the world. 

I loved watching them go on this adventure! To see Iceland, where her grandmother is from but she's never been, learn a bit of the culture, and oh, yeah, Gunnar. I absolutely loved their banter, it was so hilarious and so cute! Though things got a bit rocky when she found out about the secrets that he, and her grandmother had! 

The way things ending, that was absolutely a cliffhanger ending! Not in the stakes, the characters are fine. But they didn't completely take down the bad guys, and they know that, that facing off with them is going to happen in the future! And I want to read that story! I need more! 

Loved reading this book, and I really hope that it becomes a series! 

Author: Paula Stokes 
Read:  August 16th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Fitzroy Books
Expected Publication: August 30th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars