I love Lee Savino's Berserkers and their world. She has based them just enough in the actual histories of the time period as well as legends of the Vikings that you can get an immersive feeling in the world.

Muriel is one of the twin sisters of Sabine and Brenna. When Sabine got taken, the Berserkers took her and her sickly twin, Fleur, as both hostages to Sabine's good behavior and as potential brides to other Berserkers, since they are also spaewives.

Eventually, the Alphas of both the Highland and Lowlands packs decide that the easiest and fairest way for Muriel to be mated is to have a huge competition. Think of it like the US and Canada having a competition except that instead of winning a medal, the winner gets Muriel. Muriel isn't all that happy about it, because she isn't getting to choose her own mate or mates. In fact, she has to take the winner to mate, even if the winner is the nastiest, evilest, most disgusting Berserker ever.

I'm not going to give away the name of the winner because that would be some spoilers, and no one wants that.

I will say that Muriel's story is my favorite out of all the sisters. I'm not sure why, there's just something about her that calls to me. I do like the winner of the games and I do like how things pan out at the end of the story. I can't wait to see how the sisters' stories will interconnect with the stories from the Berserker Brides. ( )