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Shadow of Fire (The Fires of Aileryan, #1)
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I read this for SPFBO. To find out more about the SPFBO contest and to see the participating bloggers/authors and reviews follow the links below
This is a hard one to summarize briefly because it’s a world that grows (along with the political intrigue, and the personal relationships) as the story goes.
Ash has been hiding her ability to use fire magic for years, it’s difficult because she is unable to really control it and in one of these episodes she is found-out and imprisoned. Fire magic is rare and a death sentence, thanks to a Rift full of monsters being created with its use by another fire user Faleria, years before.
The discovery of Ash’s magic creates a unique opportunity for the powers in charge- turning Ash into a potential pawn in a high-stakes game that everyone wants to have in their corner.
Ash is just one of the pov’s that are entangled in the goings on between the two countries, and also between the Fae. It’s quite a huge world and we are getting to see all sides of it through multiple people.
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Shadow of Fire isn’t very long in the scheme of fantasy- around 380 pages but at times it felt longer. The first and biggest reason for me, was likely because of the huge amount of pov’s and getting to know each of them, their part of the world and how they relate to others etc. I found myself not really settling into the story (and not having to refer back to my notes to remind myself who a person was) until a good halfway through or so.
The second is more a personal taste, and that was just that there were too many descriptions and unnecessary scene settings. I do love a beautiful scene and getting to know a character through their enjoyment of the setting, but too many and I start skimming chunks.
If anything, I felt that a little clean-up with fewer pov’s and fewer descriptions, would focus the story and let the great characters and the writing shine.
Small complaints aside. I had a great time with this book and I think Shadow of Fire will appeal to a lot of people. Especially if they're like me and love stories filled with political intrigue, scheming bad guys, magic, romance and danger. I really enjoyed this world (I am sure everyone knows by now my love of the Fae settings) and its characters- once I got to know them- especially Laili and Thalion’s enemies to lovers’ romance which is one of my favourite romance tropes.
Shadow of Fire definitely has a first book jumping off place feel to it and the way things were shaping-up it looks to be a really fun series.
Learn more about the contest here-
https://mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/...
This is a hard one to summarize briefly because it’s a world that grows (along with the political intrigue, and the personal relationships) as the story goes.
Ash has been hiding her ability to use fire magic for years, it’s difficult because she is unable to really control it and in one of these episodes she is found-out and imprisoned. Fire magic is rare and a death sentence, thanks to a Rift full of monsters being created with its use by another fire user Faleria, years before.
The discovery of Ash’s magic creates a unique opportunity for the powers in charge- turning Ash into a potential pawn in a high-stakes game that everyone wants to have in their corner.
Ash is just one of the pov’s that are entangled in the goings on between the two countries, and also between the Fae. It’s quite a huge world and we are getting to see all sides of it through multiple people.
*
Shadow of Fire isn’t very long in the scheme of fantasy- around 380 pages but at times it felt longer. The first and biggest reason for me, was likely because of the huge amount of pov’s and getting to know each of them, their part of the world and how they relate to others etc. I found myself not really settling into the story (and not having to refer back to my notes to remind myself who a person was) until a good halfway through or so.
The second is more a personal taste, and that was just that there were too many descriptions and unnecessary scene settings. I do love a beautiful scene and getting to know a character through their enjoyment of the setting, but too many and I start skimming chunks.
If anything, I felt that a little clean-up with fewer pov’s and fewer descriptions, would focus the story and let the great characters and the writing shine.
Small complaints aside. I had a great time with this book and I think Shadow of Fire will appeal to a lot of people. Especially if they're like me and love stories filled with political intrigue, scheming bad guys, magic, romance and danger. I really enjoyed this world (I am sure everyone knows by now my love of the Fae settings) and its characters- once I got to know them- especially Laili and Thalion’s enemies to lovers’ romance which is one of my favourite romance tropes.
Shadow of Fire definitely has a first book jumping off place feel to it and the way things were shaping-up it looks to be a really fun series.
Learn more about the contest here-
https://mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/...
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