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Book Series: Shadowfire Book 1

Rating: 2.5/5

Diversity: not any that I could remember but it has been a bit since I read it

Publication Date: October 30, 2018

Genre: YA Fantasy

Recommended Age: 16+ (mature love scenes and some violence)

Publisher: Boris Kos

Pages: 468

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Synopsis: A monster does not deserve the intimacy of a name


As if waking up in an unfamiliar world isn’t enough of a surprise, Ember gains a new title to her name. Savior.


Hunted by the Crescent Prince and his lethal shadows, she accepts a young Mage’s help to navigate the land of blood magic and its many illusions. But where Ada sees the good in her power, Ember discovers something else.


An icy darkness, designed to take lives, not save them.


The only thing worse than not being able to rely on her senses—or the reality she had once believed to be true—is knowing that she cannot trust her heart. Especially as it seems to draw her to the one person in whose hands she can never fall…


Will Ember escape the thrall of darkness or will she reign in it?

Review: Okay, so I feel like this can be a great book. The book is very well detailed and the writing is pretty good. You can tell this book is the set up for the later books in this series.

However, this book was a struggle to get through. The book is really slow paced and there is way too much information for this person to handle. I felt like I was reading a history book rather than a fantasy novel… and I like history! The characters are also so flat. They didn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason to their actions.

Verdict: Not my type of book but it might be for you!