Thank you Inkyard Press for inviting me to the blog tour of This Golden Flame. All opinions in this review are my own.

This Golden Flame follows Karis who just wants to find her brother ever since they were separated seven years ago. She is trying to escape the island she has been held captive on when she stumbles onto Alix, an automaton. Only automatons have stopped working 200 years ago. Together with the help of Dane, Alix and Karis escape Tallis.

I found This Golden Flame to have a bit of a slow start. However, during the last 100 pages, the paces sped up and I really got into the story. The setting of a sort of steampunk Ancient Greece/Rome was really interesting and I enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the slow pacing at the beginning did not draw me in as much and sometimes I got a bit frustrated with Karis and had to put to book down for a bit.

Spoiler

How could she betray Alix like that?

But on the other hand, it fits with her character and I understand why she did the things she did.

I loved Zara and her pirate crew. Furthermore, Karis is asexual and aromantic and I really appreciate the representation of this in a fantasy book since I have not yet come across that. The author Emily Victoria is ace/aro herself and I really hope a lot of people will enjoy Karis' and Alix's story!