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Every sacrifice has consequences.
Sixteen-year-old Rowan has spent most of his life living among the mortals—learning to control the element of fire, impatiently awaiting the day his vengeful mother, Queen Prisma, will abdicate her throne. When he finally returns to Avalon for his coronation, his mother insists he must first prove his loyalty to the court by completing a secret mission: Kill Kalin, the half-human, half-elemental daughter of the air court king. Willing to do anything to remove his mother from power, he agrees to sacrifice the halfling. He returns to the mortal world with his best friend, Marcus, determined to kill the princess. But as he devises a plan, he starts to question whether or not he's capable of completing such a heinous task. And what price he will pay if he refuses?
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Great introduction to the Mortal enchantment series with this novella. It definitely left me interested in getting Book 1 in the series when it comes out. In the short 74 pages Stacey packs in: Introduction to the main characters, lots of action, courage, mystery, and sacrifice.
The Characters:
Rowan:
Heir to the Fire Court Throne. Strong and loyal. I really liked hearing things from his POV and being introduced to the world of Avalon from his eyes. Rowan finds himself with a choice: kill an innocent and take over as King of the Fire court -- rule as fair and just ruler (thus sparing countless innocents in the future) or do the right thing, stand up to his mother. What will this cost himself, Marcus and the rest of the fire court if he does?
Marcus:
A Hellhound and Rowan's best friend. Also loyal and strong like Rowan. Their friendship was GREAT! Nice to see a strong male/male friendship in a book.
Queen Prisma -- Rowan's Mom and Queen of the Fire Element Court. Ugh, Could not stand her! Heartless, cold, and vicious. What more is there to say?
King Taron, - King of the Air Court and Father to Kalin. From what we see of King Taron - he is a fair and just ruler and a loving father.
Kalin - Daughter of King Taron of the air court. We only get to see Kalin from afar. Her father King Taron has kept her in the mortal world with her mother until her 16th birthday. I am anxious to hear more about her and see how her story unfolds!
How the story unfolds
Rowan has kept himself away from Fire court due to the way his Mother rules the court -- She is heartless, vicious, and violent. Rowan gets called to the court by his mother in the guise of him taking over as King. Rowan is suspicious as he never thought there would be a chance his mother would even think of abdicating her throne -- and of course there is a hitch to him being King -- kill the Air King’s daughter, Kalin. Can Rowan push his morals to the side and take an innocent life so that he can rule the fire court and make great change in how the Fire Court is ruled.
Summary: Great prequel that ends with a bang! I am excited to start the series and see where it goes!
Stacey O'Neale lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
When she's not writing, she spends her time fangirling over books, blogging,
watching fantasy television shows, cheering for the Baltimore Ravens, and
hanging out with her husband and daughter.
Her career in publishing started as a
blogger-turned-publicist for two successful small publishers. Stacey writes
young adult paranormal romance and adult science fiction romance. Her books
always include swoon-worthy heroes, snarky heroines, and lots of kissing.
Stacey loves hearing from readers. Follow her on
Twitter @StaceyONeale, look for her on Facebook, Pinterest, and GoodReads. You
can also visit her blog at http://staceyoneale.com/.
I would love to be able to control the element of earth as i love plants and their healing power and energy
ReplyDeleteeach element has its own advantages but I would choose fire, that way I could stop all of the forest fires before they get out of hand, and the fires that destroy peoples houses. thanks for this awesome giveaway
ReplyDeleteyou should definitely get the book on Amazon for free. It has promise of good series as the premise like u said is cool :-) I am not sure which element I would choose - maybe going thru this series I will choose one.
ReplyDeleteI would control water...I live in Colorado and we just had the flooding last year...if I could control the water I would make sure there was never too much water or too little water.
ReplyDeleteI'd choose air. So versatile and necessary to us all...plus I can see a potential ability of flight here. Awesome!!
ReplyDeletei would so controll water i am a boater so that just fits me i would love to be like that guy on twiltght to be able to cause a title wave or somthing....lol
ReplyDeleteI would love to control air because I would love to be able to fly.
ReplyDeletei am a air because i thrive on change, and i do not like only being one thing.
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