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Synopsis:

The village wanted Sigrun’s life extinguished the moment she was born. She was an abomination. Unlike everyone else in her village who had beautiful feathered wings, Sigrun was born with the wings of a dragon. Saved by the love of her father, Sigrun remained in the village and grew up among them after all, but that was not the end of her struggle. One morning, Sigrun finds her father murdered and her brother missing. She sets out to find her brother and seek out her father’s killer, but instead she meets a mysterious stranger that she is drawn to despite her better judgment. He becomes very involved with her cause and convinces her that her father’s murder is only the beginning. War is coming. Soon she uncovers many secrets and learns that even those closest to her may be dangerous. Before the end, she finds that good and evil are almost never exclusive; love is almost always complicated, and the truth is the most heartbreaking thing of all.

Review:

This was one of those books that took me by surprise. To be honest the synopsis of the book didn’t really do it justice as the actually book is soo much more.

I really enjoy the world building and I thought the idea of having fairies with different wings living in different parts of their world was brilliant. Some of this fare and tiny creatures bore wings while others would half themselves be part of fae and part creature/animal and it was ingenious. What Busch does here is break down that wall of typical tall, handsome, irresistible Fae’s that SJM and HB create. I love when barriers are broken.

The dynamic between Jae, Khalon and our leading lady Sigrun. Unlike other love triangles this isn’t smacking you sick in the face with their over bearing love and instead focuses on the issue at hand. Yes that’s right SJM Busch’s characters are more realistic and not making out in the corner while war is at the door. I can’t wait to see how their story plays out.

Besides the awesome adventure, the friends, the love and everything in between I found that the war at the end was too short and needed to bit just a bit longer.

Also I need the bad guys signature and plan of world domination because Mantus by far was my favourite character, if only he were a little darker. Hoping that his need for revenge would get him there.

As for the whole brother thing. Saw that coming but it still was epic and the brutality of their reuniting was gah so good and evil I loved it.

Over all this book was definitely worth the read, I love reading a fantasy that is actually different from other fantasies. I really cannot wait to see where this one goes!

Rating: 4/5

Publisher: Austin Macauley

ISBN: 978178710681