Hey all, Sam here.
All right…we know what day it is…basically it’s one of the many days each week that I spend talking about books. What can I say? I read quite a bit and that means that I have quite a few books to talk about at any given time.
Honestly I just wish it was easier to get the reviews written up and scheduled, so I could have a little more of a buffer on my blog schedule. It would be nice to read a book and write up the review with the knowledge that it was going in the scheduled bank and would be going live in a week, instead of writing it so it will go live that day or the next day. I don’t know. It just feels like there’s more pressure on it if it needs to be done quickly.
I’ve actually been tempted to just take a week off from blogging day by day. You know, take a week and any posts I do during that week will be scheduled for the future. But I don’t know.
Okay, let’s get into it.
What if the standing stones and stone circles across the old Celtic world had a secret origin and use? What if some opened into another world? What if the goddess of fire was trapped beneath one?
Lovely and innocent, Brienne of Yester has always been able to manipulate fire, but when her powers suddenly surge, the simple life she once knew explodes.
Handsome, fearless, and commanding, William de Brus has been summoned by the king to investigate a nobleman rumored to have powers linked to the fabled fire goddess. When he chances upon Brienne, his desire for her is immediate. But as his mystical quest unfolds, William realizes that she is at the center of it — for Brienne possesses the very power he has been sent to vanquish….
As their attraction deepens, William attempts to free Brienne from the dark force beginning to control her — even when his duty demands that he treat her as an enemy. With emotions flaring, fire rising, and evil threatening at every turn, can the two lovers survive the coming battle and save all of humanity?
My Thoughts
Rating: 3.5 stars
I have had this book on my shelves for far too long. This book came out in 2015, and I got it around that time, but then I just didn’t read it. But back in June of this year, I decided to pick it up, figuring it would be one of those quick fantasy romance type stories.
And I was mostly right. It was a quick read, and it was a fantasy in that some people had powers, and it was a romance in that the two main characters are basically immediately attracted to each other…and in the case of our male protagonist, he felt this need to protect the female protagonist.
Because that’s how these work.
But for the most part it felt basically surface level. We didn’t really have a lot of time to really connect the characters and their relationships and all of that. The story was just over 300 pages, and it had to introduce us to the way this slightly magical version of our world works, banking on the mysticism around the UK history, introduce the characters and their positions in the world and society, have them meet each other where the instant spark between them is evident, then show the dangers of an evil magical group seeking to bring back a locked away god.
It had the potential to be great, having so many elements of myth and legend and descendants of gods and magic in it that I generally enjoy.
But these elements all played out as just okay to me. I was interested enough to at least finish the book, but I didn’t feel that urge to simply keep reading. It wasn’t a desire to watch this couple fall in love and fight off the forces of evil. It was just like watching a predictable play where people simply play their roles instead of embodying their roles.
I don’t know if I’ll pick up the other books in this series or not. They do each follow a different couple…but I’m not fully sold on it.
All right, well that is all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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