I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Author. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
A Flame in the Night
by Holland C. Kirbo
Series: Legends of Aewyr #1
Series Rating:
Published by Illadian Publishing LLC on January 17, 2018
Genres: YA Fantasy
Format: Kindle
Goodreads
Get Your Copy at: Amazon, Book Depository
A young woman, an unyielding immortal, a dark god, an epic conflict!
In the land of Aewyr, the immortals stand as mankind’s last hope against the dark god Maal and his vile army of zuhl and malum, but the immortals have their limits. The Perravian kingdom of Ceredwyn watches and waits, praying for a savior. When eighteen-year-old Lakyn Trahearne annihilates a zuhl by immolating him, she’s not the only one stunned. Such power has never been granted by the gods, even to immortals. She’s young, and by all accounts, she's human, and her powers are beyond comprehension. Ceredwyn and the continent of Perravia just may have found their champion.
The immortal Reuel is assigned to train Lakyn. He both infuriates and strengthens her, while everything about Lakyn stokes Reuel’s buried pain and rage. Still, he can’t stay away. Together, they are electric and explosive, a precarious combination given Lakyn’s unstable powers.Nothing and no one has stopped Maal’s steady advance. But Lakyn's powers have awakened, and love and loss are potent fuels within her. When Maal’s forces threaten the Ceredwyn royal family, Lakyn and Reuel must set aside their friction to protect the ones they love. If she can control the untamed powers within her. If one young woman can stand against the darkness that threatens them all.
Will Lakyn be able to find out who she truly is?
A Flame in the Night by Holland C. Kirbo sounded good but I was nervous about it as I wasn’t sure if I would like it or not. I am happy to report that I loved it.
It did take me a while to read mostly that’s because I had a lot of things to do. When I posted my currently reading picture, I was with my great aunt. Anyways back to the book. I enjoyed reading this book a lot, and it’s a wonderful story.
What I liked about this book:
- It’s on a different planet basically, and it seems cool. We don’t know much, and I am so happy with the entire story. I felt like I was right there with the characters as they are going through the whole book.
- We got to follow a lot of different characters. Mrs. Kirbo did a great job of having us see through different characters all the while keeping to one main character. We got to see more of the planet that way.
- The main character is a girl named Lakyn. Lakyn’s life gets turned upside down basically a bunch of times. She is having a bit of a hard time dealing with all of it. I loved how she also discovered her powers.The way she learned how to control and summon some of them.
- I loved the way that Ms. Kirbo changed some of the words that we are used to saying and seeing for some simple things. Especially the different kingdoms that they visited, but it was something that I was able to go “Oh so that’s what they call a king” and stuff like that.
- That despite everything going wrong Lakyn has inner strength to move forward with her sister’s help and focusing on things that she needs answers too.
What I disliked about the book:
What I disliked about this book was a times the lengthy descriptions of comings and goings that Lakyn was going through. I think that is my only dislike, but I also got the reason for them.
What I am curious about:
I am curious about knowing more about this mysterious lady from the beginning of the book. Oh, yes and more about Lakyn and two other immortals that think of her as their long-lost mate.
Five Stars
A Flame in the Night by Holland C. Kirbo is a magnificent book. It was so good that once I hit that 50% mark of the book I didn’t want to do anything else but read. I can’t wait to read the second one. I am giving this book a five-star rating, and I will be recommending this book to anyone that likes this type of book.
Anyways until the next time enjoy this review brought to you by
About Holland C. Kirbo
Holland C. Kirbo is the author of the Amazon best-seller A Flame in the Night, the first book in her young adult Christian fantasy series, The Legends of Aewyr. The sequel Sword and Shield is being released August 31, 2018. She’s also the author of the memoir Triple Treasures: Our Journey from Infertility Through the First Year with Triplets. She strives to bear witness of the Gospel and for Christ in her writing.
She’s a Double Dawg, having received both her undergraduate business degree and her law degree from the University of Georgia, and she’s convinced Athens, GA is the most fabulous place this side of heaven. After graduating from law school, she clerked for a federal district judge, then worked for over a decade as in-house corporate defense counsel for a publicly traded company. A few years ago, she retired from her successful legal career to focus on her family and her writing.
She’s known to her family and friends as Holly, to her husband as Holls, and to her children as Mama, Mom, Moooooooooooooooom, and, on occasion, Mother (imagine exasperated eye roll and classic huff of testy adolescent). Today, she spends most of her time raising her thirteen-year old triplets (two boys and a girl) and writing fiction. She’s forever hauling her very active teenagers all over creation. They keep her on her toes and on the go, but she wouldn’t have it any other way. She lives in Southwest Georgia with her husband, children, three dogs, and three cats (she’s all about symmetry).
The above bio was supplied by the author.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge
Leave a Reply