Feudlings: Fate on Fire (book one)
~Goodreads Summary~
Nothing makes a new school suck worse than discovering the guy you’re in love with is your prophesied nemesis.
Ari is the most powerful flame-throwing sorceress ever, and her people’s last hope in an ancient war. But she’s also a seventeen-year-old girl, and in her free, not-hunting-nemesis times, she jumps from school to school, trying to figure out regular people her own age and pretending she’ll get the chance to graduate.
Shane lives a double life. He goes to school and masters the art of popularity, hiding the fact that he has a fate with a slim chance of his survival. He’s destined to end a 300 year-old war by killing or being killed. He knows he’s hunted by a powerful enemy who’s not afraid to die. Only problem? He has no idea who that enemy is.
When Ari shows up at Shane’s school, angry and sullen and determined to keep him at arm’s reach, neither of them realize they are supposed to be killing each other, not fall-ing in love. Until Ari does realize it, and she almost dies – by Shane’s hand.
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~Excerpt~
“Shane, I’m
tougher than I look. I can handle it,” she said, although she wasn’t sure she
wanted to know any more about his magic than she already did. It could get him
in trouble. But she couldn’t just leave it alone. Part of her wanted to
know. Maybe the monster-killer part of her.
She squashed that
thought.
Shane stopped,
studied her. Under his intense blue gaze her heart started to pound and she
thought giddily that her favorite color just happened to be the exact color of
his eyes. What were the odds? “I’m serious, Ari. There’s this war going on, and
knowing anything about it could get you killed.”
“Killed?” Ari
tried to look dubious.
Shane glanced
around and grabbed her hand, pulling her with him out the front doors. The air
was crisp and cool; Ari could see traces of her breath. If Shane was aware that
half the student population was watching them speed-walk into the woods, he
didn’t show it, and after a final glance back Ari ignored them too.
When the school was out of sight, she stopped and pulled her
hand away. “Okay Shane. Spill,” she commanded. She crossed her arms over her
chest and tried to look cold. Normals would be cold right now, but because of
the flames flowing through their blood, neither she nor Shane could feel it.
Shane sighed and ran
a hand through his hair. “Where to start? Even the short version is long. We’re
sorcerers, and there are two sides to this war… of course, because that’s what
makes a war, right?” he rambled. Ari raised an eyebrow at him as she tried to
shiver. “I’m a Carules. I have magic that stems from these blue flames that,
well, they’re in my blood. Hunter, too. And all other Carules. The other side
is Edren, and their magic comes from red flames. Basically, we spend all our
time trying to kill each other. It’s a lot of fun,” he said with a bitter frown
at the ground.
“So you hide your
magic because if an Edren found you...”
“They’d kill me.
Or try to, anyway,” Shane finished for her.
Ari flinched at
his words, and she knew right then that if she had seen him on that battle
field in Adlington, she wouldn’t have been able to kill him. Her eyes widened
in shock, her mouth opened into a silent “Oh”, and her heart started to
pound. This was a very, very dangerous revelation she’d just made to herself.
She had a weakness. And it was Shane.
This is a great story!!!!! From beginning to end I enjoyed reading about Arianna. She is a teenager with exciting powers and a very demanding/eccentric grandfather. Wendy Knight has created an intriguing world of magic spells, and a feud that have been going on for generations. I loved so many parts of this story. One of my favorites is when Ari's brother Will shows up at her school to meet her friends. I was help captive to this story and could not wait to see how things with Ari, Shane, Charity, Hunter and the "normals" worked out. Of course I was left hanging and am now anxious to read her next story Feudlings In Sight.
FYI: Received a ecopy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
~Author Bio~
Wendy Knight was born and raised in Utah by a wonderful
family who spoiled her rotten because she was the baby. Now she spends her time
driving her husband crazy with her many eccentricities (no water after five,
terror when faced with a live phone call, etcetera, etcetera). She also enjoys
chasing her three adorable kids, playing tennis, watching football, reading,
and hiking. Camping is also big: her family is slowly working toward a goal of
seeing all the National Parks in the U.S.
You can usually find her with at least one Pepsi nearby,
wearing ridiculously high heels for whatever the occasion may be. And if
everything works out just right, she will also be writing.
Links:
Twitter: @wjk8099
Website: www.Wendy-Knight.com
Aww! Thank you for the sweet review! I'm so glad you liked it!
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