A Fate Forged in Fire
It has the potential to become an enticing magical world with an intriguing religious and political corruption network…
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Somewhere between 3.75 and 4...
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📚 This is a duology, the next book coming out on May 2026.
Highlights
The politics and religion involved in the plot were intriguing, although there was some refining to do. Also, giving us not exactly a fierce female main character (FMC), but someone prone to mistakes had potential—I’ll talk about what I missed about her below.
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All in all, I see promise. For book 2, I expect a polished arc for some characters, a better exposed world with its territories intricacies, and better explained motivations.
What to Expect
- Enemies to lovers
- A bit of sexual fire
- Royalty power struggles
- Magic vs non-magic
- Religious manipulation
- Twists
- Secrets and betrayals
- War
- Dragons involved
What I Missed
- The world was complicated. The author tried to disentangle it for us through about 25% of the reading. Still, the curse, the religion’s broader goal, who the neighbors involved were, their magical conscription to their territories after a major war…all that needed more explaining, more in-depth context.
- I had flashbacks from the Wings of Ink series (not sure if in a positive way). This “good side” situation where they’re constantly making mistakes and failing in their strategies is disheartening when you want the intrigue, wisdom, planning and experience building a smart plot with worth-fighting-for characters. Rhysand from ACOTAR is a go-to example. Even when he’s bested sometimes, he has the vision to be one step ahead of his enemies.
- The FMC had fire in her. However, most of the time she acted as a reckless teenager rather than an almost 30-year-old-supposed-to-be-experienced-in-life woman. So, I had mixed feelings with her.
🚨 Spoiler Alert
Great twist by the end, although I’m confused. Was Aemyra betrayed at the last minute or played since the beginning? There are dialogues suggesting either option.
THE END
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