“Some worldbuilding details are given short shrift by the fast pace, but there’s a lot here for readers of Seanan McGuire and Patricia Briggs.” Publishers WeeklyMaeve O’Neill grew a hard shell while growing up on the streets of Boston. Just as she’s on the cusp of getting her life on a better track, she starts having agonizing visions of torture. Desperate to rid her mind of the awful scenes, she … scenes, she follows her visions to the scene of a murder. Instead of answers, she gets an unexpected gift from the victim: Magic.
Maeve’s newfound abilities soon make her the target of two powerful and dangerous groups, the Council and the Brotherhood, both of which will stop at nothing to gain the magic locked inside her. In an attempt to stay alive, Maeve strikes a deal with the Council’s disillusioned enforcer, Silas Valeron. His motives are suspect, and his arrogance is frustrating, but his plan might work.
With more visions sending Maeve deep into a world of magic with enemies all around her, she must learn to control her powers long enough to get rid of them. If she can’t, all of Earth’s magic could fall into the wrong hands.
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She has been living in the streets and just when her life looks up she has terrible visions. She follows where one will.send her and there is a dead boby. She ends up having the magic from them. Now she is in danger from two dangerous groups wanting that magic. What will she do? Will she get help? Will she learn control? See how it is going to end
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This is by far the best book I’ve listened to (or read) is ages. Fate Forged is a fast paced fantasy with brilliant world-building, a unique twist on magic and paranormal creatures, a kickass heroine and swoony hero. The perfect amount of fiery banter between Silas and Maeve, teamed with their slow burn romance had me listening to this book at any opportunity. Let’s just say I can’t wait for more of these two! I’m eagerly awaiting the next instalment in this amazing debut series. Well done!
I absolutely LOVED this book! It is a debut book and I am anxiously await another. There is so much I could write about how awesome this book is. Just read it. You won’t be disappointed!
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Maeve O’Neill has been having terrible nightmares lately. They seem so real and they’re beginning to interfere in her daily life, so she decides to find the place in her dreams and put them to rest once and for all. But what she does instead is turn her life upside down. Nothing is what she thought, not even herself. Now she has to trust a stranger to help her before she ends up dead. She’s never been good at trusting, but dead seems so much worse, so trust it is.
The beginning of this story will draw you in and not let go. It’s a bit confusing at first as to who are the white hats and who are the black hats, but it plays out in a surprising way. Maeve is a bit too wimpy at times for me, but overall she doesn’t take much shit from anyone. I love the twist and turns her path takes, but the final conflict falls flat for me. I also have a hard time with the insta-love. I just don’t feel any build up for it. It’s just suddenly there. I love the world and the characters though. All-in-all this is a great tale about magic, discovering yourself, and standing against corruption.
A new spin on a magical world, great story great characters. A woman with weird memories, who believes she’s an orphan, saved by a weird and annoying stranger with hidden purposes. A magical community on the brink of collapse because the magical source is thining, lower class uproar, political corruption and a villian who has connections on all sides. With new memories Maeve must figure out who’s truthful in their thoughts and hearts while dealing with her newfound magical powers. Great story as a stand alone, but with possibilities for future books, especially focusing on other characters that I would love to see more of.
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WOW!!! Mauve is a homeless teen who’s been having horrible nightmares. Her life starts to spiral out of control after she received a magical ability that was transferred to her due to a tragic incident. The death of this man caused Maeve to become the next target for the Brotherhood. Maeve’s life is turned upside down as she set off to get rid of this magic that she suddenly has. In her quest she makes a deal with a Council Guardian, Silas Valeron. She is drawn to him sexually but they clash and fight constantly. Together they must find a way to stop all of Earths magic from falling into the wrong hands, Titus. Maeve is clever, caring, good with knives, and stubborn. She starts to exhibit amazing power, that she needs to figure out how to control. Silas is arrogant, caring, clever, loyal, stubborn and her knight. Silas has secrets that can destroy her trust in him. This book is full of action, adventure, battle scenes, fantasy, romance, magic, love and the struggle of power. There is a cliffhanger at the end that will leave you wanting more. It’s a great book. I received this ARC for my honest opinion. I loved it!
Fate Forged (Bound Magic Series: Book One) by B.P. Donigan is a wonderful story to read. This is a wonderful story by a brand new author I have never read before this story. I loved reading this wonderful story it have strong wonderful characters and a wonderful story line. I highly recommend this story to everyone .
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Maeve has been having nightmares, visions of a violent death that send her out questing for answers. Only to fall prey to an attack where she exhibits amazing powers and then she is taken into protective custody by a supernatural warrior. Suspense, intrigue, even romance and a deathly stalker follow her wherever she goes. And the answers she seeks are a lifechanging force that will affect one and all! Just a little warning. This book sadly ends in a cliffhanger.
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A woman named Mauve is the protagonist of Fate Forged. Once a homeless teen, she has pieced together a new life by working hard under-the-table at restaurants and volunteering at the homeless shelter that took her in. When nightmares of torture take over her dreams, she loses sleep because of them, then starts to miss shifts at work. Her life begins to fall apart; she’s no longer sure she made enough that month to make her rent. Her life undergoes a quantum shift when, desperate to get rid of the horrific scenes, she follows these visions to a fortune cookie factory in Boston, the scene of the torture she’d dreamt about which ended in the death of the victim. Instead of answers, she discovers she has previously unknown magical abilities, but in wholly unable to control her magic. Her magic soon makes her the target of two powerful groups of magical beings, the Council and the Brotherhood, both of which want access to the magic locked inside Maeve. She strikes a deal with the Council’s Guardian, Silas Valeron. She is suspicious of his motives, finds his arrogance is frustrating, but is drawn to him sexually. More visions send her deeper into the world of magic. She must learn to control her power, or the magic that ties all life forms to the Earth itself, could fall into evil hands.
The writing flowed well and had few grammatical errors. What bothered me were multiple instances where a paragraph combined two characters’ actions/thoughts/dialogue. For example, Silas has a line of dialogue followed by Maeve’s internal response to that dialogue. I was pulled out of the story momentarily trying to re-orient myself.
Overall, an interesting premise with a page-turning plot with multiple twists, superb world-building, an compelling protagonist who often acts in her own best interest because she’s a bit of a smart aleck, and a love interest who is as emotionally tormented as the protagonist all make this a good read.
I really enjoyed this book. It was well written and the story and characters were well developed. I loved the individual character personalities and watching their relationship dynamics change and evolve through the book. The story was action packed and full of twists and turns. It had suspense, intrigue, emotion and hot chemistry. I can’t wait for the next book!! I’d highly recommend this book!!
Loved this book! A new genre for me and a new author. So much packed into this book! A definite page turner I had a hard time putting down! This book had it all. Magic, sexual tension, action, adventure, murder, regret, lies, betrayal, love, and hope. A must read even if it’s a new to you genre. I started reading this book not knowing what to expect but I am so glad I did! A definite 5 star book with wonderful and easily relatable characters.
I loved this story and found the characters to be both complex and compelling. I did feel that I had to take a star off of my rating because, when we first find out about the Lost Sect, Silas tells Maeve that everything with the sect becoming lost happened for decades ago. Nothing, until the very end of the book, contradicted this statement (though there wasn’t anything confirming it either). So I spent the majority of this book enjoying the action and developments, but constantly being bugged that we have the very long lived Aeternals who, somehow, remember very little about people who would, supposedly, have been friends only a few decades prior. The timeline just didn’t make any sense. Then, at the end of the book, we find out that the Lost Sect has been hiding for generations, as well as another reference to centuries, which makes me think that the word ‘decades’ was probably a typo. Unfortunately, that typo happened to be about a significant event that the whole understanding of the events of this book are based on.
With the understanding that it hasn’t only been 40 years, I can say that I was captivated by Maeve and Silas’ journey. I loved that Maeve could be strong without being strident; and that she refused to back down from Silas’ temper. I loved that she had a strong moral code and wasn’t willing to accept things like slavery and torture simply because that’s how Aeternals did things.
I am excited to see where this series goes, in future books.
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An interesting read.
I ordered this book because of the great reviews but had to force myself to whip through it. The story premise is interesting and it starts off well, with a scrappy heroine with some atypical skills, but all too quickly (and suddenly – as in out of the blue and with no reasonable transition) she turns into a sex obsessed puddle around the main male character and for the rest of the book she swings back and forth in her thoughts and emotions, representing the worst of female attributes. I often disliked the heroine and so the deeds and determination that are leading to the sequel ring false. Trying to be both a bodice ripping beach read and a magical fantasy novel leaves this without success in either.