They are the fatemarked. Misunderstood. Worshipped. Hated. Murdered at birth. Their time to step into the light has come. An ancient prophecy foretold their coming, the chosen few who will bring peace to a land embroiled in a century of mistrust and war. When kings start dying, that hope and belief swiftly turns to fear. Roan Loren is one of the fatemarked, but has hidden his mark of power his … hidden his mark of power his entire life, fearing the damage it might cause to those around him. A great evil is coming. He can’t hide anymore. In the spirit of fantasy epics like Throne of Glass and The Lord of the Rings, enter a world of magic and dragons, kings and queens, and victory and defeat, during a time when honor and valor still meant something. Fatemarked is now a #1 Amazon bestseller in NINE categories. Start your 4,000+ page epic adventure today.
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I didn’t find myself drawn to these characters like I wanted to be, but the story was great. I loved the take on magic.
There are four kingdoms which have been at war for over a century. There is a prophecy that eight Kings must die so there can be peace among the four kingdoms. This book introduces those characters who have been Fatemarked and have something to do with the prophecy. This is the first of a series of books following this prophecy and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. It’s a well written book though it does drag a little, it reads well…
I enjoyed this quite a lot. The characters and premise were interesting. I deducted one star for two reasons: it has a cliffhanger ending and I am not a fan of those. I feel even books in a series should have a feeling of resolution rather than just ending, second, the story stops at 70% on my Kindle and the remaining 30% consists of short stories of back story for the characters. Despite these two things, the story is well written and an enjoyable classic style fantasy. I’d read the rest.
This book was pretty good, but at times I struggled to follow along. There are so many characters and plot points that it could tend to get muddled. Overall interesting story-line and I liked it enough to want to read the second one!
Overall rating: 5
Epic is such a small word yet it just hits the nail perfectly with this book. I appreciate this authors world building skills without over drowning me with details. There is a parallel to GOT but only in the 4 kingdoms warring. The characters, and the journey is unique to this author. Love that this tale fully immersed me, complete with the rollercoaster of emotions that comes with being able to feel the ups and downs of characters. This author gave more depth to these characters rather than the stereotypical gender roles. As book one, this did its job making me hungry for the rest of this tale. A truly easy recommend . This is one of those books where you know you can read it over and over and still get immersed seamlessly. All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
A good story. Not epic fantasy, but still worth reading.
Four kingdoms have been at war for over one hundred years. The Oracle has foretold that peace will not be secured until the King’s Bane has killed eight kings. So Fatemarked begins with the deaths of kings. The author introduces a kingdom, its rulers, and its heirs before giving character sketches and a history of conflict. Then the author moves on to another kingdom. The book keeps moving to different geographic areas, occasionally introducing additional characters. At first this was confusing, but as the book progressed, it made more sense. The only character who resonated with me was Gwendolyn, an Orian. The other characters were enough. Two things in the book were unique: streaming and fatemarks. Streaming was a means of communicating over great distances. Reeds in each kingdom produced an ink that was tuned to a specific body of water. If you wrote a message addressed to a specific area, then submerged the inked parchment in your local water, the ink dissolved and then reappeared on a parchment in the water at your desired location. Clever. Fatemarks appeared at birth, but only on a very few people. The marks indicated a power, such as iron, or fire, or healing, or being a hero. The bearers of fatemarks were treated differently in each kingdom, from being killed instantly to being honored and esteemed. When this first book ended, all the kingdoms were at war, several kings had been killed by King’s Bane, and potential royal heirs were fighting over succession.
Really wanted to give it 3 1/2 stars. It had some interesting parts, but dragged in others,, however i look forward to reading more in the series.
A waste of 99 cents. I love series and finding new authors, especially ones with nearly 500 pages of story to tell, but for as many new worlds I find to devour, there are also books that are a waste. Could not like the characters, and the story and world building is just regurgitation of the usual fantasy events. In the first 20% of the book there were logic errors in the plot flow, prepositional idiom errors that made zero sense, many trite expressions that may fly by some readers but over time just decay the writing even more than it was at the start. I could not finish this.