Where magic is dark and gritty, characters troubled and twisted, and victory comes at a heavy price.
Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart of the City radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will. For fifty years, the ruling Eagle … ruling Eagle Knights, who fly on the back of giant birds, have killed these Imperfects, fearing the return of the old royal family, who used icefire to cut out people’s hearts, turning them into ghostly servitors.
The old king’s grandson Tandor only sees the good things icefire brought: power and technology now forgotten while the people of the south live in dire poverty. He’s had enough of seeing his fellow kinsfolk slaughtered by ignorant Knights, of Imperfect babies being abandoned on the ice floes to be eaten by wild animals. His grandfather’s diary tells him how to increase the beat of the Heart the first step to making the land glorious once more. Arrogant as he is, he sets the machine in motion. All he needs is an army of Imperfect servitors to control the resulting power.
Isandor is Imperfect, an ex-Knight apprentice, betrayed by his best friend and running for his life.
The queen Jevaithi is Imperfect, living like a prisoner amidst leering Knights, surviving only because the common people would rebel if their beloved queen were harmed.
Both are young and desperate and should be grateful that Tandor wants to rescue them from their hopeless situations. Or so he thinks. The youngsters, however, have no inclination to become heartless ghosts, but while they defy Tandor, the Heart beats, and he alone cannot control its power.
Unless someone stops him.
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Great read, I recommend it to everyone.
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This boook is fragmented in both plot and characterization. If I had been the editor, the book would have been cut by more than one-third so that the plot made more sense and so the book came to a conclusion. If good editing had occurred, this could have been a stand-alone book rather than the start of a trilogy. I would not recommend this book.
This book was amazing, i couldn’t put it down. I can’t wait to get the other books in this trilogy.
Couldn’t get into it. Not my kind of read.
Hard to read, starts out like you know what is happening when you don’t. Didn’t make it through more than 30 pages.
Too disjointed to continue the series.
It took to long to get into the story.
she has been gifted two gifts and she uses them but stays out of the limelight. Then a stranger appears and she is slowly drawn in. Her mother has an illness which she cannot help with. Soon she is drawn into a different world. Can she save her mother? Can she stop the battle that is coming? Follow her adventures
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Fire and Ice (Faerie Song Saga Book 1) by Michele Barrow-Belisle is a wonderful story that I have read. This is a wonderful story writen by a brand new author for and a start to a brand new series also which I fell in love with. I highly recommend this story to all who loves reading about fantasy and Fae and witches.
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An adventure into a world where witches & faeries are at war, Elves are hot and sexy, secrets are unraveled and the answers are not in Lorelei’s favor, but this is only book one in the Faerie Song Trilogy.
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In this young adult fantasy, Lorelei has a talent for singing given to her by a fairy and a gift for healing that she hides as suggested by her grandmother. Her world is set on end when she meets Adrius who introduces her to the world of fairies and elves. Lorelei has a mutual attraction with several of the magical beings she meets in the realm he …
Lorelei waited on Mrs. Johnston in the Lemon Balm Café and Tea House and saw the things that ached and pained her from her arthritis and ulcer. Lorelei was an empathic healer, but she had to keep her skills hidden for her own safety. Gran’s secret blend of teas would do the healing for now. The head cheerleader and her “gang” of irritating …
I enjoyed reading this book. In this series Lorelei discovers mystical talents, and is introduced to a whole new world. I’ll admit there were a few spots where I lost interest and had to take breaks from my reading, but every time I returned I found I enjoyed the story a bit more. I’d recommend this book for readers that are fans of fantastical …