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A review by kittyg
Fire's Song by J.E. Mueller
3.0
*This is one of my #SPFBO books for this year*
I picked this one up a few days ago and it has taken me a little while to really get into it. I think part of that is because it's a fairly choppy story which jumps around time a lot (although it all focuses on one character).
This is the story of a young Princess called Key who is cursed. Key is the young Princess who everyone wants to dote on, but her curse is evil and she can kill with just a touch. No one knows how to solve the curse or even how she can control it. It's a messy situation to be in, and Key decides to flee her home to stop any more people getting hurt. She is a kind-hearted girl and just wants everyone she cares about to be ok.
This world is a fairly standard fantasy one although I liked that there were magical villages and the Order who train those who possess magic. They are pretty nice additions to the world and the various magic kept it fun to read too.
The plot is a bit slow to start off but seemed to pick up some pacing as it went. I do feel like some of the scenes didn't feel as polished and developed as I'd like and others felt a little overly descriptive.
The language of this feels fairly simple and it's got modern American terms like 'vacation' etc in the story too. At times I felt like this jarred from a world without modern amenities. I also noticed quite a few grammatical errors and typos.
On the whole I liked Key and her power and story, but I felt that she was a little bit irritating at times. Key seems determined to take the hard path and I think until she finds people who care for her it's a struggle to really know what direction to follow.
I ended up giving this a 3*s so 6/10 for #SPFBO.
I picked this one up a few days ago and it has taken me a little while to really get into it. I think part of that is because it's a fairly choppy story which jumps around time a lot (although it all focuses on one character).
This is the story of a young Princess called Key who is cursed. Key is the young Princess who everyone wants to dote on, but her curse is evil and she can kill with just a touch. No one knows how to solve the curse or even how she can control it. It's a messy situation to be in, and Key decides to flee her home to stop any more people getting hurt. She is a kind-hearted girl and just wants everyone she cares about to be ok.
This world is a fairly standard fantasy one although I liked that there were magical villages and the Order who train those who possess magic. They are pretty nice additions to the world and the various magic kept it fun to read too.
The plot is a bit slow to start off but seemed to pick up some pacing as it went. I do feel like some of the scenes didn't feel as polished and developed as I'd like and others felt a little overly descriptive.
The language of this feels fairly simple and it's got modern American terms like 'vacation' etc in the story too. At times I felt like this jarred from a world without modern amenities. I also noticed quite a few grammatical errors and typos.
On the whole I liked Key and her power and story, but I felt that she was a little bit irritating at times. Key seems determined to take the hard path and I think until she finds people who care for her it's a struggle to really know what direction to follow.
I ended up giving this a 3*s so 6/10 for #SPFBO.