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Heir of Storms
by Lauryn Hamilton Murray
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Probably a 3.5 rounded up. This book gave me some mixed feelings but managed to be entertaining throughout so I was willing to overlook its flaws. I also hope that as Murray develop, those flaws can be outgrown.
Heir of Storms follows Blaze (yes, thats her name) a water bender born into a fire bender (no, they aren't really called benders but THEY ARE) family and at her birth caused a massive storm that ended up killing a bunch of people. Since then she hasn't had any access to her powers beyond a little drizzle. But when the eclipse happens, which signals a competition for the new leaders of the bender nations, Blaze is shocked to find herself in the running for the water throne.
Its a royalty competition with bending powers and honestly, I am such a sucker for these that I was totally drawn in. It managed to have enough original flavor and entertaining twists and turns (if not wholly unpredictable) to keep you turning the page.
My only problem felt like it was the pacing and the build up. The way scenes jumped almost felt like a cut screen, it was rather abrupt and didn't always sit well and how problems are solved or not was always a little jarring. The final battle felt a little bit like a let down after all the build up towards it. It also was painfully YA at times, which is fine! Its YA! but some of the teenage drama scenes had me thinking this would not be a functional form of government but they were pretty fun as teenage drama if not world leaders.
Overall, this was a light and fun YA fantasy novel that I definitely won't mind picking up the second for!
Heir of Storms follows Blaze (yes, thats her name) a water bender born into a fire bender (no, they aren't really called benders but THEY ARE) family and at her birth caused a massive storm that ended up killing a bunch of people. Since then she hasn't had any access to her powers beyond a little drizzle. But when the eclipse happens, which signals a competition for the new leaders of the bender nations, Blaze is shocked to find herself in the running for the water throne.
Its a royalty competition with bending powers and honestly, I am such a sucker for these that I was totally drawn in. It managed to have enough original flavor and entertaining twists and turns (if not wholly unpredictable) to keep you turning the page.
My only problem felt like it was the pacing and the build up. The way scenes jumped almost felt like a cut screen, it was rather abrupt and didn't always sit well and how problems are solved or not was always a little jarring. The final battle felt a little bit like a let down after all the build up towards it. It also was painfully YA at times, which is fine! Its YA! but some of the teenage drama scenes had me thinking this would not be a functional form of government but they were pretty fun as teenage drama if not world leaders.
Overall, this was a light and fun YA fantasy novel that I definitely won't mind picking up the second for!