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Fate of the Fallen
by Kel Kade
This is my first introduction to Kel Kade and I have to say, well done. I had a blast reading through this book and it was an exciting twist on the popular story structure of the "chosen one" fantasy trope. As most chosen one stories begin, we meet our protagonist's and are quickly introduced to the beginning of a story we've read time and time again, the simple forester that lives a rather uneventful life is meant to become the savior of all humanity, as part of the prophecy to save the world from certain doom. Rather than saving Earth, this is about saving the world of Aldrea. Except, Fate of the Fallen is different and it explores a much different story of what would the world do if the prophecy failed? What chance does humanity have if the chosen one were to fall and all hope is lost? This book dives into these questions and explores how the various characters would approach what seems to be certain doom and constantly tests our protagonists with ever-mounting odds.
This book did a brilliant job of setting up a typical fantasy-trope and as soon as you think you know where the story would go, almost immediately, you are proven to be wrong. As soon as I realized that this wasn't just another chosen one tale, I was hooked. Character introductions were done well and Kade did a great job of giving me enough information to know who these characters were without over explaining or exposition dumping. I enjoyed our main cast of characters and am eager to see who else we meet on this journey and how our characters grow in the next book.
The world of Aldrea is easy to imagine as it reminds me a lot of the landscape of something such as Middle Earth. This book does not spend too much time going into pages and chapters of detailing every inch of the terrain, but does enough to show the reader an image of their surroundings. Fate of the Fallen also not only takes place in the world of Aldrea, but in other realms or dimensions as well. That's all I will say for the sake of spoiling anything.
As far as magic goes in this story, it seems to be more of a fluid / soft magic system with a few familiar variations. There are mages, sorcerers, prophets, healers, and a few other types of magic users in this world. Each one comes from one of the 12 bloodlines, such as Sereshian or Etrieli. Each of these bloodlines are explained to be magic-wielders and have different approaches to how magic should be used. This magic is not directly explained in great detail but I would assume we will learn more in book 2.
Without getting into much more detail about Fate of the Fallen, I want to end with the pacing of this book. I think the pacing was pretty spot on. This really does flow from chapter to chapter without too many POV switches or constantly bouncing between too many topics or locations. Kel Kade has done a great job with creating a page-turner of a book and I am excited to see where this story goes next.
This book did a brilliant job of setting up a typical fantasy-trope and as soon as you think you know where the story would go, almost immediately, you are proven to be wrong. As soon as I realized that this wasn't just another chosen one tale, I was hooked. Character introductions were done well and Kade did a great job of giving me enough information to know who these characters were without over explaining or exposition dumping. I enjoyed our main cast of characters and am eager to see who else we meet on this journey and how our characters grow in the next book.
The world of Aldrea is easy to imagine as it reminds me a lot of the landscape of something such as Middle Earth. This book does not spend too much time going into pages and chapters of detailing every inch of the terrain, but does enough to show the reader an image of their surroundings. Fate of the Fallen also not only takes place in the world of Aldrea, but in other realms or dimensions as well. That's all I will say for the sake of spoiling anything.
As far as magic goes in this story, it seems to be more of a fluid / soft magic system with a few familiar variations. There are mages, sorcerers, prophets, healers, and a few other types of magic users in this world. Each one comes from one of the 12 bloodlines, such as Sereshian or Etrieli. Each of these bloodlines are explained to be magic-wielders and have different approaches to how magic should be used. This magic is not directly explained in great detail but I would assume we will learn more in book 2.
Without getting into much more detail about Fate of the Fallen, I want to end with the pacing of this book. I think the pacing was pretty spot on. This really does flow from chapter to chapter without too many POV switches or constantly bouncing between too many topics or locations. Kel Kade has done a great job with creating a page-turner of a book and I am excited to see where this story goes next.