Ever Fire (A Dark Faerie Tale Book #2)
Author: Alexia Purdy
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Summary:
The Serenity of the Land of Faerie is threatened as the Unseelie
Queen Aveta rages war against the three remaining Seelie Realms of
Faerie. As Shade's powers grow, she finds she is running out of time to
keep the war from spilling into the human world. Winter is growing in
strength as the evil Queen's horrifying legions scar the land in their
frigid wake. No one is safe. Shade becomes enemy number one for the
Unseelie legions. Questioning her true role of power, Shade discovers
the cost of winning may come at a much higher price than she ever
imagined. 
Vange stopped abruptly, watching her witch light suddenly bounce off
an invisible wall. Tilting her head, she scanned the dirt until she
spotted what she was looking for. Crouching down she lit the ground
around her with the witch light and frowned, noting the specks of still
drying blood and salt trail. Standing again she reached out to touch the
invisible shield before her.
Damn! Jade already knows.
The
shield rippled under her hand and sent a vibration of pain up her arm.
Pulling her hand away, she winced from the slight shock. Vange had no
choice now but to call her sister out of the house and speak with her.
The protection shield was strong. Even she could not penetrate it. She
concentrated on the shield, feeling not one, but three powerful essences
embracing the spell. If Jade had found two other Witches to perform the
spell with her, they were now as safe as anyone could ever be in their
own home from Faeries, lest hiding in an oubliette. No one could enter
without their permission. No one and nothing could penetrate its magic.
Review:
Ever Fire is a young adult fantasy novel that focuses on Shade, the main character, who just happens to be a half-Fey changeling. After journeying to the land of Faerie, Shade discovers that her magical powers are growing and she must help in the war raging throughout the land before it starts to spill over into the human world.
This is the second book in the Dark Faerie Tale series, which makes it hard for someone who hasn't read the first book to follow along. Readers will want to make sure to read the first book in the series before this book in order to really understand the characters and to be up on what has happened before. That being said, I found this book to be a really interesting fantasy that features faeries. There is a lot of action in the book, as Shade and the others in the Faerie realms try to stop a war raging in their lands.
The characters were well written, if a bit two dimensional. The setting of the book was well done and the descriptions the author used made it easy for me to imagine the Faerie world as if I was right there with the action. Overall, I felt this was a well written book with a good flow and a fast pace - a pretty good fantasy read.
About the Author:
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada- Sin City!!! I
love to spend every free moment writing, or playing with my four
rambunctious kids. Working as an RN currently to fund my dream career
of writing. I devour books daily, especially paranormal fantasies and
find genre books and independantly published books to be irresistible.
I've has been writing since I can remember (probably since the age of 6)
and love creating paranormal urban fantasy and poetry.
I
review books too and highly support all authors. I also enjoy watching
movies, dancing, singing loudly in the car and Italian food (yum).
Connect with Alexia:
Website / Blog / Twitter / Goodreads Author page / Alexia Purdy’s Facebook Fan Page / Ever Shade (A Dark Faerie Tale) Facebook Fan page /
Reign of Blood Series Facebook Fan Page
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