Spark of the Everflame: The Kindred's Curse Saga, Book One Paperback – 10 May 2023

𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚛? 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍?This was so freaking good. I think this is possibly going to be a favourite series of the year.Diem Bellator is a healer working with the mortals in her city. When her mother goes missing, she is pulled into the world of the Descended, the children of the gods who colonised and rule her world.The characters are complex and interesting, I loved Diem as a main character. She is fiesty and stabby and flawed. All her feelings and thoughts are understandable given everything and the situations she is forced into.The plot was nicely paced. There are enough mysteries to keep you wondering, and the mmc is a swoony grumpy mf who definitely falls first.LUTHER! Prince LUTHOR ! 🫠🫠“𝑫𝒐 𝒊𝒕,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. “𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐, 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒈𝒐.”“𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔.”𝙄 𝘽𝙀𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝙁𝙐𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘿𝙀𝙉?🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🆃🆁🅾🅿🅴🆂♡𝙴𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜( 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝)♡𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎♡𝙴𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎♡𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚜♡𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜♡𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗♡𝙺𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚝 " 𝙳𝙾 𝙸𝚃 " 😏 ( 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠)♡𝚃𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚜🅷🅸🅶🅷🅻🅸🅶🅷🆃🆂“𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑰 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓?”“𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒕𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑, “𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓.”𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄. “𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆.” 𝑰 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅. “𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕.”𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚. “𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕,” 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰’𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅, “𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆.” “𝑫𝒐 𝒊𝒕,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒏𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒕. 𝑴𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔.𝑳𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒉. “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉?” 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒓. “𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕. 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒅.”

I enjoyed this book, it had a steady rhythm and I can tell its building up for the next book, it sets the scene and makes u want to get to the end so you can read the second, which I believe will be even better and more thrilling!!I'd defo recommend this book to all those fantasy readers out there....GET IT🌶

Absolutely amazing, couldn't out it down.Strong female lead, lots of intrigue, great plot development with lots of breadcrumbs laid to lead you into it.

Wonderful, rich world building but I’d have liked some more spaces to ruminate - there’s a pace to the action and the complex plot moved pretty fast. There’s a lot of characters and different powers - a chart would’ve been useful.The main character is relatable- conflicted, and driven by underlying anger.

As someone who reads a lot of fantasy books and get tricked into those described as “ones for Sarah J Maas fans”, I can honestly say this series is perhaps even better.It’s been a while since I found a fantasy book with such a unique world and well thought out and lovable characters - despite the fact there are a lot of them, they each had clear individual personalities and backgrounds.I genuinely laughed out loud at the witty quips in this book as well as tearing up at one particularly emotional point (I won’t spoil though).For once, the FMC is actually believable and not completely annoying by either being too much of a kind hearted pushover or such a big mouth that you start to question her survival instincts and how she has any friends.The glowing reviews for this series are all well deserved and I can’t wait for the 4th book.

It was good but very slow burn. Whilst I liked the development of the main character, the build up was a bit too long.If you someone who loves more the plot and adventure, then you will definitely love it.