While this book might not be one that I purchase for my personal collection, I would certainly recommend this book to others if they are fans of fantasy and compelling backstories for their female heroines. Draven created an immersive world that is rich in its flavor and surroundings, and I found myself enraptured by their depiction.
Some of the best features of this book were the world-building and the deeply rich lore. For those that have read the book or intend to, I am speaking of the very, very end.
I feel there is a difference between a plot twist, and finishing a series with an unexplained bang – just to have some sort of ending. I think this would have worked if the twist had felt more planned, and less crafted by happenstance. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Fallen Empire Ser. Challenge Corner: Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven -> Starting November. The characters are compelling, so I continued reading towards the ultimate crescendo of the novel, and JUST when I thought Draven was going to pull the rug out from under my expectations as a reader, the direction shifted and the novel tied together in a wholly unexpected way. Read 1,355 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The middle began to lull for me, and the pacing slowed.
Grace Draven cultivates immediate intrigue in the first chapters of Phoenix Unbound, and I found myself turning page after page eagerly. To protect her family and village, she will abandon everything to return to the Empire-and burn once more.I went back and forth on how to rate this book, and I struggled for a while on putting my finger on exactly what it was that pulled this book back from being rated 4 stars. Unknown to Gilene, he also wants to reclaim the birthright of his clan. Gilene's sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret to staying alive lies with the magic only she possesses.Īzarion, the Empire's most famous gladiator, has somehow seen through her illusion-and is set on blackmailing Gilene into using her abilities to help him escape his life of slavery. For the last five years, one small village's tithe has been the same woman. In this USA Today bestselling novel, a woman with power over fire and illusion and the enslaved son of a chieftain battle a corrupt empire in this powerful and deeply emotional romantic fantasy.Įvery year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital-her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses.
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