The writing style fluctuates from clever and original to overly verbose and often confusing in its jumble of senses. The bargain they strike sends her on a dark and magical journey throughout the land. Evangeline desperately prays to the Prince of Hearts, a dangerous and fickle Fate famed for his heart that is waiting to be revived by his one true love-and his potentially lethal kisses.
Despite inheriting a steady trust in magic, belief in her late mother’s homeland of the mystical North (where fantastical creatures live), and philosophy of hope for the future, her dreams are dashed when Luc, her love, pledges to marry Marisol instead.
When her father passes away, Evangeline is left with her cold stepmother and kind but distant stepsister, Marisol. The twists at the end are refreshing rather than cheap.Ĭharacterization elevates this romance over similar offerings in a crowded genre.Īfter praying to a Fate for help, Evangeline discovers the dangerous world of magic. While some early exposition is clunky, once the story settles into a character-driven rhythm, the prose smooths out considerably. Chapters alternate first-person narration between Vane and Audra, with Audra’s redemptive arc adding meat to the orphan-hero-discovering-his-magical-heritage storyline. Audra has only days to train him, adding temporal tension. Vane must awaken to his heritage and powers, mastering the languages of the four winds (one for each direction), if they are to stand a chance when the Stormers come for them. This prior accident ended in numerous casualties. Doing her duties, Audra accidentally reveals their location-in much the same way that, years ago, she unintentionally alerted enemy soldiers, called Stormers, to Audra’s parents’ location as they served as guardians for Vane’s family. Although Vane has no memory of it, he is an air elemental, or sylph, just like Audra-in fact, he is the key piece in a war against the stock villain, a power-hungry sylph tyrant who murdered Vane’s parents. Audra’s been following Vane as his assigned protector from the Gale Force. Vane Weston has no memories of his life before a tornado killed his parents, only dreams haunted by a beautiful girl. A teenage boy discovers his magical heritage and falls in love with his protector.
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