Ignited by A. M. Deese

*I reviewed an ARC of this book last year and seeing its publication is approaching, I’m updating it. 🙂 

TITLE: Ignited

BY: A. M. Deese

SERIES:  Dance of the Elements #1

GENRE: Fantasy, Young Adult

EXPECTED PUBLICATION: March 27th 2018

RATING:

When Jura’s father tried to kill her, she thought he was under some ancient dark magic. As the daughter of the FIRST, ruler of The Republic of the Sand Sea, she was forced to rule in her father’s stead.

Still naive in her new responsibility, she condemned a man named Tylak, who was accused of stealing fire, to death, only to seek his help later. Along with Tylak, Jura must find the Prince of the Shadow, to uncover the truth behind her father’s fate. But the truth she was seeking turned out to be more dangerous.

The Republic is on the verge of collapsing, and dangerous unknown entities lurk around every corner. Jura must be careful who to trust and what to do. Because she might or might not ignite the war she is trying to stop.

This story is filled with intrigues, betrayal and secrets. It also centers on politics, which even though not really my favorite plot point on other books, this one made it so interesting and yeah, intriguing. Imagine a politician (for that was Jura is, a politician) in a world where the water is the currency. Where there are people who can bend fire and do other things. Let’s throw a bit of romance(it’s only first book), friendship and family issues. And yeah DRAGONS and some other creatures we still don’t know the names. It’s an interesting and definitely engaging plot.

For a first book in a series, this one did a good job. Ignited makes you wanna read the next book right away, only to be disappointed that you maybe still have to wait for another year. Needless to say, the writing was okay. I don’t know if this is a debut novel but if it is, it was a good one.

Though there are parts that a little cliche, overall, it wasn’t predictable. The fictional world must have something to do with that. As for the Romance, I liked it. It was smooth. There were cliched conversations (more like banters) but they still make me smile and giggle.

And oh, at first the story was a little confusing, maybe because of multi POV narration. I even thought at first why on earth their POVs are needed. But it seemed like there are still so many things to be revealed to us that’s why their stories are needed. And sometimes, the narration would become slow and then pick ups and everything’s alright.

JURA: Naive at first. Understandable. She turned out to be smarter than I expected, thank Heavens. I say she’s an interesting character and I’ll sure looked out for her in the next book, especially because of that little exhibition she did in the last 20% of the story. It was something to look forward.

TYLAK: I like him more. Oh I like him. He’s sweet but also a little cocky. Bound to find his brother, he’s willing to do everything even help a rich bratty who is Jura.

KAY: This little kid is veeeery promising. I’m so sure she’ll be badass. She already is.

The other characters are all promising. And I liked most of them.

This is a good instalment in a promising series. Not grandiose but engaging enough. I wouldn’t say exactly that it’s filled with action, but it’s not also boring. It’s not slow. It’s just AVERAGE. I like this book and enjoyed it and will recommend it to anyone.

Happy Reading Guys,