This was such a fun read! It did, admittedly, have a bit a slow period after initially kicking off with quite a wild start. Once it got moving again, though, it was fantastic. I will also note that the slow period was during a travel period for the characters and a lot of world-building was done during this time. Once this was complete the story really picked and never slowed down again. I read the remaining 70-75% in one sitting and could not put it down. The FMC and MMC had the best chemistry and their journey from enemies to not-quite-enemies to something more was the actual best. I cannot wait for the next book!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Magic and adventure swirl through this spellbinding romantasy where a young woman reignites the embers of an ancient prophecy, unleashing a storm that could save her realm or doom them all.
Fear of maegic plagues war-torn Anwyvn. Halflings like Rhya Fleetwood are killed on sight. But Rhya’s execution is interrupted by an unexpected savior—one far more terrifying than her would-be killers. The mysterious and mercenary Commander Scythe. In the clutches of this new enemy, Rhya finds herself fighting for her life in the barren reaches of the Northlands. Yet the farther she gets from home, the more she learns that nothing is as it seems—not her fearsome captor, not the blight that ravages her dying realm, not even herself.
For Rhya is no ordinary halfling. The strange birthmark on her chest and the wind she instinctively calls forth means she is a Remnant, one of four souls scattered across Anwyvn, fated to restore the balance of maegic…or die trying.
But mastering the power inside her is only the beginning. Desire for the Commander—a man she can never trust, a man with plans of his own—burns just as fiercely as the tempests beating against her rib cage for release. Rhya must choose: smother the flames…or let them consume her.
