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Reviewed by Anne Boiling for Readers' Favorite
Kiera and her young nephew Alex were outside their condo in Alaska when a dog attacked them. Kiera fought for their lives. As she fell unconscious she saw fire. When she awakened she was in a strange land. She saw peasant huts instead of her condo. She and Alex soon found a village but there were soldiers fighting. Two soldiers attacked children. Unable to stop herself Kiera rushed to their defense. She felt the fire rising in her and sent it toward the soldiers killing them both. So begins the adventure of Kiera.
While I would love to share more of Kiera’s adventure I do not want to spoil it for other readers. Kiera is a strong female character. I liked her. She was impulsive to a fault. She was loyal and courageous. I liked that the author made her a little on the heavy side. Too often when we think of beautiful we think of thin women. Kiera and Alex were transported to another time and a parallel place. They were still in Alaska but definitely back in time and an altered culture. Soon Kiera was discovering many things about herself. The lead character is Laszlo, he is larger than life, brave and yet gentle. The culture was one of violence, slavery, power lays with the aristocrats. Kiera soon learns that in some ways it was not so different from our culture where we have much violence, we use people and power lays with the affluent.
Fallen Ember is well written but needs much editing. I love the plot. I was quickly drawn in and had to read every word. It is the author’s fault that I am behind in all other work. The characters worked well together, especially Kiera and Laszlo. It was easy to dislike the villains and there were a lot of them. The book flows well. This book is an adventure, romance, suspense all rolled into one.
