Cold Burn of Magic (Black Blade #1) by Jennifer Estep
Published by: Kensington
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Rating:****1/2
Cold Burn of Magic is set in an alternate Earth where we have magical and mythological creatures and powers. It's fantastic (pardon the pun there!)
Lila Merriweather is just another girl with magical powers who has her fair share of problems. In Cold Burn of Magic, she's unique, different and has a big secret task to do. As bodyguard to the ever so attractive Devon Sinclair (typical YA books!) Lila represses her emotions for Devon in order to remain focused and ontask. Her life isn't the average teenagers, she's got so much on her plate that I question her ability to add this potential relationship despite secretly wanting them to get together.
But Estep doesn't rush or push her characters to romance. Instead she lets them build up the passion, the chemistry to a very appropriate time ie when something bad happens etc. It's not about the romance to Jennifer, it's the story.
The characters are introduced in a very mafia mob style. Not just the once you're in, you're stuck, but the way in how close knit the families are. Yet there's the other side to the mafia. The competition side is highly portrayed in the book very similar to Harry Potter's house rivalry. There's actually a competition that is eerily alike the Twiwizard Tournament.
As a fan of Estep and in particular her Gwen Frost series (which are amazing mythological series), I found Cold Burn of Magic exactly the same. They read so easily, so compelling and leave you wanting the next and the next until the series has ended and you're left wanting more still. I rarely read books like this. I just wish there were more. It's a fantastic first book. I was entertained and captivated. I just wish I'd read it earlier.
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