Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
Sully is summoned back to Maestraad by the entity who took control of Tylan’s body when Tylan perished. This Fire King—now calling himself Okhela—offers Sully a bargain he cannot refuse: if, after six months, Sully fails to fall in love with him, Okhela will return Tylan. The trouble is, as much as Sully wants to hate Okhela, the Fire King rules with wisdom and generosity… and Sully cannot resist the attraction he feels toward the handsome king. Though his heart will always belong to Tylan, Sully gives in to his body’s demands.
But can Sully trust Okhela to keep his word? With assassins on the loose, can Sully keep the Fire King alive long enough to find out? With the future of the kingdom—as well as his heart—at stake, Sully must call upon old friends and new to protect the Fire King, who might hold the keys to both.
The Fire King was a novel that called out to me for several reasons. A love severed, and a lover perished. A chance with terrible odds to get that lover back, a fantasy and a new author. How could I pass that up?
Kay Ellis did a wonderful job with this story, she held me spellbound throughout her story, balancing the need to lay out her world-building for the series and books to come with the powerful story of a lover with a mission of impossible odds that had to have our focus at all times. The strength of this story is Sully. A man whose heart will always belong to his lover, the Fire King yet not the Fire King. Someone the Fire King has stolen the body from and might still able able to give it back. Its a complicated tale worthy of a fantasy series.
There is a fire entity that lives inside the rulers, its consumed Sully’s lover, Tylan, but says it can give him back. What a pack. All it wants is six months to see if it can make Sully fall in love with him, if not then Sully gets his lover back. But nothing is ever that easy. Especially when its someone else wearing his lover’s body.
Ellis gives us several astonishing perspectives here, and not enough, in my case, of the back history of the fire entity. But maybe that’s coming in the future stories. But this is a rich story, dramatic, romantic, and magical. I couldn’t put it down. Also it has a horse character, Blackheart, that I loved as much as the rest. Irresistible. Now I can’t wait for the next installment. I wasn’t aware it was to be a series. Who will it feature? I am eagerly awaiting the next chapter.
Cover art by Paul Richmond. I adore this cover. Fiery, rich and so wonderful. Its perfect in every way for the story.
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Book Details:
ebook
Published February 17th 2016 by Dreamspinner Press
ISBN139781634768580
Edition LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Evolin Series #3
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 