"Can Kel save her beloved Phoenix, her family farm, her best friend and the boy she loves to hate."
What a debut! 400 pages packed with everything a fantasy fan will love. Really well thought through world building with a new mythical creature to love - there are no dragons here!
There is a fascinating, well-developed cast of characters with developing romantic connections, including the classic rivals to lovers trope. There is loyalty, betrayal, adventure, danger, death and mystery. It may sound as if too much is going on, but the author keeps as tight a hold on her story, as does Kelyn Varra on her beloved phoenix Savita. Kel is trying to keep her family’s farm and phoenix aviary afloat. As a phoenix tamer, she looks after and trains the phoenixes for their racing team, the Crimson Howlers, but the tragic death of their rider forces them into teaming up with her most arrogant rival, Coup and his business manager brother Bekn.
Infuriatingly, Coup is able to bond with Savita and rides her to an astonishing victory, which gains the attention of a billionaire tech boss who wants to buy the team. But Kel soon comes to suspect that he may have darker motives and that Savita and all phoenixes are in danger from Christo. It is an absolutely fascinating world that has been created, with all the elements of Phoenix lore and the presence of a deadly disease that might be cured by phoenix regeneration.
The dramatic tension of the terrifying races and the unfolding mystery, together with the romantic tension developing between Kel and Coup will keep the reader entirely gripped and desperate to find out what happens next!
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Fourth Wing meets The Fast and the Furious in Of Flame and Fury - the explosive YA fantasy by debut author Mikayla Bridge. With deadly phoenixes, edge-of-your-seat action and a smouldering enemies-to-lovers romance, you won't want to miss the hottest YA fantasy of the summer.
Win. Or Burn.
On an island built from ash and shrouded in fire, phoenix racing is the most profitable - and deadly - work you can find. No one knows that better than Kelyn Varra and her crew, the Crimson Howlers.
When the Howler's rider is brutally killed during a race, Kel is forced to join forces with arrogant, hot-headed Warren Coupers - the last person she would ever want on her team. But with her rising debts and threats to her beloved phoenix, Savita, the pressure to win has never been higher; and Kel is left with no other choice.
As tensions rise on and off the track, a mysterious tech mogul takes an unsettling interest in the team. Amidst perilous races, the threat of an unstoppable disease and her growing attraction to Coup, Kel soon uncovers a sinister plot that will threaten everything she cares for, as she fights to keep Savita and her magic out of the hands of those who would use it for their own gain . . .
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Of Flame and Fury and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
Of Flame and Fury features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Fantasy / Magical, Science Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Contemporary and urban fantasy, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Of Flame and Fury is available in Hardback, Paperback
Of Flame and Fury was written by Mikayla Bridge and published by First Ink an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Of Flame and Fury has 383 pages
£8.99
