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Destiny's Fire

Destiny's Fire - Trisha Wolfe Like a badass heroine? Dez Harkly is the one for you! I don’t mean badass as in drug / alcohol indulgent but as in she seriously kicks ass (literally!). Dez is strong beautiful and caring. She has to be strong because she’s really not who she seems to be. She’s got a lot to hide but will it stay hidden? Her secret will rule her life and someone out there is determined to use it. Dez is about to face the biggest change in her life when her world is turned upside down. The Council made a Peace Treaty with their enemy and her world is now invaded with those whom she has been brought up to hate. But are they really whom they were portrayed to be? Her best friend, Jace, is determined to hate them and to uncover their evil plot -to rule the world of course . It was action-packed culminated in a battle (yes!) with some flyaway sparks (literally) of romance which was totally engrossing to read. I was most appreciative of the twists and thrilling suspense in uncovering Dez and the evil plot. Nearing the end, I really thought it was going to be a cliff-hanger ending and to my relief, it wasn’t. Nevertheless, I was highly strung til pretty much the end :p I’ve not read that many steampunk novels (in fact, I could probably count them on one hand!) however I have a certain notion that it has to be in a Victorian era. Destiny’s Fire contains many corsets but it hasn’t the Victorian feel for me. It does still fall within the steampunk genre but rather more dystopian in setting. What really drew me to this book was, of course, the cover (I’m so superficial!) and the Pharaoh’s reference (my love for Ancient Egypt is probably rooted in Stargate). Unfortunately, there wasn’t much about the Pharaohs or Ancient Egypt, however I have my hope that maybe in the next installment…? I think I may be over love triangles! The love triangle was just on too high a level on my pain threshold that I was really getting uncomfortable (about halfway through the book), I was contemplating whether I could go on! Thankfully, the dial was turned down a bit or I really would have cracked it. But… it wasn’t off, and I really didn’t know where I was and who to cheer for… I’m really grateful that I wasn’t left hanging at the end. A little note at the end, I just wasn’t sure about how to read / spell “Shythe”, I keep reading / spelling it wrong in my head and it makes it sound pretty bad (my bad! :p)