WILDEFIRE by KARSTEN KNIGHT
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This book was borrowed from a friend.
SUMMARY:
Every flame begins with a spark.
Ashline Wilde is having a rough sophomore year. She’s struggling to find her place as the only Polynesian girl in school, her boyfriend just cheated on her, and now her runaway sister, Eve, has decided to barge back into her life. When Eve’s violent behavior escalates and she does the unthinkable, Ash transfers to a remote private school nestled in California’s redwoods, hoping to put the tragedy behind her. But her fresh start at Blackwood Academy doesn’t go as planned. Just as Ash is beginning to enjoy the perks of her new school—being captain of the tennis team, a steamy romance with a hot, local park ranger—Ash discovers that a group of gods and goddesses have mysteriously enrolled at Blackwood…and she’s one of them. To make matters worse, Eve has resurfaced to haunt Ash, and she’s got some strange abilities of her own. With a war between the gods looming over campus, Ash must master the new fire smoldering within before she clashes with her sister one more time… And when warm and cold fronts collide, there’s guaranteed to be a storm.
REVIEW:
For as long as I can remember mythology has always fascinated me. Perhaps that is why I am so very involved with weaving tales of my own that could some day go down in history. The way people just clung to that as their religion, the different pantheons that still have so many similarities while remaining vastly different.
I have gravitated to the heroic adventures and heartbreaking romances that fill the pages, the troublesom pranksters and the gods/goddesss that are not as well known. I think one of my favorite aspects of this book was the fact that it didn't focus solely on one pantheon, and unlike the stance most mythological books take, it didn't focus on the Greek immortals.
I also liked the fact that they said that they were not immortal, but that they lived and died like everyone else. The only difference was that they were brought back each life time. It made me wonder if, like she pondered her self in the book, if we are brought back and if we do find ourselves caught in the same endless cycle of either ruin or success as the life time before.
I enjoyed the twists through out the book, the detail that captivated my attention and kept me coming back for more. Mostly, I enjoyed the emotion put behind each of the charcahters and that it wasn't a happy ending, nor a sad ending, it was a bitter sweet. I am deffinatly ready for a sequel and intend to buy this book myself to add to my collection.
I have gravitated to the heroic adventures and heartbreaking romances that fill the pages, the troublesom pranksters and the gods/goddesss that are not as well known. I think one of my favorite aspects of this book was the fact that it didn't focus solely on one pantheon, and unlike the stance most mythological books take, it didn't focus on the Greek immortals.
I also liked the fact that they said that they were not immortal, but that they lived and died like everyone else. The only difference was that they were brought back each life time. It made me wonder if, like she pondered her self in the book, if we are brought back and if we do find ourselves caught in the same endless cycle of either ruin or success as the life time before.
I enjoyed the twists through out the book, the detail that captivated my attention and kept me coming back for more. Mostly, I enjoyed the emotion put behind each of the charcahters and that it wasn't a happy ending, nor a sad ending, it was a bitter sweet. I am deffinatly ready for a sequel and intend to buy this book myself to add to my collection.
MEMORABLE QUOTES:
"There are two types of people in this world Ashline.' the headmistress said. ' Those of us who fear what we cannot control, who sit in the drivers sear of life and take charge of our own fates. And then there are those who fear choise, those so burdend by the mistakes that they've made that they seek solace in what they cannot control knowing that no matter the outcome, at least it wasn't their fault."
RATING:
4 MOONS.
REALLY GOOD!
REALLY GOOD!
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