Review: Wind And Fire

Wind and Fire by Cheryl Landmark

Published May 1st 2010 by Asylett Press

Paperback, 232 pages
Isbn: 1934337706

Source: I received a copy of Wind and Fire in exchange for an honest review, courtesy of Cheryl Landmark. This has in no way influenced or affected my review and opinion of the book.

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"Zardonne, Master of the Dark Rift, has ripped a hole in the fabric of Tellaron and invaded with an army of hideous demons. Oblivious to the dangers and evil brewing beyond the borders of the quiet Ardis Valley where she lives, nineteen year old Tenya toils through a life of dreary loneliness and drudgery plagued by strange, disturbing visions, yearning desperately for the beautiful mother she had not seen since she was three.

Her life is abruptly turned upside down when she is abducted in the middle of the night and sent on a perilous journey that will test her courage and the fledgling powers buried deep within her. For not only does she discover that her missing mother, Elea, is a powerful sorceress able to control the forces of the wind, Tenya also learns that she herself possesses a singing power that manifests itself as white fire throughout her body. Can she find her mother, and the strength to use her own powers, in time to save Tellaron from the evil Demon Master? Her world depends upon it."
Zardonne, Master of the Dark Rift, has ripped a hole in the fabric of Tellaron and invaded with an army of hideous demons. Oblivious to the dangers and evil brewing beyond the borders of the quiet Ardis Valley where she lives, nineteen year old Tenya toils through a life of dreary loneliness and drudgery plagued by strange, disturbing visions, yearning desperately for the
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6/10

This was an epic tale of a young girl learning that she is not so normal after all and that everything is not what it seems. She steps into a magical world that was put together very well by Cheryl Landmark. The story was action packed and it flowed nicely.

If you like fantasy, action, heroines and villains then chances are you will like this!

This was one of those novels that you shouldn't judge by its cover. It was a great début novel and I look forward to seeing what Cheryl Landmark will do next!

Mild Spoilers:

I don't have many complaints, except that I felt that Tenya came into her powers a bit too fast and that her mother speaking to her and helping her through tough situations was just too convenient.

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"Tenya tingled all over and, still with that same strange sense
of detachment, she saw a soft white light suddenly outline Sindril,
the murbeest, and herself. A rush of adrenaline–and something
else she could not define–pervaded her body."