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My Review:Title: Heart of Mist (The Oremere Chronicles, #1)
Author: Helen Scheuerer
Series: The Oremere Chronicles #1
Published by: Indie
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 489
Genres: Young Adult, Action and Adventure, Fantasy
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:In a realm where toxic mist sweeps the lands and magic is forbidden, all Bleak wants is a cure for her power.
Still grieving the death of her guardian and dangerously self-medicating with alcohol, Bleak is snatched from her home by the Commander of the King’s Army, and summoned to the capital. But the king isn’t the only one interested in Bleak's powers.
The leader of an infamous society of warriors, the Valia Kindred, lays claim to her as well, and Bleak finds herself in the middle of a much bigger battle than she anticipated.
Heart of Mist is the gripping first book in The Oremere Chronicles, a fantasy series of epic proportions.
"A brilliant, absorbing read - I absolutely loved it. The dark, rich characterisation, the wonderful world building, the breathtaking plot and the beautiful writing make the whole experience a joy from start to finish." - Alexandra Nahlous
"Heart of Mist is captivating in its world-building and brilliant character development. Scheuerer is a true master at weaving together magic, mystery, passion and politics in her standout debut." - The Literary Casanova
"Heart of Mist is an incredible fantasy novel: magic, hints of romance, friendship, betrayal, secrets and deeply rooted plot twists abound... A unique fantasy series that I can see easily becoming one of my all-time favourite fantasy novels." - The Book Tweeter
Loved this world. The building of it was fantastic. It was so descriptive and felt so easy to imagine. The characters were deep, they struggled with their oppressors be they of physical nature or magical ones. And they weren;t perfect, they were all flawed in some way or another. It was hard to like them at times but easy to understand where they were coming from. I really loved how we moved across the entire world and got to see many different POV’s in this troubled world. Both in the present and the past.
I found myself sympathising with enemies and irritated with the rebel forces. Everything is explained just enough for me to understand it but not to even attempt to guess where it’s going. And that a book is able to keep me on my toes. It’s pretty rare that I can’t predict at least some of the story. But this one is spectacularly worded to both keep my attention and keep me guessing.
I want to read the next one but I need to prepare myself for this story as it is intense and I need to be in the right mindset so I can fully immerse myself in this world again. It was so wonderful.
So glad this one hit all your buttons!!