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Prince of Ash

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It has been five years since the fall of the Seelie Court. Mina and Duncan run a bookshop named "Blackthorn Books". Mina's dyana powers are still not under tight control though. She sometimes does not realize she is enslaving minds of the faelings. It is not something she does on purpose. Her husband, Duncan, is bound to a wheelchair, yet he still insists upon helping Mina whenever she goes looking for the young faeling who has been hunting down seelie fae during the nights.

Then Alexandreya "Alex" comes to town. It is obvious to Mina and Duncan that she is running from something. But she is Duncan's young niece and they convince her to stay with them and help run the bookshop. Alex turns out to be something of a genius with a special talent in engineering. The unseelie blood within her is thin and she believes that she has no fae powers.

Alex catches the eye of another young unseelie faeling named Pook. Pook is attracted to Alex from the start. Being a member of a street gang called the Rat Soldiers, he manages to come to her rescue more than once. Pook is a changeling. Being more fae than human, though he refuses to believe it, he has quite a few powers, but a weakness to iron.

Thesse unlikely beings must learn to trust one another ... and quickly. The war in Faerie has spilled over into the mortal world and the city is suddenly crawling with faelings and fae. Mortal blood is being spilled, the battle ground will soon be marked, and the world as they know it is in peril.

***** This is the second book in the Shadow Fae Trilogy. If you have not read the first, you can easily understand all that is happening. However, I highly suggest reading this trilogy in order. Mina and Duncan still have major roles in this installment, but the true main characters are Alex and Pook. This is a fast paced story with lots of magic and action. Fascinating! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

The kindle version is apparently just a quick OCR of the text, with little proofing afterwards. Single paragraphs are frequently broken into many paragraphs, multiple paragraphs are joined, words are frequently broken into two, and there's an 'rs' thrown in when there should be some type of division between paragraphs. There are also no chapter breaks, so you cannot jump around easily.

The book itself would be a 4 or 5, but with the OCR problems, you really have to slow down and read "paragraphs" several times to try to parse how the text should really be read.

Reviewed by A.J. Cooper for Reader Views (1/07)

This fantasy adventure is about Alex's travel to a far off place to escape her past and find a new life for herself after her mother has passed away. She has special powers that she does not seem to have full control over. Alex is able to feel and see things that others may not be able to. She arrives in a faraway city where customs are far different from the privileged life she has led. She knows no one and is trying not to bring attention to herself while on the docks at the wharf. Unfortunately she does bring attention to herself and a perfect stranger, Pook, comes to her rescue and saves her from the authorities. They separate and yet are drawn to each other by their special powers. Alex soon discovers that she does have a relative in this strange city. It is her mother's brother. The whole city swirls around the magical powers of many. Much has be won and lost in this city.

I was always rooting for Pook, hoping he would be able to overcome his doubts and win over Alex and her family. I truly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone. This book would interest old and young alike. I became lost in the story and could hardly wait for the next page or the next new character to arrive. While reading "Prince of Ash" I felt I was a silent observer in the city and at any moment I could reach out and touch a door, a gate or anything. I have not read the previous book but I was able to follow the story line and understand just about everything occurring in the book. I would definitely read the first book in the series and look forward to the third book in the series. My only complaint was the occasional swearing. It did not occur frequently but the minute a character swore in the book it torn me from the pages out of this fantasy. The meaning of the book would be just as effective without the swearing. It is a quick and enjoyable read.

Received book free of charge.