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Bound by Fire (The Twin Flames Book 1) by [Ronald Craft]

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An ancient promise.
A forgotten treachery.
Seven souls, bound by fire, will begin their quest for the truth.

Ilian, an apprentice blacksmith, has the heart of a god sealed within him. When Karena, the beautiful red-haired assassin, kills his father and rips his soul from his body Ilian becomes entangled in a rivalry that has spanned over hundreds of years.

However, even with his life turned upside down, and treachery at every turn, Ilian soon learns that there are worse people he can have at his side than a woman proficient in the art of assassination.

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"Becoming a man looked easy until now. But in a rough world, there areworse people to have at your side than a woman who excels at killing.Lots of action and characters at a fast pace to be enjoyed in here. I'mcurious to see what happens in the next book, and where their journeywill take them next." S.J. Wist, Fantasy Cookie

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From the time I typed the first words in this novel until the time I typed the final words, this spanned over the course of about three years. The story started out very differently in my mind, but as I continued to write it transformed into something else. Something better. Our imagination works in mysterious ways and, at some point, mine decided that the story was going to deviate from the path I'd laid out - and I'm glad for that.

This story explores the darkness of the human heart and has several anti-hero elements. I wanted to write a more "gritty" fantasy, and I feel that I've achieved that quite well. You'll see some other parts in the story that touch on these ideals as the series continues, as I want to gradually change the characters throughout the course of the story.

One thing I tried to really focus on in my writing is realism within a fantasy world. I want the reader to believe everything I tell them, so I spent a lot of time performing research before putting words to paper. In cases where I deviated from the norm, I was careful to add in details of my own that would make it believable. This is my goal as I continue the series, as well. Each time I add something new I want to do it in a way that won't draw readers out of the story.

I thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy my writing.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0066E0NCY
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 11, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 901 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1467938696

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Joe Ottoson

Good premise, but structurally flawed.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 28, 2011

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Ever since Faces in Time: A Time Travel Thriller, (which is unquestionably the worst book I've ever attempted to read) I've been afraid to try another 99 cent Kindle book. I decided to give Bound By Fire a try on a whim.

What I found was an interesting setting not wholly unlike the Night Angel Trilogy from Brent Weeks. Plenty of very powerful folks inhabit this world, and they have problems to match.

The downside is how the story's put together. I don't think the characters react like real people . They have severe difficulty communicating with each other preferring to throw pouty tantrums and spark long running misunderstandings simply because they opted not to share information that would've cleared the conflict up before it was a conflict. I find this kind of interaction intensely frustrating as a reader.

Along those lines, the author likes to withhold information for the sake of surprise reveals that would be better front loaded as character building. Why did Illian's father swear off using swords? The reader is never told. I'd rather have basic character motivations available from the start.

Other important characters just pop in out of nowhere, and they'd be better off getting a proper introduction complete with their motivations as well.

The author also has a couple of characters that go nowhere relative to the story. There's a captain that elects to travel with one group of characters for a time for the thinnest of reasons, and he leaves the group for no good reason a short time later. There's also a stupid girl who gets stuck in a cave then dies, and a main character decides he'd rather go home and that's the last we hear about him in this book.

Pain is reflected by loss of bladder control.

Despite all that, I enjoyed the story enough to finish the book. I think if the author works on his dialogue and pacing the followup book(s) could be quality.

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Sub-Par Fantasy Writing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 8, 2013

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I was going to give this book a "1" but then I remembered things like Transformers 3 and Eragon exist so I decided to be generous.

"Bound by Fire" is a great example of what I will call "fast food" fantasy. Much like how real fast food mimics the look of something truly delicious, "Bound by Fire", at first glance, seems like a great fantasy novel.

And then you start reading it (or eating it... if we are sticking with the fast food analogy...).

The characters are one dimensional and somewhat bi-polar. The dialogue is choppy and very unrealistic/ unbelievable. Plot points are arrived at suddenly with no real build up and then are moved past with little-to-no explanation (***spoiler sort of*** the best example of this is when a pair of characters in the book encounter and recruit a guardsmen to their team).

Also, speaking of the characters, there is no character I felt I really enjoyed or connected with (a la Kelsier from the Mistborn trilogy, Kaladin from the Way of Kings, Rand/Mat from the WoT, Jon Snow/Jaime/Tyrion from Song of Ice and Fire etc).

This book was the McDouble of the fantasy genre. It has interesting ideas and some potential but, after "eating" it, I was left disappointed and wishing I had picked something else.

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bookfiend

Not bad for an author's first novel

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2011

This story centers around Ilian who is kidnapped by a red-haired assassin, Karena, for a reason that he's not all too clear about. We are also treated to the journeys of Kane, who is searching for Ilian, and Rodrach, who is looking for the answers of far too many questions.

Ronald Craft has written a very interesting and fast-paced story. The main characters are well-developed and believable. They're not set to just one way of thinking and do change over the course of the story. Also, the way everything was brought together in the end was very well done.

However, the side characters much less believable. It feels like all the "villains" act in relatively the same way. They're all jerks who fight in an underhanded way and once they lose, turn into cowards who beg for mercy. Also, while ambiguity is useful for getting a reader interested, too much of is a deterrent. For the first half of the book, we don't know what's driving the "bad guys". Karena is taking Ilian to see her boss, for some reason. Chaerak feels compelled to go to the North, for some rea- okay, you get the point. I also felt like there were some inconsistencies between Dagfinn and Bale. They both called each other the "evil brother" at one point or another. Of course, it could be a set up for the next book. Who knows? Another thing is that Ilian acts far younger than his supposed age. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was ten yrs old! Still, his character developed and I was pleased to see him change by the end of the book.

Pros: fast-paced and interesting story, well-developed main characters with a nice backstory, plenty of action
Cons: stereotypical villains, sometimes inconsistent with age, so much ambiguity!

Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read and isn't too picky, especially fans of fantasy and action. Even though it's not perfect, the book is clearly well thought out. As the author's first novel, there is bound to be problems and I feel like the book has the potential to become even better. I had a lot of fun reading this so maybe you will too! However, I would point out that younger readers shouldn't read this as some scenes are pretty violent and others are pretty...naughty.

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