Category: book recommendation

Magic destroyed her family…
but embracing it is the only way they can be together.

Until Meredith Williams was brutally attacked and almost kidnapped, she had no idea that magic existed—or that she was born with it. But when her family friend and secret crush, FBI Agent Jack Knight, rescues her, she learns that her mother bound her powers for her own safety.

Jack knows it’s time to come clean about his role as a special agent in the undercover magic task force. He’s protected Meredith from afar since tragedy struck her family twenty years earlier, loving her but never being able to reveal his true feelings.

Now Meredith must accept who she is, because if she doesn’t, the spellbinding will sentence her mother to death. Yet accepting her magic when it’s caused so much heartbreak and lies isn’t just difficult for Meredith, it’s almost impossible.

But the evil that shattered their pasts is back and seeking revenge. And this time, unless Meredith can embrace her magic, it could spell destruction for all of them…

This is the first in a series by KJ Warawa, but each book can be read as a standalone. I absolutely adored this book. It was an amazing start to the series, strong and hard to put down. The characters were so realistic, the plot organic. The magic is more than just something the characters use. It is within each and every word on the pages.

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Messengers connect six races of the verdant and beautiful land of Ilbeor, and newly trained messenger Alanda feels the promise of her adult life as she steps into the world to find her fortune. Faithful dog Alis at her side, Alanda traverses the mountainous wilderness only to be punished by storm and sun before becoming the first elf-friend in generations. When she meets charming messenger Tostig and feels the spark of a connection unlike any she’s ever known, she believes her life has truly begun.

After being greeted by tragedy and a brother changed by primal magics she does not understand, Alanda must travel the icy wastes with an unlikely companion to discover the answers to her brother’s prophetic gifts and her own heritage. With only a mysterious artifact to guide her way, she knows only one thing: her entire destiny is about to change. In Tostig’s attempt to race to her side, he is waylaid by the mysterious Sashu toward his own changed future as powerful magician and a hand of the gods themselves.

As Alanda and Tostig uncover who they were fated to be, they learn the appearance of peace in Ilbeor is only given by the lack of outright war…and when they each come to the attention of vengeful elven mage Altoneir, they stand to find out just how much they have to lose.

I had the absolute pleasure of reading this book, and it is just… so captivating. I will admit: I wasn’t sure if I would find it more than an enjoyable four-star read. I have never been more glad to be proved wrong. The world-building is incredible, and the characters are fleshed out and so real. The plot moved at just the right pace; normally, with epic fantasy, I find myself skimming over large swathes of the narrative because it’s just so much information all at once, or it’s dry and lifeless. But TJ Klapprodt handled it all so well, so carefully. She crafted such an intricate, beautiful story that kept me within its clutches from page one to the final word. If you like fantasy, if you like a story that draws you in immediately, then definitely read this.

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