Wow I'm so glad they changed the cover to do this book justice. I was immediately engrossed in the world Trisha Wolfe created in Destiny's Fire. I found it to be unique and interesting as the city grew out of the ground in my mind. All the pieces of the world fit together and made sense. The story was fast paced and action filled and I honestly can't think of one slow spot. There was enough twist to keep me interested. I felt like the book had a perfect balance of love and conflict.

The characters were great and easy to connect to and I loved the love triangle. That hardly happens, usually I find myself angry at one of the characters. Instead I could see why Dez was torn, I was torn. I thought I loved Jace, then Reese, the Jace, wait no no I love Reese. I also liked how her character would rather not be either boy then lose either. Dez was strong and loyal and I loved how her friends stand by her, it doesn't matter what she does. Which is how real friends are.
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Wow I'm so glad they changed the cover to do this book justice. I was immediately engrossed in the world Trisha Wolfe created in Destiny's Fire. I found it to be unique and interesting as the city grew out of the ground in my mind. All the pieces of the world fit together and made sense. The story was fast paced and action filled and I honestly can't think of one slow spot. There was enough twist to keep me interested. I felt like the book had a perfect balance of love and conflict.

The characters were great and easy to connect to and I loved the love triangle. That hardly happens, usually I find myself angry at one of the characters. Instead I could see why Dez was torn, I was torn. I thought I loved Jace, then Reese, the Jace, wait no no I love Reese. I also liked how her character would rather not be either boy then lose either. Dez was strong and loyal and I loved how her friends stand by her, it doesn't matter what she does. Which is how real friends are.
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Author's guest post at my blog:
http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2011/12/please-welcome-guest-blogger-trisha.html

First of all, the cover, GORGEOUS! Secondly, when I read "shape-shifters descended from guardians to the Egyptian pharaohs", yeah, I basically flipped out of my chair. Hello! "GUARDIANS TO THE EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS! Okay, I need to calm down a little. Those we knows me very well will know that I think from all the ancient civilizations, I love the Egyptian the most. :) When you add steampunk epicness to it? HELLO! When read the synopsis, I knew this book was going to be unique and amazing. And this book did a better job in living up to expectations then most other books.

Okay now, let's start. First, the world building! Wow! My mind was blown! You know, I just admire authors so much for creating and putting what they imagine into words. And Trisha definitely did put her imagination into her work. I totally wanted to live in the world.


The plot was beautifully written. There were twists and turns that legit made my heart race like I was on a rollercoaster. The action, mystery, suspense seriously did a toll on my heart. Lordy!

Okay, have to say that I am kind of sick of strong female characters with weaknesses in YA. It is so hard to find someone like Toph or Azula in books. Dez was your typical YA strong female character with vulnerability. I didn't like her but I didn't hate her. I do have to comment on how well developed each character was. Dez, Reese, Jace, Lana and Nick. Okay, I always seemed to like secondary characters better so it wasn't a surprise when I liked Lana better than Dez .The Consil provoked I think almost every other emotions in me.

Okay, now I will dive into another thing I think YA seemed to not escape from: love triangles. Okay, some of you might know that I am not a fan of love triangles. And I love to say I wasn't that pleased when I read in the synopsis that there might be a love triangle. Jace was protective and sweet. Reese was mysterious and kind of badass. Both of course gorgeous. There was major drama between the three! A lot of my reaction was "DAMMMNNN!"



Okay, okay I don't think this will be under the category of spoilers so I am going to tell you. (Warning, Ashley is going to go into one of her Legend of Korra reference, buckle up. Oh and for those who haven't watched LoK, and don't want to be spoiled, well skipped all the korra pics.) So you know when Bolin walked in on Korra and Mako kissing, well, there was a scene in the book that definitely reminded me of that Korra scene. And even when Dez and _____ made up, it reminded me of Korra and Bolin making up.

Oh I forgot, more Korra references. So you know how Korra has this Steampunk theme to it as well? So I basically pictured all the cool BAMF gadgets and charged weapons to be something in Korra.



And also! Nacros uses their fire ability to power stuff. *moving eye brow up and down* Eh? Korra fans?

Know what I am talking about? No shame here! Okay, now that is the end of my long Korra reference.

I think the best thing about this book was how original and complex everything was. Yes, granted that strong female character, and love triangle is not original, but all the other things were very original. Also this book was jammed packed with action. Woot! Give me a high five Trish! The downfall of this book was the character Dez and the love triangle. I am sorry. Most books with a love triangle will have a disadvantage when it comes to my reviewing time. I just never liked them Sorry. But overall this book was worth reading.

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I feel very honored to be a part of this blog tour, especially after reading the book. This is seriously one amazing book that I believe fans of The Mortal Instruments and Hush Hush series will definitely enjoy this. It contains steampunk and action goodness, not to mention a pretty steamy-hot love triangle.Dez (short for Destiny) is a girl that grew up hiding her true identity. Having been raised as one of the Shythe (a nearly extinct race of shape shifters), Dez was always taught that the Narcolym (another, stronger, race of shape shifters) are the enemy and responsible for the low number of Shythe still left in the world. Both the Shythe and the Narcolym are part of a larger race, Kythan, descendants from guardians to the Egyptian pharaohs, and dependent on humans' need for them, even though humans are not aware of their existence. Every Kythan, Shythe and Narcolym alike, goes through a transformation at age 17, where they are marked and develop their powers. The Shythe, who are known for having glowing blue eyes, are given the power of charge (passing electric currents). The Narcolym, whose distinguishing feature is their glowing red eyes, are given the power of flame.Dez lives with her mother in Haven Falls, the last safe for the Shythe in which protection spells protect the border from being infiltrated by Narcolym. Talks of a possible a peace treaty between the Shythe and Narcolym councils has Dez and her friends nervous of because the Narcolym cannot be trusted. Her friends, Lana, Jace and Nick, who are also triplets, secretly train for an impending battle, headed up by Jace . Dez discovers that although the triplets and she have been friends since they were little, she is starting to develop feelings for Jace, who apparently feels the same way about her, though both are too shy to admit it to one another.Read the rest of my review at JJiReads.com ( )