BLOG TOUR #4 BOOK REVIEW - FLAME OF SURRENDER by RHIANNON PAILLE

By: Rhiannon Paille
Published By : Coscom Entertainment
Released: 1st November 2011
Details : Ebook, 394 Pages

RATING: 3.5 STARCROSSED LOVE STARS!!

Book Blurb : Taken From Goodreads

The boy who follows death meets the girl who could cause the apocalypse.  

Krishani thinks he’s doomed until he meets Kaliel, the one girl on the island of Avristar who isn’t afraid of him. She’s unlike the other girls, she swims with merfolk, talks to trees and blooms flowers with her touch. What he doesn’t know is that she’s a flame, one of nine individually hand crafted weapons, hidden in the body of a seemingly harmless girl.


Nobody has fallen in love with a flame until now. She becomes Krishani’s refuge from the dreams of death and the weather abilities he can’t control. Striking down thousand year old trees with lightning isn’t something he tries to do, it just happens. When the Ferryman dies, Krishani knows that he’s the next and that a lifetime of following death is his destiny.


And Kaliel can’t come with him. The Valtanyana are hunting the flames, the safest place for her is Avristar. Krishani can’t bear to leave her, and one innocent mistake grants the Valtanyana access to their mystical island. They’re coming for Kaliel, and they won’t stop until every last living creature on Avristar is dead. She has to choose, hide, face them, or awaken the flame and potentially destroy herself.

BOOK REVIEW:

Flame of Surrender is a very original tale of a boy named Krishani who dreams of death. He follows the Ferryman in his dreams.

Kaliel is Elven, she is also one of 9 Flames, she is the Amethyst Flame. Kaliel and Krishani have a very deep love for each other but are starcrossed lovers. Flames don't as a rule fall in love, well they never do. They marry the land . She can talk to trees and they talk back. Kaliel shouldn't swim with the merfolk, but she can't stop herself. They mean her no harm, yet everybody tells her not to. The book cover is perfect for this story. You have the Great Oak tree and Kaliel is half under water. The two things she really liked doing.

I really like Kaliel's friend Pux,  a Feorn. I would have liked more of him in the story.

This story has merfolk, love, war, discovery , witches, foe, parables a Great Oak tree, a horse she can talk to and a decision she must make, which I thought was very well written.

I did enjoy this story but I found it quite slow paced and the length of the book maybe could have been shortened to bring the pace up a bit.

This is an incredibly original story and Rhiannon's writing is lovely . It may just be me, but sometimes I found it hard to stay interested. I thought Rhiannon really had the pace right in the last 80 pages. I didn't see it coming what she did, it was very good and very well visually written. I won't spoil, but it had what I look for in a book.

I wish Rhiannon all the best with her book.

Michelle

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INTERVIEW WITH RHIANNON PAILLE AUTHOR OF FLAME OF SURRENDER

I would like to welcome Rhiannon Paille who is a psychic, seer, channeler , healer and author to Novels On The Run and thank her for taking the time to answer some questions.
This is part of the Flame of Surrender Blog Tour I will have the book review up shortly.




Michelle:  Where were you, and what were you doing when the idea for Flame of Surrender started to take shape in your mind?


Rhiannon: I was in a closet, there was a gargoyle statue on the wall, a lamp in the corner with a red light bulb, a circular carpet and some throw pillows. I was experimenting with the art of Immramma, a Celtic form of meditation, and in the meditation I travelled through the mists to an island. Over time I got to know the place, and the characters better. One day I decided to write about the stories my mentors had told me about that place and those beings.


Michelle:  Your characters have very interesting names. How did you come up with the names of Kaliel, Krishani, Desaunius, Pux, the Valtanyana to name some?


Rhiannon: Those names came directly from the characters themselves.

Michelle:  I found the whole idea of a Flame and Ferryman, very original. I didn’t catch on at first that a Ferryman was a grim reaper type character. Having your abilities, do you think they influenced the grim reaper character?

Rhiannon: That’s an interesting question! Actually the idea of a being taking souls to the other side exists in many cultures. The Norse called them Valkyries, others have associated them with Davy Jones and in pop culture today they are associated with grim reapers. The Ferryman distinction actually came from Greek, but there are many different versions of Ferryman in mythology and legend.


Michelle:  I liked how you included merfolk in your story. How did you come to think of using them. Merfolk aren’t character’s you read a lot in books.

Rhiannon: The Merfolk were just there. They were something I discovered through Immramma. I included them in the story because of their freedom and connection to the lake which is a central theme to the books.


Michelle:  If you could choose one of your characters that you were most like, who would it be and why?


Rhiannon:  I used to be like Kaliel when I was a kid. Now I'm nothing like her and more like one of the witches.


Michelle:  What genre would you list your book under?


Rhiannon: YA Fantasy with elements of Paranormal Romance, but everyone is calling it epic so it's like Scott Pilgrim, it's EPIC.



Michelle: Could you please give me 5 words that would describe Flame Of Surrender .


Rhiannon: Beautiful. Tragic. Deadly. Sweet. Unexpected.


Michelle:  What 5 words describe : Kaliel, Krishani, Pux.


Rhiannon:

Kaliel - uninhibited, enchanting, passionate, intuitive, strange


Krishani - withdrawn, tortured, enigmatic, protective, honorable


Pux - carefree, daring, flamboyant, spirited, secretive



Thank you for stopping by Novels On The Run and we wish you all the best with your book.

Michelle