Title: Fallen Flame
Series: Fallen Flame #1
Author: J.M. Miller
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Cover Photo and Design: Regina Wamba of Mae I Design
Cover Model: Jenessa Andrea
Recognizing an asset, the royal family welcomed her on their Guard. Her detail: the prince.
To watch. To protect. She has grown with him, lives her life for him.
When the high kingdom’s princess comes to assess the prince, assassins of rival courtiers come to claim his life. One nearly succeeds in his mission. But with shadowy movements and charred skin like her own, Vala knows he is not like the rest.
As threats to the prince continue and questions about Vala’s life begin to rise, she faces a fear worse than fire or water, worse even than losing him.
She fears finding out who she truly is.
Reviewer - “I loved this unique magical story from beginning to end. The easy pace really made it hard for me to stop, I could have easily finished this book in a day. But the way it was written with the steady flow of information really kept me at the easy pace.”
Blog Review - “Fantastical, Mystical, Magical!!
Book One in the Fallen Flame series, and it is a great start. J. M. Miller has a wonderful imagination to create the wonderful world of Garlin.”
"That's not possible. All the stories say that no one can travel
there."
"And yet, here I am," he replied in almost a bored tone.
"Someone who you can't explain because you can't even explain
yourself."
It was a truth I couldn't debate.
**
I absolutely adored this amazing, magical world that Miller created. While
it did start out a bit slow for me, I soon became entranced as the pace
quickened and this incredible story progressed. So many questions get asked and
only a few get answered. But it kept me intrigued the whole last half. I didn't
even care that we didn't get all the answers we seek. It has me eager to find
them out in the next book.
Vala was such a fabulous character. One I have not ever seen written
before, making her as unique as the storyline itself. I wondered about where
she came from, what she was, and what the future held for her. When she meets
Xavyn, he awakens all these questions as well. Always accepting what she was
told, Vala now wants to know where she came from and who she is.
What I didn't care for, or I should say who I didn't care for, was Prince
Caulden. From the start I didn't feel any connection to him or even cared if he
was to live or die and it stayed that way throughout the book. I wasn't
surprised toward the end of the story when he acted and reacted the way he did.
I sort of wanted to yell "told you so." Well, I may have mumbled it
to myself, I just didn't yell it.
I look forward to more of this story and where it is headed. There is so
much we have to figure out and have answered. 4 Intriguing, Magical and
Mysterious Stars!
While the tingles in my red-orange skin slowly ascended into pain, the air biting as everything started to reform, a hard clanking noise outside the back door drew my attention. I slid into my thin underclothes, grabbed hold of my sword, then rushed toward the door. Knowing that sound was out of the ordinary, I was prepared to scour the garth and small area of trees behind the house, even search the neighbors’ land to find the cause. I hadn’t expected to open the door and find Xavyn standing a mere foot away, hood drawn and arms crossed as if I’d kept him waiting too long at the narrow back doorstep.I pointed my sword toward his chest and glanced around him, scanning the darkness. “What are you doing here?”“Following up.” The words were slow. As his hand reached up and removed the hood, his human eyes traversed my face, swallowing the details of my reforming skin in an intense, almost penetrating way.I realized then that I had no cloak, no mask. And for some reason, I wondered if I should take the time of throwing them on … before ending his life. He’d seen me in this state on Prince’s Night, but that was an instant, a moment amid darkness and chaos. Not this closely. I growled at him, digging the tip of my blade into the black leather at his chest, my regrowth pain dissolving as my anger took control.“Are you going to let me in or would you rather call attention to your treason?” he asked, his voice still holding a softness that grated me.“Quit staring at me that way and you can come in.”
J.M. Miller currently consumes her coffee in Florida.
When she isn't busy being distracted by social media sites, she writes Young Adult and New Adult romance novels that vary in genre from contemporary to paranormal.
Aside from spending time with her family, she loves to travel and will jump at the chance to go anywhere, whenever life allows.
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I started reading it the other night and seemed to get sucked in! I'm glad you liked it!
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