New Review! We Are the Fire by Sam Taylor 5 Cranky Stars

 

We Are the Fire by Sam Taylor
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 Cranky Stars


This book is listed as children's fantasy but it feels almost like a combo fantasy/science fiction. I think it is one of the saddest stories I've read that wasn't a romance novel.


The land is called Vesimaa. The Emperor is cruel in the worst way. He has children stolen from their parents. They are then put in a heavily fortified fort and the "doctor" injects them with strange serums to make them stronger. Along with getting stronger, they can breathe hot air that is highly flammable. The different injections are very painful as is the whole process. As if this wasn't enough, they are then trained to fight and kill. They have become the Emperor's undefeatable army. As they move up in rank, they then rule the younger children. Oksana and Pran have been there since they were each eight years old and have come to depend on each other. They are now eighteen. This is their story mainly. They want to marry and return home. It's been ten long years but no one leaves this army unless dead. Pran is determined to change all of this and the punishments along the way are not pretty.


I'm not sure who this is marketed to but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone under sixteen. The death scenes are too graphic for young children. I still give it 5 stars though.

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