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Title: Phoenix and the Frost Palace | Author: Aisling Fowler | Publisher: HarperCollins (2023)

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Title: Fireborn | Author: Aisling Fowler | Publisher: HarperCollins (2021)

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Title: Starling and the Cavern of Light | Author: Aisling Fowler | Publisher: HarperCollins (2024)

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Starling and the Cavern of Light by Aisling Fowler

Book Review: Starling and the Cavern of Light by Aisling Fowler (Fireborn #3)

 Book three in the trilogy. Spoilers ahead.

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Review: Fireborn (#1) by Aisling Fowler

Review: Fireborn (#1) by Aisling Fowler

Goodreads | Bookshop.org Ember is full of monsters.Twelve gave up her name and identity to train in the art of hunting them–so she says. The truth is much more deadly: she trains to take revenge on those who took her family from her.But when Twelve’s new home is attacked, she’ll find herself on an unexpected journey, where her hidden past is inescapably intertwined with her destiny–and the very…

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#BlogTour Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest by Aisling Fowler

#BlogTour Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest by Aisling Fowler

 It’s a pleasure to take part in the BlogTour Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest by Aisling Fowler. About the Author Aisling was born in 1985 and wishes that she had grown up in a magical, mountainous kingdom, but was actually raised in Surrey on a diet of books and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her early ‘adventure’ stories involved surprisingly little action and her first novel (3 pages long)…

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Review: Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest by Aisling Fowler

This beautiful ARC showed up on my doorstep, courtesy of The WriteReads and HarperCollins, a few weeks ago and without reading any of the synopsis, I sank into this fierce, upcoming middle-grade adventure.

Twelve is a huntling, training to fight the various monsters that haunt the land of Ember. Her family were killed by the Cave Clan and she is determined to destroy them too. But then the Lodge is ambushed by goblins and a fellow huntling Seven is taken prisoner. Twelve feels it is her duty to rescue Seven and so begins an epic journey where she’ll face many dangers and discover her own destiny.

Twelve has an adorable squirrel friend called Widge. Widge is a wonderfully loyal and brave companion who almost plays the role of familiar to Twelve. He is usually buried in her furs or sitting on her shoulder. There is a point where Twelve and Widge get separated but I was very confident that they’d find each other again. Widge is definitely the cleverest squirrel I’ve ever encountered and his bond with Twelve is so lovely to read.

There are four clans in Ember that we know of. I wanted to learn more about them and their histories and I really hope we get more of this in subsequent books in the series. I feel that Twelve’s character will develop more as she learns more about the clans and their customs too because this was starting to happen towards the end of the book.

One of my favourite things about the book was the amount of interesting supernatural creatures there seems to be in Ember. Twelve has a book called A Magical Bestiary which details the nature of the creatures and tips on how to escape an encounter with them. None of them were creatures I’d met before, so I loved learning about them alongside Twelve and her friends.

There are some really lovely, unique descriptions in Fireborn and Aisling Fowler does an amazing job of creating a magical setting. I could feel the danger closing in at night time and see the soft ethereal glow that snaked its way through the Frozen Forest. Ember is certainly a place that absorbs its readers in and holds them there for the entire length of the narrative.

Dog is the Lodge’s guardian. He is a large stone dog who comes alive to aid Twelve and two other huntlings, Five and Six, on their quest to find and rescue Seven. He is a fantastic character who would really rather embark on the search alone but is now having to protect these three kids. Loyal and brave, he is very much like a typical dog and is therefore a very loveable character.

Twelve keeps having dreams and flashbacks of her life before her village and family were destroyed. We see her spending time with her little sister Poppy and her parents. The sense of longing and despair that she feels while watching these memories play out is so palpable and my heart broke for her, witnessing these scenes through her eyes. I really hope that future books explore Twelve’s trauma further and that she learns to heal as much as she can.

Fireborn is a unique, thrilling ride that manages to pack so much into 400 pages. Friendship dramas, family secrets, mythology, huge twists and battle scenes are all here and it often feels like the action doesn’t stop. The ending points very firmly to many more answers revealing themselves in the next book, so I can’t wait to see what else we find out about Twelve and her world.

Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest by Aisling Fowler will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books on 30th September 2021.

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The WriteReads Blog Tour & Book Review - Fireborn {Aisling Fowler}

The WriteReads Blog Tour & Book Review – Fireborn {Aisling Fowler}

Hello, hello, hello dear friends! ✨ I hope that you are all having a good summer so far. It’s been a long time coming for me to post something new here, but I’m so glad that it gets to be about a book this good. Thank you so much to Dave at TheWriteReads, HarperCollins, and Aisling Fowler for this opportunity!  I’m going to be talking about a fantasy novel today, friends, and it’s a…

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