In order to contain the powerful elemental wielders of magic they're locked away, for safety, of course, however what people don't realise is that they're being experimented on, damaged for power. Kiarra Melini is one of these and she finally has had enough and is about to commit suicide when she's rescued. Jaxton Ward takes her away from one prison and she finds herself having to fight for her freedom.

Seriously, this woman has to fight for every little freedom, it's kinda appalling.

Not a bad read, but Kiarra needed a bit more support in dealing with her past. ( )

Kiarra has spent most of her life locked away in a prison for the Feiru. She has been experimented on, beaten, and now someone is breaking into her cell and she has no clue why someone would want to kidnap her. Jaxton finds the means to rescue his brother from Prison but the condition is that he also needs to rescue a girl that is also in prison there. When he gets her back to his base of operation he is ordered to train her and quickly finds out why she is so important.

I am a big fan of books where the characters have elemental powers. I don't know why but they usually end up being pretty exciting. The fact that Kiarra's powers are a little more special makes her character a bit more exciting. I liked Jaxton right away. He quickly started caring about Kiarra and although he could be a bit brutish at times I understood him.

I enjoyed BLAZE OF SECRETS. It is one of those books that takes you by surprise when it pulls you in but when it's over you don't have a whole lot to say about it. It just is/was. The characters were likable, the world is on the way to being nicely developed and overall the series is off to a good start. Kiarra's sister will be the star of book 2 and I look forward to reading.

* This book was provided free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ( )