I found her to be a very likable character. What a realistic young female lead, brave yet unsure and smart enough to realize she doesn’t know everything. The sacrificial ceremony gone wrong was a nice touch and I loved the main character, Solie. I was immediately drawn into this well-crafted novel. What a unique world McDonald created! I’d never read or heard anything about sylphs before, let alone knew how to pronounce it. I absolutely loved the idea of a battle sylph, a being with vast amounts of power for destruction but also a willing spirit to serve a queen. What would a maiden do if she were given such a servant? What would befall that kingdom foolish enough to allow a battler to escape? Young Solie and the people of Eferem are about to find out. Their magic can destroy an army or demolish a castle, and each has but one goal: find his queen, then protect and pleasure her at any cost. Unlike their elemental cousins-those gentler sylphs of wind and fire-battlers find no joy in everyday labor. She is killed, and he is silenced and enslaved. He is lured through the portal by pure female beauty, a virgin sacrifice. He is one of many: a creature of magic, unrelentingly male. This is such an imaginative, creative, heart-warming story. I’ve had this book on my shelf for months hidden between ones I’d already read.
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