Review: Fire & Ice (Icefire Trilogy) By Patty Jansen

Title: Fire & Ice (Icefire Trilogy)
Author: Patty Jansen
Published: October 6th 2011
Published by: Capricornica Publications
Ebook
Pages: 264







Goodreads synopsis:

Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart of the City radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will. For fifty years, the ruling Eagle Knights, who fly on the back of giant birds, have killed these Imperfects, fearing the return of the old royal family, who used icefire to cut out people's hearts, turning them into ghostly servitors.

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The old king's grandson Tandor only sees the good things icefire brought: power and technology now forgotten while the people of the south live in dire poverty. He's had enough of seeing his fellow kinsfolk slaughtered by ignorant Knights, of Imperfect babies being abandoned on the ice floes to be eaten by wild animals. His grandfather's diary tells him how to increase the beat of the Heart the first step to making the land glorious once more. Arrogant as he is, he sets the machine in motion. All he needs is an army of Imperfect servitors to control the resulting power. Isandor is Imperfect, an ex-Knight apprentice, betrayed by his best friend and running for his life.

The queen Jevaithi is Imperfect, living like a prisoner amidst leering Knights, surviving only because the common people would rebel if their beloved queen were harmed.

Both are young and desperate and should be grateful that Tandor wants to rescue them from their hopeless situations. Or so he thinks. The youngsters, however, have no inclination to become heartless ghosts, but while they defy Tandor, the Heart beats, and he alone cannot control its power.

My Review:

Tandor is an Imperfect, a decedent of the old royal family. His grandfather ruled as the king of the City of Glass. For fifty years the Eagle Knights have ruled the city, killing all the Imperfects, leaving them as newborn babies to die on the ice floes. Tandor is tired of seeing his kinfolk slaughtered and left to die. He wants to take back control of the City of Glass from the Eagle Knights. All he needs is an army of Imperfects. He thinks that the Imperfects that have survived by living in secret will want to rule again also.

Islandor an Imperfect, training to be an Eagle Knight, does not want to join Tandor in his quest to take control of the palace. Tandor also needs the queen Jevaithi, an Imperfect to be a part of his army. But neither Islandor nor Jevaithi want to be a heartless ghost. They only want to love one another and live a normal life like everyone else, so they run for their lives.

Fire & Ice was superbly written it keeps you on the edge of your seat wanting to know what is going to happen next. I would really like to know more about the old royal families and how they lost control of the city. What is the Eagle Knights reason for leaving the newborn babies on the ice floes to be eaten by wild animals? What do they have against Imperfects?

I won a copy of Fire & Ice (Icefire Trilogy) by Patty Jansen from LibraryThing for review.

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