Friday, July 6, 2018

Book Tour + Review + #Giveaway: Sword of Fire by J.A. Culican @jaculican @SDSXXTours



Sword of Fire
Through the Ashes Book 1
by J.A. Culican
Genre: YA Fantasy

An unforgettable tale brimming with suspense, action and dragons."Through the Ashes will thrill fans of The Gender Game, Divergent & The Hunger Games.
   
Defenseless. Alone. Betrayed.


Bells is a poor fae who works on a farm outside the protections of the dragon city. When her family is attacked by trolls, she goes to the one person she knows can help her. But will he?

Peace. Death. Enough.

    
The dragons brought peace to the city and the surrounding area when they rose. Jaekob believes there is no reason for further dragon involvement. They've' lost enough lives to this cause. They've done their fair share and owe the world nothing more.


But when the dark elves infect his city with a virus unlike anything he's ever seen, he knows they need a solution. Now.

The sword of peace. Myth? Reality?

They're about to find out.



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When I read the summary for Sword of Fire and saw that it had dragons and Fae in it as well as a virus that is unleashed upon the city I had to give it a try as I have been turning more and toward dragons and Fae lately. Sword of Fire was everything I expected and more. On my journey of getting to know the dragons a little more I will have to say that at the moment Sword of Fire is the best book about dragons or Fae I have ever read.

Bells the daughter of a poor Fae farmer wakes one morning looking forward to starting her day and getting her chores done when she is attacked by a troll who has come for the mace that her father was supposed to make for him. Bells had no idea where her father was as her family was already gone when she woke up that morning. She looked for the troll’s mace in her father’s work shop but it was not there. The troll tells Bells that if she doesn't produce the mace then he was going to eat her and her family as well. Bells makes a deal with him that if he gave her until next week she would see that her father made his mace for him when he returned.

Bells later finds out from her father that the reason he doesn’t have the mace is because her ran out of iron to complete his task. The only thing left to do is for Bells to go to the city for more iron. Bells figures that as long as she is in the city that she would look up this dragon, Jaekob whom she met ten years and enlist his help to save her people from the trolls.


When Bells arrives at Jaekob’s house she meets his father on the sidewalk and while she is talking with him and explaining to him her business at his home he is attacked. Bells steps in to help him fight the ones who are attacking him and is injured. While she is in the city healing from her wound a virus is unleased upon them and the only thing that will save them is a sword that was created many, many years ago. Bells enlist Jaekob’s help in retrieving the sword. Can Bells and Jaekob find the sword? Is the sword even real? Can they save their people from the virus that the dark elves have unleashed upon them?

Reading Sword of Fire was like watching a movie play out in my head. I felt as if I was right there beside Bells and Jaekob when they were flying the air on their journey to find the sword or when they were fighting the dark elves or the wolves. I think I was laughing right alone with Bells when Jaekob needed to eat and chose a cow. I could just see the expression on his face when she laughed at him. I kind of connected with Bells when she kept saying that she was only five feet tall well I wish I was five feet. Sword of Fire is an epic fantasy that will take you on the most wonderful ride of your life soaring the clouds on the back of a dragon. I can’t wait to read more of Through the Ashes world of dragons, Fae, elves and trolls.


I would recommend Sword of Fire to all fans of fantasy and dragons and fae. 


J.A. Culican is a USA Today Bestselling author of the middle grade fantasy series Keeper of Dragons. Her first novel in the fictional series catapulted a trajectory of titles and awards, including top selling author on the USA Today bestsellers list and Amazon, and a rightfully earned spot as an international best seller. Additional accolades include Best Fantasy Book of 2016, Runner-up in Reality Bites Book Awards, and 1st place for Best Coming of Age Book from the Indie book Awards. 


J.A. Culican holds a Master’s degree in Special Education from Niagara University, in which she has been teaching special education for over 11 years. She is also the president of the autism awareness non-profit Puzzle Peace United. J.A. Culican resides in Southern New Jersey with her husband and four young children.




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