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He is one of many: a creature of magic, unrelentingly male. He is lured through the portal by pure female beauty, a virgin sacrifice. She is killed, and he is silenced and enslaved.
Such a dark ritual is necessary. Unlike their elemental cousins—those gentler sylphs of wind and fire—battlers find no joy in everyday labor. 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. 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. (Description by Author on Amazon)
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I must admit that I had NO idea going into this book what a Sylph is. Do you? No? Well, here you go:
Sylph (also called sylphid) is a mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. There is no known substantial mythos associated with them. (Thank you Wiki!)
In this book, The Battle Sylph, we are introduced to this world where people have and control Sylphs. The most prestigious Sylph to own is a battler. Now, you can't just go and get a Sylph. No, there is a complete ritual that must happen and in order to gain a battler a virgin female must be sacrificed.
Solie, our female lead character in this book, has run away from home. She is heading to her aunts in the night to avoid the arranged marriage her father has sold her into. Instead she is captured and offered up as a sacrifice. Solie manages to gain control of the Battle Sylph and he, Heyou, does everything he can to protect her.
At first I could not get into this book. Just couldn't. I had to put it down and come back to it. It was a slow start even after I came back to it but before I knew it I was hooked.
The dynamic between Solie and Heyou is funny to see develop through out this book. She doesn't quite know what to do with him and he only wants to love and protect her. She's not quite sure how she feels about him other than that she is now responsible for him and that they will both need to go into hiding for more reasons than just her arrange marriage.
This isn't a love story if that's what you are thinking. No, this is the beginning of a fantastic series that introduces us to the main characters and the world in which they live in. There is action a plenty, laughs galore and amazing relationships budding before your eyes.
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Stay tuned next week for the review of The Shattered Sylph (my favorite of the series), trust me, you don't want to miss it!
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