“Kaliel was warned about her love for the Ferryman. One day he will marry the land and leave
Avristar forever. She doesn’t listen,
and because of what she is—a flame, one of the nine apocalyptic weapons, she sparks
a war.”
Surrender (The Ferryman and the Flame, #1) by Rhiannon Paille
was enchanting and heartbreaking. The story
opens in the Great Library of The Island of Avristar. Kemplan works in the the Great Library, here
he finds a parchment with a drawing on it of the Ferryman and the Flame. Of course his negative response makes it
obvious that something like this happened in the past and destroyed the land,
something like this should never happen again.
After that scene we meet the male main character, Krishani,
he is elven and is tall, strong, with black hair and one blue and one green
eye. He is part of the brotherhood and
his destiny is a big mystery but also a bigger honor. He first sees Kaliel when she is bathing in
the lake, which is forbidden due to the merfolk.
Kaliel is the female main character. Described to be pale skinned,
with pale hair and emerald green eyes she is a curious elf. She swims with the merfolk and speaks to
trees, things that others cannot do. After
meeting Krishani a “flame” is sparked within her that cannot die.
The Great Oak is where everyone in Avristar goes to learn
their destiny and then they marry the land, which I think means that everything
the people of Avristar do is for the land and can only love and be married if
the land approves. The Great Oak has
told both Kaliel and Krishani that they will have important roles in the next
war of Avristar. What they eventually realize
is that they are the Flame and the Ferryman, respectively.
The setting is magnificent or at least the descriptions were
amazing. The love story is your classic
star crossed lovers story but with fight.
Kaliel will not “surrender” her love to marry the land. She and Krishani vow to never surrender, but
with an old foe searching Avristar for the remainding flames and killing them,
will this vow be broken? A great tale to
have in YA libraries.
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