Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Burn the Sky
AUTHOR: Jaye McKenna
PUBLISHER: Mythe Weaver Press
LENGTH: 195 Pages
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What begins as a simple teaching assignment becomes both an affair of the heart and a life-and-death struggle. Cold-hearted Wytch Master Ilya must teach headstrong Prince Garrik how to control his dangerous Wytch power–or put him down, for the safety of all.
Prince Garrik is the Heir Presumptive of Altan, next in line to be crowned Wytch King. There’s only one problem: in order for Garrik to be crowned, he must possess Wytch power of his own, and thus far, whatever power Garrik might possess has shown no sign of awakening. As things stand, it is Garrik’s younger brother, Jaire — a dreamer completely unsuited to wear the crown — who will take the throne after their father.
Concerned about the future of his kingdom, the Wytch King demands that Garrik’s power be forcibly awakened. Hoping to protect his brother from the burden of rule, Garrik allows the attempt — with disastrous results. Now, Garrik must learn to control the fiery dragon that rages within him before he destroys everything he loves.
Wytch Master Ilya has been alone for years. Learning to control the icy beast slumbering within him has already cost him his family and his lover, and Ilya will never open himself up to that kind of pain again. Summoned to Altan to avert disaster if he can, Ilya has no intention of allowing anyone to thaw the ice in his heart. When he meets Prince Garrik, sparks fly, and Ilya finds himself fighting feelings he thought he’d buried, long ago.
Can Garrik’s fire melt Ilya’s icy heart? Or will Ilya be forced to use his ice to quench the flames that burn within Garrik once and for all?
REVIEW:
This is my first book by this author, but it sure won’t be my last! I loved the characters and storyline on this one. Magic and dragons! My favorite kind of a story.
Prince Garrik is twenty years old, but his Wytch powers have never awakened. Without those powers, he will not be able to succeed his father Dane, the current Wytch King of Atlan. Even worse, if he can’t become the next Wytch King, his frail younger brother Jaire, must. Even though Garrik’s father rules his own land, the Wytch Council actually controls who is in power, and behind the scenes they’ve been carefully trying to breed out certain powers from the Wytch Kings. By ensuring the only “eligible” spouses come from families with less Wytch power, and no “unacceptable” powers, the Council maintains their power. But the Wytch Kings of Atlan have always bred true for a very unacceptable power which the Council definitely doesn’t want carried down to future generations.
King Dane has never loved, or even liked, his younger son. Garrik’s and Jaire’s mother died while giving birth to Jaire, and Dane has never made it a secret that he would rather Jaire had died at birth than his wife be taken. He believes if something happens to him, and Jaire becomes the next Wytch King that it will spell disaster for the kingdom.
So King Dane comes up with a plan with Wytch Master Tevari, the Wytch Master assigned to the kingdom, who we reader’s know was Dane’s father’s lover when he was alive. Tevari will force the awakening of Garrik’s powers because of his love for Dane’s father and for Dane himself.
The awakening is disastrous when Garrik’s power turns out to be dragon shifting, that almost forgotten and forbidden power. Garrik is painfully torn apart and reforms as a huge red and gold dragon breathing fire. He is out of control, with his only thought being to “burn the sky”, he hears screams from below, but only stops when he becomes unconscious and returns to his human form. What has he done?
Only one person can help train him, or put him down if he is untrainable. Wytch Master Ilya is an ice dragon, the only one in existence. If he can’t help Garrik get his power under control, the Wytch Council has demanded he kill Garrik. The odds aren’t good…the last four members of Garrik’s family who have had dragon powers have been killed by the Council. Is there any hope for Garrik?
A gay ice dragon and gay fire dragon…..can they work out their differences? Can Garrik melt Ilya’s frozen heart? Can they both survive? I loved this book. I very highly recommend it, and can’t wait to read other works by this author! Do yourself a favor and pick it up today! I personally would LOVE a sequel to this book, although it doesn’t need one…I just want more!
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