Review: Flame Moon review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2012
Flame Moon presents a new twist on gods of yore. Panthenites are basically people with certain abilities; super strength, healing, mind reading, etc. After fleeing their mountain of origin, they roamed and eventually settled in America. Throughout the centuries they've done battle against Malefics, their counterparts who seek to destroy humans and Panthenites. Skye is a young woman who, due to a kayaking incident, loses her memories. She will come to find herself in the middle of the battle between Panthenites and Malefics.I liked that the book didn't immediately toss us into the midst of supernatural/magic oddities. The earlier parts of the book have a sort of relaxed tone, as Skye tries to get back on her feet and regain her memories. The few weeks she stays at the ranch are filled with twists and turns as she recovers her memory and learned more about herself than she ever knew before. The main characters are interesting, likeable and display varied personalities, although I feel like we don't get to delve too much into the histories and minds of characters aside from Skye and Aiden. Hopefully other books delve into the side characters a bit more. To contrast with the more relaxed tone of the first half of the novel, the second half is almost all action.I thought the romance between Skye and Aiden developed too quickly. They were both pretty much attracted to each other from the get-go, although they don't actually get together until further on into the book. They both barely knew each other. Overall the story was serviceable. I saw a lot of the twists coming, but Flame Moon was still entertaining to read. It was a nice twist on old myths, and for once I enjoyed all the main characters. There were quite a few errors, so a better round of editing is needed. But it's readable, and sometimes the prose is pretty nice and contains vivid imagery.