Review: Fantasy Feast
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2013
"Blood of Eirny" by Ema Volf is a great sequel in her Chronicles of Eirny series.Avery has spent some time in the truly magical and beautifully described realm of angels with her father Arzamael, where he teaches her further how to use her powers. Avery is a demi-angel and needs to be careful with her powers. As one of the central messages in the book, 'it is the choices that matter', not the genetics.In the book there is a huge variety of magical creatures and mixtures thereof: Angels, demons, meremaids, witches, elfs, dragons, ghosts and even a spaceship. The realm of Eirny has also many of the exciting ingredients of a good fantasy tale: a castle, healers, magic crystals and portals.On her return from the angelic realm to Eirny Avery rescues a fourteen year old girl and a baby. Once back in Eirny with her friends and fiance it becomes one of her main tasks to look after those two.There is also a love triangle, after all she is a young woman and not just pure goodness.Avery's character is full of angelic goodness and she is driven by  childlike excitement and the best of intentions amongst the lingering possibility of destruction and evil.The book is written with warmth and love for the characters and is action packed as Avery has to defend her home from demons. There are some mild horror scenes but also some quieter scenes as Avery explores her roots, her romantic feelings and tries to draw the right conclusions from what she learns.The plot is driven in a well paced manner and the characters are colourful and provide us with extra twists and turns for the story.I will admit that the introduction of the sci-fi element of a spaceship threw me personally a little to start with but it provided excellent entertainment and added a great dimension to the battle scenes. Everything is allowed in fantasy and everything comes together nicely in the end.A worthwhile read for any fan of the genre.