Air Awakens

Cover:Oh man, das Cover hat mich sowas von umgehauen.Noch bevor ich den Klappentext gelesen hatte, wusste ich, dass ich dieses Buch haben muss. Es wirkte auf den ersten Blick wirkte es vom Stil her sehr Steam-Punkig und gefiel mir sehr.Meine Meinung:Was ein Buch, was ein Geschichte.Wieso um Himmels willen kannte ich dieses Buch bisher nicht? Die Geschichte hat mich schlichtweg überrollt. Ich hatte überhaupt keine Erwartungen, zumindest keine großen, denn Erwartungen hat man ja immer wieder, sei's drum, alles was vorhanden war, wurde übertroffen.Ich lernte eine Welt kennen, in der Magie zwar existiert und auch irgendwie anerkannt, aber nicht wirklich akzeptiert wird.Für die vier Himmelsrichtungen gibt es verschiedene Magiearten, es wird sich hier nach den Elementen gerichtet, Feuer, Wasser, Luft und Erde.Allein das klingt schon irre spannend oder? Dennoch, es geht noch besser.Die Geschichte versprüht mehr und mehr Spannung, sodass man irgendwann gar nicht anders kann, als weiterzulesen.Bei jedem Kapitel habe ich zu mir selbst gesagt, “ nur noch ein Kapitel“, das hat natürlich nicht geklappt.Was ich damit sagen will, die Geschichte hat einen unglaublichen Spannungsbogen, Ereignisse welche sich überschlagen und Wendungen die ich nicht habe kommen sehen.Unsere Protagonistin Vhalla, nicht nur der Name ist etwas besonderes, ist ein unglaublicher Charakter.Zu Beginn sehr unscheinbar und eigentlich mit ihrem Leben als Bibliotheksgehilfin recht zufrieden, entwickelt sich in der Geschichte mehr und mehr zur Kämpferin. air awakensNicht nur für sich selbst, sondern für die, die sie in ihr Herz geschlossen hat.Wo anfangs noch unsicherheit und unentschlossenheit herrschte, kam innerhalb der Geschichte immer mehr von Vhallas wahrem Ich zum Vorschein.Sie begann sich selbst mehr zu zutrauen und entwickelte den Wunsch nach mehr, nach etwas besonderem.Nun zu Prinz Aldrik, Mädels, was soll ich sagen……er hat zwar den Charme eines Bad-Boy und irgendwie ist er auch einer, aber ihn umgibt auch eine gewisse Dunkelheit, die ist seit neustem für mich entdeckt habe.Auch er ist wieder einer dieser Charaktere, indem mehr steckt, als es zu Beginn den Anschein hat.Mehr möchte ich an dieser Stelle nicht verraten.Mit dem Schreibstil von Elise Kova hatte ich zu Beginn der Geschichte so meine Schwierigkeiten. Ihr Schreibstil ist sehr einzigartig, und sie beschreibt Situationen und Handlungen wahnsinnig detaillreich und bildhaft, dass ich erst etwas überfordert war. Als ich diese erste Überforderung dann überwunden habe, fand ich es einfach klasse. Ich war hin und weg.Fazit:Diese Buchreihe verdient absolut mehr Aufmerksamkeit. Die Geschichte hat mich von Anfang bis Ende begeistert und mitgerissen.Vhalla und Aldrik sind zwei Protagonistin die nicht unterschiedlicher sein könnten, und doch passen sie so gut zu einander.Nachdem die letzte Seite gelesen war, habe ich mir direkt die nächsten drei Bände bestellt und freue mich jetzt schon riesig drauf, zu erfahren wie es weitergeht.Zitat aus dem Buch:“ I did not speak before NOT because I did not care, but because- I am not a good man, Vhalla.“

Llevaba tiempo queriendo empezar esta saga porque sabía que me iba a gustar, y la verdad es que he disfrutado un montón de este libro. Estoy deseando continuar con los siguientes!

4,75/5☆→ 𝗔 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 !Such a really good fantasy ! I was so hyped by the synopsis and the cover!! And all the other books by this author are wonderfully designed! I'm in love honestly!For the story itself now, I have to admit that I really enjoyed it! 😉 The magic, the history of this world, everything is well build. I love the characters also 😍 Aldrik is definitely my favorite with Vhalla, with whose we can relate a lot (she just aspire to be a library girl until once day magic enters her life!) The descriptions and the dialogs are well balanced, even if sometimes I was hoping for more from Vhalla's thoughts. It could have been more explored, been more deeper and touching. We don't know much about Prince Aldrik yet, but I'm sure book 2 (Fire Falling) will cover this!Fritz!! Oh my dear sweet boy ✨ Love him!!Maybe we could have had more of Vhalla's thoughts and daily life, with more details and meeting with Aldrik, while she was thinking about joining the Tower during the festival, I have found this passage really quick 😔So in conclusion, it is a really good ya fantasy, with a slow-burn romance, enigmatic-sassy-dark-haired prince🤴🏻 strong protagonist but stays human, and a really good world-building ! I loved to learn about the history of the East, West, North and South! Hope we will go deeper into the magic training and history in the next books 🙌🏻

This epic is about the Royal family of the Solaris Empire, the common folks and elemental sorcerers. The emperor, which came from the western part of the empire, already had under his rule the eastern and the southern parts of the continent. Now he try to conquer also the northern part of the continent. Each part of the continent (North, South, East, and West) has a specific style and ethnicity. Place of origins are easily pointed out based on skin tone, hair color, eye color or speech patterns. Each part also, has it's own sorcerers with their unique elemental magic- The western - fire, the south - water, the north has earth and the east had air (but all their sorcerers had been persecuted, and no one left).The story of the east wasn't look strange when you take in your account the fear, the suspiciousness and the hate of the people that hadn't have the magic in them. It all started of course with the abusing of these powers.But even this days there are always people who born with a magical ability (regardless of their social status) and they are feared by most. The epire has its use for this people and as long as they live in a separate tower, far away from the public it was sufficient. More then this the eldest son of the emperor - Eldric - the crown prince was a very powerful and very feared fire sorcerer himself, as his mother came from the west.In this tower the people that their magical ability awakened taken to be trained to be much better and in control sorcerers. The tower exist in a physical closeness to the palace in the capital and its has a representative in the congress. The representative always took care to keep a low profile.In the beginning of the book we meet Vhalla Yarl , a library apprentice that just wanted to do her job, and to do it well. She and her father came from the east after the death of her mother in an epidemic illness. Her father serve as a guard of the palace and since young age put Vahlla to apprenticeship in the Library. Even she was working very hard Vahalla manages to read the many of the books there. As a poor common, the best that Vhalla will ever be able to hope for is perhaps ascending to be the Library Minister.All her world collapsed when, she learned she is a sorcerer and that has to learn how to control her powers. In a world that distrusted magic so much and especially Air magic that extinct long time ago as they considered too dangerous to exit. The turning point happened when she saves the crown prince only by sheer instinct and under the impression that he is his younger much more a charmer brother, Baldair,(the same golden prince that she had a crash on him since that day day that that he caught her when she fell from a high ladder in the library). So it's no wonder that like any normal person, she chooses denial. The problem is that her life is not her own anymore and everything start to change. Especially if Eldrik has any saying in this matter. Apparently she’s the first person in a century that has possessed the ability to use wind magic or the Last Windwalker.Generally I struggle a little with her character - she was a whiny, childish, and inconsistent. It was actually hard to believe she supposed to be 18. She thought herself very smart but rarely has a thought that isn't fed to her. She also tend to bursts into tears every couple chapters and didn't like to try at anything new. another thing that bother me was her body language - she speak while she's looking down at the ground, or whisper, or mumble while wringing her hands or pulling at her shirt(an annoying childish ticks).All that being said, I will note that the last couple of chapters have me hope for a more colorful Vhaala in the next book. And Aldrick's more complex personality is interesting so I will cautiously read book 2 and hope to be surprised.Crown Prince Aldrik, - he's complex, anti-social, dark, handsome, brooding, snarky and clever, heir to the throne sorcerer. He is not an open book. He claims he is not a good guy.Prince Baldair, is the golden boy. As the second son by a different mother (After the death of Eldrik mother, his father the emperor took a second wife this time from the south) and secure in his statues as a none magical person and as the prince who isn't indirect line to the crown, Baldair invest most his time as ladies man, and as the charming prince. He take care to lives up to his reputation and leave behind him many broken hearts . It's look like that he is quite the opposite of his brother. But Baldair easy way can be misleading.As he know his advantages,he does not hesitate to use it to manipulates things around him. I think that sometimes his character has more depths and dimensions then his brother and sometimes it is very hard to know what to think about him.The relationships between the brothers are complicate and they swing between love and hate, But both of them will always stand for each other, one way or another.Overall, I enjoyed this book it was very engaging fantasy novel and I am looking forward to the rest of the series

I kid you not when I say I could not put this book down, the writing, the characters interactions and developments the twists, this series has become a favourite of all time, elemental magic, politics, war, brooding prince it was just everything! Pick this up!!