This story is filled with intrigues, betrayal and secrets. It also centers on politics, which even though not really my favorite plot point on other books, this one ade it so interesting and yeah, intriguing. Imagine a politician (for that was Jura is, a politician) in a world where the water is the currency. Where there are people who can bend fire and do other things. Let's throw a bit of romance(it's only first book), friendship and family issues. And yeah DRAGONS and some other creatures we still don't know the names. It's an interesting and definitely engaging plot.

For a first book in a series, this one did a good job. Ignited makes you wanna read the next book right away, only to be disappointed that you maybe still have to wait for another year. Needless to say, the writing was okay. I don't know if this is a debut novel but if it is, it was a good one.

Though there are parts that a little cliche, overall, it wasn't predictable. The fictional world must have something to do with that. As for the Romance, I liked it. It was smooth. There were cliched conversations (more like banters) but they still make me smile and giggle.

And oh, at first the story was a little confusing, maybe because of multi POV narration. I even thought at first why on earth their POVs are needed. But it seemed like there are still so many things to be revealed to us that's why their stories are needed. And sometimes, the narration would become slow and then pick ups and everything's alright.
JURA: Naive at first. Understandable. She turned out to be smarter than I expected, thank Heavens. I say she's an interesting character and I'll sure looked out for her in the next book, especially because of that little exhibition she did in the last 20% of the story. It was something to look forward.

TYLAK: I like him more. Oh I like him. He's sweet but also a little cocky. Bound to find his brother, he's willing to do everything even help a rich bratty who is Jura.

KAY: This little kid is veeeery promising. I'm so sure she'll be badass. She already is.

The other characters are all promising. And I liked most of them.
This is a good instalment in a promising series. Not grandiose but engaging enough. I wouldn't say exactly that it's filled with action, but it's not also boring. It's not slow. It's just AVERAGE. I like this book and enjoyed it and will recommend it to anyone.

this book has poor character development, so much so that i have no background on which to base anyone's motivation and cannot get into the book, although i made it to 30%. i can't bring myself to continue reading it.

Not extremely predictable. Not a fan of the back and forth narrations - got a little confusing at points.

This novel was a very enjoyable read. The novel has several points of view from various characters told in third person point of view. It brings together abilities using air, fire, water, earth, and blood. Several characters are keeping secrets and nothing is at it seems. Someone wants to cause war and will kill anyone who gets in their way.
Jura, daughter of the First of the Thirteen, keeps her father's "illness" from the council. He tried to kill her since he is bound by a blood chain, which puts the wearer under complete control of another person. She wants to be strong, but also has compassion and prefers to read. She becomes the interim for the First and tries to show strength by condemning a man to death even though there is no proof of his crime but rather the word of a council member. Tylak, a former slave was accused of stealing from the Everflame, sentenced to death, but Jara saved him from the prison and promised to return his birthstone to him. Tylak is able to bend light and plans to flee the Republic once he gets it back. However, he sees the situation Jara is in and decides to help her. Jara needs to save her father and makes a deal with the Prince of Shadows. However, not everyone is who they appear to be: friends are enemies and enemies become allies. When Jara's life is almost taken, she knows she must discover the truth of what is going on and prevent war between the 3 kingdoms. With Tylak, they head to Kitio to discover how to stop these blood chains and save the kingdoms. I cannot wait to see where their adventures take them in the next book!!