ARC provided by Xpresso Book Tours via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Need the second book in this series asap! I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I started reading and my expectations were not the highest. However, I am so glad I got to read this book though and it was one of my favorites of the year so far.

The premise of the book is that the world is “run” by enchantresses but Elena, the daughter of the strongest enchantress has basically no magic and is kicked out of her home/school. From here she meets Quinn and the real adventure starts here. The story unfolds by developing a plot based on a prophecy that isn’t fully revealed until near the end of the book, but Elena meeting and traveling with Quinn is not a coincidence.

Give this book a chance. At the start I was bored and it felt like Elena was wallowing in self-pity and I started getting a little tired of it, but the author did an amazing job of creating characters who were flawed and how those flaws helped them become who they need to be. I also thoroughly enjoyed the fact that this book did not fall into the same YA fantasy trap and actually had a unique twist on the typical tropes involved in this genre.

"Prophecies are tricky.No two people will interpret a phrophecy the same way, and no one ever seems to decipher them correctly."

After being expelled from school by her own mother, Elena has no choice but to start a new life with the help of Quinn. But their newly awakened powers and prophecy might suggest that they have much bigger roles to play.

I enjoyed this story very much! Elena was kind and optimistic. Quinn was loyal and protective to those he loves. Him helping the girl he just met felt odd, but the ending explained everything. Her, Quinn's and Roska's familliars were adorable. I also liked that there are different characters' POVs. It was a good book for the first one in the series.
Thank you to NetGalley for the arc!

THIS BOOK WAS MUXING AMAZING.

*contains spoilers*

This book left me speechless at the end (in a good way). The plot-twist at the end that they were all related. To be honest I thought Quinn and Elena were going to get together, I don’t know if that was intend.

In the beginning I was a bit put off that Quinn immediately felt like he had to protect Elena, and personally felt it was a bit weird that he met this girl and a day later he wanted to protect her with his life? But in the end it all made sense.

And I love when authors make you understand either the book cover or book title. In this case both and I love that so muxing much.

Loved that we got different povs and that the chapters were short.

Overall 4/5 stars.

Thank you NetGalley for a chance to read Storm and Flame.

The premise of this book sounded really promising but for some reason the book itself just fell flat for me. I didn’t care for the MC’s self pity and felt like some of the sentences droned on. Also for some reason the font was absolutely huge for this ebook and it made reading this a challenge.

I enjoyed this book! It was a very unique plot with some very unexpected twists. (The one at the end… WOW! Did not see that coming)! I really enjoyed the characters and the fun personalities of their familiars as well.

It does end on a cliffhanger!!! So be prepared for that.

It did feel like the plot was being rushed a lot of times. Some issues were resolved too quickly than was necessarily believable based on how I would’ve expected the characters to handle certain situations. That being said, there was a lot that happened in this book, so it could have just been a stylistic choice that the author made.

Overall, I would recommend this book to someone who likes a fun YA fantasy series! And I will probably read the rest of the series because I’m curious to see how this all turns out.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of Storm and Flame. At sixteen, her mother, who is also the headmistress of Harbor Ridge school of magic, expels her. Elena is cast off into the world with only her familiar Agon for company. It’s there Elena meets Quinn and they soon realize that Quinn is different. He has magic, even though the guys in this world do not posses magic.

The story is easy to follow, and the magic system is simple. Storm and Flame is told in Multiple POV, which I enjoyed. There are a couple of trigger warnings, child abuse, sexual assault and birth trauma. The author doesn’t go into too much detail, but please be aware. Storm and Flame is the first in a series, I look forward to reading the next installment.