Flame by Eden Winters

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A mix of old legends, history and fantasy, Flame is barely 15 pages long, but it’s also very sweet. When the story starts Kai and Rayken are spending their last night together before a very dangerous battle; at first they are introduced to us as the legendary pairs of the Sacred Band of Thebe, but soon it’s clear that Kai is not at all a warrior, but more the protégé of Rayken. Again Eden Winters mixes a bit of old fashioned romance rules in an otherwise innovative story: Rayken and Kai are like guardian and pupil, and obviously the duty of the guardian is to find the right match for his pupil, but in the end the only possible right match is with himself.

Kai has not the core of a warrior, he is too gentle and innocent, and for this reason the evolution of the story is right for him: he has a nurturing soul, and he is the lifeblood of Rayken; Rayken is the strength and the wisdom, but Kai is his soul, and the strategic key who will allow Rayken to win. Kai doesn’t need to be on the battlefield, he has a more important task on his own.

If you want to read a short, fast but good story, like a sip of good coffee during a break, a concentrate of goodies, Flame is a right choice.

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