Title: We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)
Author: Hafsah Faizal
Pages: 481
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Release Date: 16th May 2019
Blurb from Goodreads:
People lived because she killed. People died because he lived.
Nobody knows that Zafira is the Hunter. Forced to disguise
herself as a man, she braves the cursed forest to feed her people. If
she is exposed as a girl, all of her achievements will be rejected.
Nasir
is the infamous Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to
defy his autocratic father, the sultan. If he refuses he will be
punished in the most brutal of ways.
Both are legends in the
kingdom of Arawiya – but neither wants to be. And when Zafira embarks on
a quest to restore magic to her suffering world, Nasir is sent by the
sultan on a similar mission: retrieve magic and kill the hunter. But an
ancient evil stirs as their journey unfolds, and the prize they seek may
pose a threat greater than either can imagine . . .
Set in a richly detailed world inspired by ancient Arabia, Hafsah Faizal's We Hunt the Flame
– first in the Sands of Arawiya duology – is a breathtaking debut about
discovery, conquering fear, and taking identity into your own hands.
My Review:
*I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley*
- DNF @34% -
Zafira dresses as a
man and hunts in the local cursed forest so that the people in her
village don't starve. Her exploits have earned her the nickname of
'The Hunter', but people would turn against Zafira if they knew she
was a woman.
Prince Nasir, known
as the Prince of Death, is an assassin for his power-hungry father,
the sultan.
When Zafira is
invited on a journey to restore magic to her land, she leaves her
family behind, unaware that Nasir has been sent on a quest of his own
to find the hunter and kill them.
Will Zafira be able
to bring back magic?
Will Nasir follow
his father's orders as he usually does and kill the hunter?
We Hunt the Flame
is one of those hyped and beloved books that I hoped I would like and
ended up not enjoying.
Zafira and Nasir
were okay protagonists but I felt like I had seen characters like
them before and struggled to connect with them.
The pacing was a bit
off for me, but I do appreciate that the author was setting the scene
and establishing the characters and world.
While the setting
and concept were interesting, what I read felt like a mix of books
I've read before.
From the first page
I found it difficult to get into the story. I also struggled with the
writing style and found myself losing interest.
After a while it got
to the point where I didn't want to read any more and I decided to
stop reading.
I might pick this up
again at a later point as it was a book that I was looking forward to
reading.
I'm disappointed
that I didn't enjoy this more.
Unfortunately, this
wasn't for me.
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