Ever and Ever Sight: Blog Tour Stop: Rise of the Fire Tamer by Kailin Gow

Welcome to my stop on The Rise of the Fire Tamer blog tour. This tour is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. My stop includes my review of this book. I hope everyone is having fun!!!

Rise of the Fire Tamer by Kailin Gow

After winning a contest for a popular game called Wordwick Games, five teens Gemma, Sparks, Rio, Kat, and Jack, are invited to stay at Wordwick Games inventor Henry Word's mysterious castle and play the newest level of Workwick Games. Little do they know, the castle is the doorway to a wondrous world call Anachronia where words can be used as weapons, power, and commodity. There is unrest in Anachronia, and if the five teens can follow the rules of Wordwick Games and prove to be the best player, one of them will be crowned Ruler of Anachronia.

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Title: Rise of the Fire Tamer
Author: Kailin Gow
Publisher: The Edge
Publication: June 14th, 2010
Format: ebook
Pages: 234
Rating: 3/5 stars

My Review

After winning the Wordwick Games, Gemma, Rio, Sparks, Jack and Kat get to stay at Wordwick with Henry Word to play the tenth level that no one has played. The five teens lay in pods, then wake up to find out that they are apart of the game. They must accomplish the three tasks to become the ruler. On their journey, they face many creatures that they have never seen. After the first battle, Gemma starts questioning if Anachronia is real. If it is real, that means they could get her and even die.

I LOVED that this story was unique and original. I have not read another book like this before. Rise of the Fire Tamer was well written and well thought out. Kailin Gow did a wonderful job on creating a world where words can be used as weapons. I loved that aspect of the book. I also loved that I could tell if the Spurious or the Perfidious were good or bad. They story was very action packed and had a lot of mystery to it.

Gemma was a strong character in this story. She really was a true ruler. Jack was very smart, but way too nervous. He couldn't even talk to Gem. Kat always wanted attention when she wanted it. I couldn't believed how she betrayed them at the beginning, but she finally came around. Sparks was a great guy. He was constantly concerned with Gemma, always wanting to protect her. Rio wanted to protect Gemma as well. Rio and Sparks didn't get along too well, because both of them wanted Gemma. At least I think so. I was a little confused on that part.

I love romance in a story, but these romances did not work for me. The romance was very rushed. They just all just met, then all of a sudden, they would do anything to protect her. The two boys even kept fighting over her. I couldn't even tell if Rio wanted Gemma. He wanted her, then he started enjoying Kat's company, then back to being concerned about Gemma. It kept flipping back and forth.

What an ending!!!! I did not see that coming at all!!! I was beyond shocked. It definitely left we wanting to read the sequel now. I have to see what happens next.

Book Trailer

EXCERPT 1:

Gem recognized the voice instantly as that of Henry Word. After his online announcements, she was hardly going to forget. He must have come into the hallway through a side door. She turned to greet him with the others, expecting to look up into the already half-familiar face, and had to adjust the direction of her gaze when it turned out that Henry Word was sitting down.

He was sitting down because he was in a wheelchair.

It was quite a high tech wheelchair, obviously custom made and designed around Henry Word, but there was no escaping the fact that it was there. From the waist up, Mr. Word was dressed conservatively, even elegantly, in a suit and silk tie. From the waist down, his legs disappeared beneath a tartan blanket. They didn’t appear again on the other side.

“A small accident from my army days,” Henry word said, and Gem found herself wondering if he’d read her mind in the second it took to decide that the others probably looked just as surprised as she did. Gem realized that, in all the pictures she had seen of Henry Word either online or in magazines, not one had shown more than his head and shoulders.

Henry Word laughed then.

“I can see I’ve caught you all rather by surprise. Still, before I turn into the main topic of conversation, can I take a moment to welcome the five of you?’ his gaze flicked to each of them in turn, and Gem guessed that he was matching names to faces in his mind. “You are all here, of course, because you have turned out to be some of the biggest fans of my little game. Congratulations on that. For the next week, you’ll be staying in what I hope you’ll find to be extremely comfortable surroundings, and you’ll get the benefit of a very special surprise.”

“What surprise?” Rio asked from behind Gem. Henry Word chuckled again.

“Ah, Riordan Roberts, I take it? Well, there is nothing to be suspicious about. In fact, I think that as fans, you will all enjoy this particular surprise. I have simply decided to allow you access to the tenth level of my game while we are here.”

Gem felt her brow furrow.

“But Mr. Word, aren’t there only nine levels?”

“That’s true at the moment,” Henry Word answered. “Anachronia is rather new. You will be among the first to play it. Still, let’s not focus on that too much now, shall we? Chef has excelled himself in the Great Hall, and I’m sure you must all be hungry after your journeys.”

EXCERPT 2:

“It’s very straightforward really. Your goal when playing it will be to win the crown of the kingdom of Anachronia, using all your wits, skills and talents. The people will only give the crown to someone who can do three things: end the threat of the three-headed dragon terrorizing the land, unite the two warring clans that live there, and help the people of Anachronia flourish. Is that clear?”

Gem nodded. Several of the others did too.

“It sounds simple,” Sparks said, beside her.

“Oh, it’s not as easy as it sounds,” Henry Word continued, “which is why there are a few other things you should know. First, beware the Wickedly Woods where the dragon lives. It isn’t the only danger there. Second, remember that you can work together, even if only one of you can rule in the end. Third, and most importantly, remember that words have power in Anachronia, finding the right words, the Ruler Words, along the way will make your time far easier.”

Author Kailin Gow

Kailin Gow is the award-winning, international bestselling author of over 80 distinct books.

Kailin Gow is also the President of a media company, a media personality, and has been writing full-time since she was first published. Holding a Masters in communications management and leadership positions in Fortune 500 corporations, she puts her leadership abilities, her experience, and desire to help others into her fiction books. As a result, she has written the forthcoming, Finding the Heroine in You book which is also a national tour. She is a mother and spends whatever spare time she has volunteering at the Red Cross, Battered Women's Shelters, and other organizations.

Currently her Frost Series is in development for a major international MMO Game, and she has over 14,000 and growing Frosters on her facebook fan page.

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