Title: Burning Bridges
Series: The Bleeding Heart
Trilogy # 1
Author: Nadège Richards
Published: Self-Published
– July 14th, 2012
Word Count: 93,000
Genre: YA Dystopia
Recommended Age: 16+
Synopsis:
Do or Die... In a world
that has been divided amongst the Hunter race and the Warrior, prisoners who
have fallen prey to King Cyrus' decrees are forced into the arena to fight until
death. Winner is granted mercy and privilege to see another sunrise. Death unto
the weak. In an attempt to get back at everyone who has ever shut her out,
seventeen year-old Princess Echo becomes another victim, dragging Ayden, her
forbidden love, along in a race to freedom, to find out who she really is, and
to put a world that has been swallowed by lies back together again. In the
first installment of The Bleeding Heart Trilogy, life becomes a dangerous game
of kill or be
killed, love or let go.
When death threatens the forbidden love of an unlikely couple and they are
forced to do the unthinkable, to what extent will they go to be together?
My review
All Echo has ever wanted was to be free and be able to make
her own decisions. But with her being a princess it is impossible. The kingdom
has been divided in to Hunters and Warriors, who if caught will have to fight
to the death in the arena. Echo doesn't want to be a part of this life any more
and her running away leads her to Ayden. Ayden is a Hunter and doesn't want
anything to do with Echo. He thinks she is just a stuck up princess. When he
gets to know her, she is nothing like he thought. Echo finds her self falling
for the enemy and wouldn't have it any other way. What will Echo and Ayden do
to be together and what will happen b/c of it.
This book was very good. It had me entrapped until the very
end. My only regret had to be stooping the boo and studying for finals LOL I
love books that don’t have the insta-love, but rather both of them getting to
know each other. This book was like that. The Hunters and Warriors intrigued me
as well. The Hunters when they get a certain age get tattoos of their origin…I
think that’s how it goes. I know it comes from the father and it is passed on.
There wasn’t really a lot about the Warriors and I hope to learn more about
them. I loved the whole forbidden romance. No, it’s nothing new with a princess
falling in love with a peasant, but under the circumstance they were in it was
great. The world building was great and I could see everything clearly and the
characters well developed. I’m really in to this book and can’t wait to read
the rest of the series.
Echo: I thought that she was a well enough character. I
really didn’t like her in the beginning. I just thought she complained a lot. I
know I would be the same way so I can’t judge. There was a certain part in the
book where I was like grow up. She wants to be a warrior, but there she was
crying day after day. By the end I think that she finally came to terms with
everything and I think she will be a very strong character in the next book.
Ayden: I like I was enamored with him from the beginning.
All Echo had to do was describe his eyes and I was caught. LOL He also was surrounded
in mystery. How did a Hunter come to work for a King? Where did he come from? I
wanted to know everything about him in clothes and out…..Oops I should probably
take that out. LOL ;)
Overall, this book is about the start of a rebellion and
finding out how much you would sacrifice for love.
4 STARS
It has all the elements of a good story, but needs a little something to push it over the edge.
Excerpt:
I
knew, without a shadow of a doubt, I was going to die tonight. There was no
escaping it or any way around it. I couldn’t run from my destiny this time; I
couldn’t hide. No, tonight I faced my fate in the chambers of death. The
screams of the crowd in the arena filled my ears, the shouts of excitement and
laughter boiling my heart down to nothing but untainted sorrow. I refused to
open my eyes, but I could sense where I was by that rusty smell of metal and
dried blood Father brought home with him every day. The shackles that bound my
ankles and wrists to the wall confirmed it. I was a prisoner in my own home, my
own Haven. I couldn’t fathom how in forty-eight hours my life had taken a
complete three-sixty spin, but here I was, locked in the dungeon of my father’s
kingdom, hidden from the world until it was my time to surface.
About the Author:
Born in New York City and
raised in Pennsylvania, Nadege has traveled to five other states and two
countries, but aspires to travel the world someday. Her name is of French
origin, though she's never been to France. Forever a lover of art and all
things pertaining to Literature, she hopes to obtain knowledge from her writing
career, rather than popularity or fame. She wrote her first story about aliens
and goats in the 8th grade and has had a passion for story-telling ever since.
Her friends and family are her biggest inspiration, and the occasional cup of
coffee. She enjoys being part of the Indie community and sharing her stories
with the world.
About the second book in the series :D
Title: Deceiving Destiny
Series: The Bleeding Heart
Trilogy # 2
Release Date: December
22nd, 2012
Synopsis:
When your destiny lies in
the hands of your enemy, there’s only one thing you won’t do to save the ones
you love... Now free from the walls that confine New Haven, the place she had
once believed to be her home, Echo must find a way to put an end to a war only
she has the power to stop. She has yet to discover her true abilities as a
hybrid leader, but what happens when the dreams that plague her become
something more? Someone more? In the midst of exploring her love for Ayden and
venturing through forbidden lands for a key that will explain everything, Echo
finds Kahl—the boy that haunts her in her sleep, yet has the hidden answers she
seeks. And Echo will do just about anything to get them. In the second
installment of The Bleeding Heart Trilogy, relationships are put to the test,
dreams become desires, and ultimately one girl will discover her purpose in a
promised legend written in stone.
Giveaway Time!!!!!!!!!!
There is a tour wide giveaway – open World Wide! Prizes include the following:
* 5 Signed Print Copies of Burning Bridges
* 2 eBook Copies of Burning Bridges
* 1 Signed ARC of Deceiving Destiny
* 1 Burning Bridges T-Shirt
* 2 Burning Bridges Book Charms
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