Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack
Sunday, October 15, 2017
In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them.
Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service to her family in exchange for safe haven, and a kingdom was carved out from the wildlands and sustained by magic capable of repelling the world’s deadliest foes. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora’s been groomed to be the perfect queen. She’s intelligent and brave and honorable. But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people.
To keep her secret and save her crown, Aurora’s mother arranges for her to marry a dark and brooding Stormling prince from another kingdom. At first, the prince seems like the perfect solution to all her problems. He’ll guarantee her spot as the next queen and be the champion her people need to remain safe. But the more secrets Aurora uncovers about him, the more a future with him frightens her. When she dons a disguise and sneaks out of the palace one night to spy on him, she stumbles upon a black market dealing in the very thing she lacks—storm magic. And the people selling it? They’re not Stormlings. They’re storm hunters.
Legend says that her ancestors first gained their magic by facing a storm and stealing part of its essence. And when a handsome young storm hunter reveals he was born without magic, but possesses it now, Aurora realizes there’s a third option for her future besides ruin or marriage.
She might not have magic now, but she can steal it if she’s brave enough.
Challenge a tempest. Survive it. And you become its master.
Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service to her family in exchange for safe haven, and a kingdom was carved out from the wildlands and sustained by magic capable of repelling the world’s deadliest foes. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora’s been groomed to be the perfect queen. She’s intelligent and brave and honorable. But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people.
To keep her secret and save her crown, Aurora’s mother arranges for her to marry a dark and brooding Stormling prince from another kingdom. At first, the prince seems like the perfect solution to all her problems. He’ll guarantee her spot as the next queen and be the champion her people need to remain safe. But the more secrets Aurora uncovers about him, the more a future with him frightens her. When she dons a disguise and sneaks out of the palace one night to spy on him, she stumbles upon a black market dealing in the very thing she lacks—storm magic. And the people selling it? They’re not Stormlings. They’re storm hunters.
Legend says that her ancestors first gained their magic by facing a storm and stealing part of its essence. And when a handsome young storm hunter reveals he was born without magic, but possesses it now, Aurora realizes there’s a third option for her future besides ruin or marriage.
She might not have magic now, but she can steal it if she’s brave enough.
Challenge a tempest. Survive it. And you become its master.
4.5/5
Roar is another book that caught my attention with it's cover. Hello, it's gorgeous! I swear that the people who make all these fabulous eye porn covers need a paycheck raise. Roar could have been awful for all I knew when I bought it. I didn't even look at a review, I bought it strictly because of that cover.
Side note - Publishers pay your cover people more!
When I first started reading this, I was terrified of a love triangle. If you have glanced through any of my reviews, you know I detest them. Thank the Lord of literature that I was wrong. I was so excited for three seconds about Cassius, but that went down hill pretty dang fast and we also met Locke.
He never stood a chance.
The world building is just how I like it. There's enough that I get to imagine it for myself, but not much that it takes a hour to read one paragraph from the all the details. It's impact, hard, mysterioius, and gritty. I was and am still just as interested in looking more about it as I am in the characters.
Aurora AKA For a AKA Roar is a great character. She starts out small and timid and over the course of the book she starts to discover am about herself and exactly who she is. She is courageous and kind of heart. She also has themat bit of sass that I love in characters. I am excited to see who she grows into as the series continues .
We also have Locke and his very merry gang of storm hunters. He is great. They are great. They each have their own personal depth with brings so much more to the story. I adored their interactions and comradery. Locke isn't too bad himself. I definitely don't have a book crush on him or anything like that. (Sarcasm, in case you missed it.) Let's just say he really won me during a rain storm. We are talking notebook level of rain storm amazingness.
The main down fall was that when the clouds finally parted on so many things, it was over.
You see what I did there?
I wanted more.. I want more..
I can't wait for Rage to get here.
You should probably check this one out.
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