When I saw this book cover, I was so enthralled by it that I felt like I have to read this book. Then I read the description and I just thought maybe it will not be as good as I expect. By then, I accepted to review this and so, it's on my TBR list.

When I started reading, the magic that happens with all great books happened. The real world disappeared completely and I started feeling bad to leave the book, even to eat and sleep. And I am not even exaggerating on this.

The story begins with Nelay, a priestess, plotting to escape the King Zatal, who wants to marry her to save his land. But, Nelay never wanted to be the Queen of Idara. She wants to save her family and become High Priestess once she is back. She pays the tribesman, Rycus, to get her from Idara to her family, without getting caught. Rycus, along with his men, travels with Nelay in the hot desert lands, where anyone could be lost and dead. What begins as a simple plan turns into much much more than that and even Gods and fairies are at play here. Stuck in the tangled mess of the fight she cannot win, Nelay has to choose at every turn of her life, even when it comes to losing her love, ambition and life.

I didn't know that this was the second book in the series until I completed this one. So, I assure you that you wouldn't need to read the first book to enjoy this one.

Nelay is a girl, who is ambitious, strong-willed and high-spirited. Although at first she is just brought out a strong protagonist, her heart and spirit is known little by little as the story proceeds. The best thing about this book is the character development. All the characters have depth enough for the readers to really understand their mental state. Rycus and his men are great company to the readers during the adventure..especially the stories of Rycus. There is nothing I can predict in this book. Whatever I thought will happen, never happened. Why I didn't read anything from this author before this is still a mystery to me. :)

Extremely well written and fast paced, this novel is one hell of a great book, that you wouldn't want to miss for anything.

5 STARS!

Oh no. This book just wasn't for me. This book is basically a good plot idea failed in the execution, I was pretty bored and began to get really frustrated with the pacing and diluted character dialogue, Also insta-love to the EXTREME. All of these problems may have been created from the shortness of the book. The author tried to cram too much in such little reading time.