How Blended are Dust and Fire by Kieran McKendrick Review

Title: How Blended are Dust and Fire

Author: Kieran McKendrick

My Rating: 3.5/5

Part of a series? Yes, this is the introductory book for the Purgatory series

Genre(s): Fantasy, Dystopian, Adult themes.

Description/Blurb:

Geraint of Family Tumen, kereit Halaka, Kypchak Kishyn comes of age in the summer of the Tanaiste, the gathering of all the Dhervina in the sacred valley at the center of the world. It is the summer when he will learn if he is to be accepted as full Dherina, or banished.

As he enters the valley, he discovers he has an unusual gift – the ability to hear crystal, an ability usually held only by the femal Guardians of the Dhervina.

Unfortunately, he was born a dhavara in a family of normal sized people and into the Dhervina, a nomadic people, who consider dhavaras to be ostuda (bad luck).

At the same time, his sister Brys joins the Khutulun, the female-only kereit with far-reaching and shadowy powers.

This story tells what happens in the summer of the Tanaiste, how Geraint discovers his Talent and what happens when dreams and fear collide.

My review: 

I received a coupon for this book from the author and read the book while on holiday and loved it. It was interesting to see parts of the story through different viewpoints throughout the book as it really helped give the reader a grasp of the whole picture rather than what was known by a single character. Although this book is quite short the story itself is not compromised you can still get a good feel of the circumstances and history of the little tribe like society.