Champion of Fate
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Aristene are an order of mythical female warriors. Though heroes might be immortalized in legends, it’s the Aristene who guide their paths to victory. They are the Heromakers.
Raised by the order after being orphaned, Reed grew up surrounded by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests. She’s been counting the days until her initiation, and now one final test stands in her way: shepherding her first hero to glory on the battlefield. Succeed, and her place in the order is secured. Fail, and she’ll be cast out of the only home she’s ever known.
But Reed didn’t count on Hestion, her assigned hero, being both infuriating and intriguing. When their strategic alliance turns into something more, it forces Reed to question the cost of becoming an Aristene. As battle looms and fate hangs in the balance, Reed must make an impossible choice: her hero or her order.
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2 primary books#1 in Heromaker
Heromaker is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2023 with contributions by Kendare Blake.
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While not every book needs a happy ending to be good, this ending felt a little rushed and felt a bit like, “I've lost everything so I guess I'll just give up.” Kind of like a dramatic high schooler who just broke up with their first boyfriend. Nothing else matters so whatever.
Perplexing premise but flawless execution
Ever heard the saying “Behind every great man is a strong woman” (or something along these lines)? Well, that's about the premise of this book.
There is a secret(-ish) all-women magical order who guide people to fulfil their potential as heroes. The initiates train as girls and finally have test guiding their first hero to heroism in order to become a full fledged immortal and nit humanly strong member of the hero-making order.
We as reader follow one young girl on her path as initiate. She is young, she makes mistakes, she has trauma to unpack, she is full of self-doubt and she has hard decisions to make. But she is determined, she has loyal friends and gains new allies and friends (and more than that), she experiences the real world with emotions and setbacks and just life, she learns a lot and grows a lot. Her decisions are depicted in a way that is understandable even if someone else would not repeat them. Many of the side characters are also very interesting and the saying (or the premise of this book) starts to make a lot of sense when we read it fleshed out.
Overall it was a very fun read. After I got over my initial bewilderment of the premise
