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Title	:	A Chalice of Wind (Balefire #1)
Author	:	Cate Tiernan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	August 18th 2005 by Razorbill
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fantasy. Paranormal. Witches. Magic

A Chalice of Wind (Balefire #1) Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

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As the author of Sweep, I had very high expectations of Tiernan for this series.

I enjoyed the fact that their true loves were not found as easily as we initially thought. There was obviously something off about their guy, but his betrayal was pleasantly different from Cal's in her previous series.

Fantastic book; compelling, addictive and enjoyable...but I don't think it was her best work. Nancy Holder's Wicca series is very similar and was pubished beforehand, the parellals are uncanny; deaf feline familiars, dead parents and the child moves, old french magicks. But hey, there's a limited amount you can write about that hasn't been done.

I repeat, a fantastic book (better than holder's) but I was looking for something more original. Let it be known that I am hating myself as I write this for betraying this most esteemed author.

Nevertheless, the characters were vivid and the 1st person perspective worked flawlessly.

I shouldn't be so judgemental, I haven't read the others yet and the first seemed like the set-up-book.

Love the french pronunciations. Tye-ees. Love it.

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Original Title:	A Chalice of Wind #1 (Balefire)
ISBN:	159514045X (ISBN13: 9781595140456)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Balefire #1

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The beginning was a bit irritating because of the way the characters were introduced. However, the book is picking up a bit. The book is a little slow to reveal where the plot is leading. It's best to think of the first book as a prologue to the series. It's basically setting the "scene." However, about two-thirds of the way through the book it does pick up a bit. It still left me wanting to read the rest of the series, but I wish the author would have combined the first two books into a single

My mom has been begging me to read this series for quite sometime now so here we are! I really found this story to be interesting and enjoyable, I like that the "insta-love" with Luc/Andre isn't at ALL what it seems. At first I thought, Oh Lordy, here we go...but then was pleasantly surprised that his betrayal turned out to be pretty expected and interesting. I also really like the POV switches from 3rd person through to Clio and Thais, they were very clear and since each POV is very

So, I read this in 4.5 hours. I was really waiting to see when the story actually begins, but it seems that this was more of a .5 intro book that should have went before the real series started. It was more to get to know the characters and background more than anything. The romance really bugged me. I figured there was something weird going on, because, come on, who would write something so unrealistic? By page 50 Clio and Andre were already "in love."I thought the twins were okay characters

My mom has been begging me to read this series for quite sometime now so here we are! I really found this story to be interesting and enjoyable, I like that the "insta-love" with Luc/Andre isn't at ALL what it seems. At first I thought, Oh Lordy, here we go...but then was pleasantly surprised that his betrayal turned out to be pretty expected and interesting. I also really like the POV switches from 3rd person through to Clio and Thais, they were very clear and since each POV is very

Balefire 1 is pretty meh. There are three different POVs. Two first person and one third person, that switches between the 10 or so members of the coven. It's not difficult to follow, but feels pretty unnecessary to include so many POVs.The two main characters (first person narrators) are both pretty annoying brats. Annoying bratty twins. One is a bit worse than the other, but neither are likeable. They got better towards the end of the novel, but I'm not sure whether that was character

I read this book for a second time now. The first time was so long ago, I cant even remember. I only remember that I didn't like it, couldn't really get into it, and probably compared it too much with the Wicca/Sweep series.Now, years later, I was able to start reading it more objectively. But all the French still bugged me a lot. I hate the French language (I'm sorry, I just do) and I just don't see what it has to add to the story. I know they have a French past. But why not just write about

I really enjoyed Tiernan's other work, the Sweep series, so I figured that I'd like this one. That ended up being a rather safe bet as this book has many of the same elements as the other series had. Magic, betrayal in love, forbidden powers... those are just a few of the things that these two series had in common. Not that having similar things makes it a bad or copycat series- it just makes it an almost guaranteed thing that fans of Sweep will like this book.Balefire follows the actions of two