Cassandra Fear's Above The Flames

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Above the Flames is such an awesome Paranormal with a little romance. For a debut book, Above the Flames is a really great start for Cassandra Fear. Her writing was phenomenal. I was sucked into the world that Ms. Cassandra have created, the war between demons and angels was so good. Such an interesting story of good versus evil. I loved it.

The Story….
The day Jasmine turned 16, was also the worst day of her life. She lost her dad and her mom basically told her her to go away and live life without her. That was also the first day she had ever had to kill a demon, before it killed her and her mother. Her blue flame power was her savior, but it’s also the thing that scares her the most…so instead of really accepting who she really is, she hides

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