The Council by Kayla Krantz
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

In a land split into 5 areas, the council rules all witches (Equipped) and non-witches (Unequipped) as well as the other magical creatures. Our heroine is Lilith, or Li to her friends, who is expected to be a unequipped. However, her body seems to have other ideas, she is developing powers, but they are telekinetic. This is a problem as she lives in Ignis, the land of the Pyro witches. And when the Council finds out she has different powers than her peers, Lilith is afraid of what will happen. When the Choosing ceremony comes around, Lilith shows an affinity for more than just Telekinesis. And then a terrorist attempts to kill the Ruler. In all the commotion, Lilith is given reason to doubt not just her heritage, but everything she has been led to believe. Will she be able to figure out not just who she is but also where she fits in this world?
Slow to start, this book does pick up, but the pacing is overall steady. I think being the first book in the series, it is building steam for books 2 and 3. Lilith wasn’t my favorite character, she seemed emotionally unstable at times with how she handled situations that came up. She does start to build alliances with unlikely allies, and I think this will help her get a handle on her powers as well.
I was given a free ARC from BookSirens for an honest and unbiased review.


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