Review: Bound by Flame by L. C. Winters

January 7, 2026

Synopsis:

A cursed bond. A forbidden touch. A Celtic slowburn where fate is the deadliest enemy.

Aisling once begged Elliot Phoenix for help.

On an archaeological dig in rural Ireland, a fae-born nightmare stalked her friend—a creature that killed through dreams. Elliot, a witch born of a god, held the power to save her.

He didn’t.

Her friend died, and Aisling buried both her grief and her belief in magic.

Years later, Elliot returns… needing her.

Aisling is the only one who can read his forbidden grimoire—the key to stopping a new wave of supernatural attacks. She hates him for the past, but she can’t let more people die. And when the truth comes out, she realises she’s tied to this threat at a much deeper level: a past life in ancient Ireland, when she was Flame, a druid of Brigid, bound to a sacred well and an old oak that still remembers her.

But helping Elliot comes with a cost.

Review:

If you have ever been to Ireland and spent some time with looking into the history of the country, you cannot run away from the stories / sights, and everything connected to the supernatural.

Having this at the forefront of the story sounded very intriguing to me. Every chapter starts with a story either being told from someone or something documented. Sometimes we are taken back to something that happened in the past and is somehow linked to what is happening in the present.

The beginning of the book takes us to a historical side, and we meet two friends (Helen & Ash) studying the findings and learning about what is happening there. When Helen is meeting a stranger and starts to connect more and more to him (so much, that he basically starts taking over her life), things start to happen, Ash becomes concerned. Things escalate and take a devastating turn.

Years later we learn that something similar is happening and things start to feel connected.

I enjoyed the story a lot. It wasn’t perfect (some parts were easier for me to connect to than others). The romance part felt a bit disconnected to me and I did not feel the connection between the two main characters. Overall, it was different, and I liked it for what it was.

🌙 Recension: Bound by Flame (Phoenix and Flame #1) by L. C. Winters
📚 Genre: Mythology, Paranormal, Romance
📅 Release Date: December 2, 2025
📗 included in Kindle Unlimited
📱 Read as: Kindle
💸 I received an advance review copy, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
🗣️ Language: English
📆 Pages: 369
⭐️ 4/5