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A review by unlikelyplaces
Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
This book is kind of like a mix of How to Train Your Dragon and the Russian revolution and it works so well.
I am not generally a YA reader and I don't usually like romance in my fantasy but I kind of loved this??
I picked this up to be like an easy, fun vacation read and it was both of those things but I actually can't remember the last time a book made me want to drop everything in my life and do nothing but read like this did. I was so invested in the characters, in the story and the politics and the world.
As someone who doesn't read a lot of YA there were some things that bothered me like the fact that they had teenagers in charge or their army and there's a lot of "faces flushing" and hands brushing against legs and things which grate on me a bit but that's just not my taste.
My main criticism though would be the world building. As someone who reads primarily adult fantasy, I love super luscious and intricate world building. I found that throughout this book I wasn't quite sure what type of world I was picturing. It felt sort of not quite as old as medieval-inspired but I'm not really sure. What's the weather like in this part of the world? What do their soldier uniforms look like? Again, this is entirely a me thing, I'm aware some people find things like that really tedious and it didn't ruin the book for me in any way.
But overall I loved this and I can't wait to pick up the next one.
I am not generally a YA reader and I don't usually like romance in my fantasy but I kind of loved this??
I picked this up to be like an easy, fun vacation read and it was both of those things but I actually can't remember the last time a book made me want to drop everything in my life and do nothing but read like this did. I was so invested in the characters, in the story and the politics and the world.
As someone who doesn't read a lot of YA there were some things that bothered me like the fact that they had teenagers in charge or their army and there's a lot of "faces flushing" and hands brushing against legs and things which grate on me a bit but that's just not my taste.
My main criticism though would be the world building. As someone who reads primarily adult fantasy, I love super luscious and intricate world building. I found that throughout this book I wasn't quite sure what type of world I was picturing. It felt sort of not quite as old as medieval-inspired but I'm not really sure. What's the weather like in this part of the world? What do their soldier uniforms look like? Again, this is entirely a me thing, I'm aware some people find things like that really tedious and it didn't ruin the book for me in any way.
But overall I loved this and I can't wait to pick up the next one.