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Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

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rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book completely surprised me but in the best way possible. Cassie is delightful and easy to root for. Every time I thought the book was going to fall into silly tropes, it zipped around them perfectly.

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gondorgirl's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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tiggerrd's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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dayingst's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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maurapartridge's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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readwithria's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Things You Save in a Fire is a beautiful story about forgiveness, family, and post traumatic growth. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it’s an excellent book! However, I don’t know if I could call it a compelling romance novel.

I really enjoyed this book! Cassie’s personal growth is incredible, and the relationships that she builds are so compelling. I loved reading about the firehouse and how she weaseled her way into the hearts of the brotherhood. I also really loved the epilogue, and seeing how she created a community for herself.

That being said, the romance was definitely the weakest part of the book for me. I don’t think we spent enough page time with Owen to make the depth of her feelings for him feel earned. We don’t even learn his first name until 50% of the way through the book. I completely believe all of the interactions they have, but there are so many that we don’t see and it made it hard for me to believe that they were deeply in love.

I think if I had gone into this book not expecting it to be a romance, I would have enjoyed it a bit more. It’s still a book that I would definitely recommend! 4 stars.

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sydapel's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I thought that this would be a solid 3 star read, but I have a rule that any book that makes me cry is automatically 4 so here we are. I think Katherine Center and TJR have similar writing styles, which is probably what's keeping me from enjoying these books as much as I want to. Cassie's "not like other girls" persona really annoyed me at the start, but that is really well woven into how her trauma has manifested itself and her journey to forgiveness is honestly incredible. Does it lack subtlety and tells us about her development rather than show it? Yeah, but it works for this writing. While the romance is more developed here than in The Bodyguard, I still wanted more of it.

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