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Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

125 reviews

caitlinteresa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Cassie uprooted her life and moved across the country to take care of her estranged mother. This meant changing fire departments, facing past hardships, and navigating the sexism of her new job. She expects the struggle of being a woman firefighter in a small town, but she doesn't expect to learn forgiveness and love. 

I continue to surprise myself by enjoying romance novels. At first, I wasn't sure how I felt about this one, but it sucked me in. I became so invested in the love story, but I also loved seeing Cassie learn forgiveness and allow people to let her in.

For those who watch Station 19 and enjoy it, you'd like this novel! It reminded me of it in a lot of ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer and Abandonment

chelle22's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mamabear10's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse

jla's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Sexism, misogyny, and sexual assault warning. Parts of this were tough to read as a woman. 

I struggle to see how what Cassie's mom did wasn't cheating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

bugletbee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

hazelsteckler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

itsmecalib_'s review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

Reading the only other Katherine Center book on #kindleunlimited - Things You Save in a Fire.

Introduction: Two firefighters. The guy is a rookie from a long line of well loved local firefighters. The girl is an out of state transfer to move close to her sick mom.

What I Like:
- Another strong independent woman
- Absolute golden retriever puppy of a man
- I learned a lot about firefighters haha

What I Don’t Like:
- Girlfriend needs therapy
- The ending felt rushed to me.
- I didn’t totally believe the romance. :/

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Sexual assault

riosvanessa22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

braytonaubree's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is so special to me. It was my first Katherine Center book & I am not sure exactly what I was expecting going in, but it turned all my expectations upside down & surpassed them by MILES. The way that Katherine writes about relationships & how we as humans change as we go through experiences in life is inspiring- truly inspiring. While I’ve seen her books categorized as “feel-good” romances/women’s lit, I think that descriptor is a disservice to the heavy topics that are so artfully written about in this story. But, I do feel so much hope after watching a woman who is so tenacious & relatable learn to navigate forgiveness. I couldn’t put it down, not because I wanted to continue the romance (which is great, but I would categorize as a sub-sub-plot) but, because I was so invested in our FMC’s arc (she’s a firefighter btw & she’s so badass- I want to be her). The title is also just so perfect & every time I look at the cover or say the title it really invokes all the feelings/take-aways I had from this story. Katherine Center is quickly becoming an auto-buy author for me, but it’ll be hard to top this. 🔥🩵🚒

Content warnings:

• terminal illness

• sexual assault/rape

• suicide

• sexism/misogyny 

• substance abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

missemmajeann's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide attempt