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linneak's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Rebecca Ross has crafted these twin books with great care, and it shows in the writing. Whilst reading Fire, I could feel her expert hand guiding the plot and characters, rather like (at least as it seemed to me) a chess master moving all their pieces into place to reach - in this case - a winning conclusion.
There were times when it seemed that Ross's writing held me under some magic spell, that to stop reading would be to break it. I realise that may sound odd and faintly ridiculous, but it is a testament to the immersiveness of the world and characters Ross has created that I felt this way.
I don't mean to say that this book was without flaws. Sometimes in between reading sessions I would lose the thread of certain plot elements, and had to accept that they had already been explained so I did not have to go back and reread. And that phrase I referred to earlier, about the chess master? Well, there were times when the chain of events seemed a little too convenient, too planned, too predictable.
But these quibbles didn't affect my overall enjoyment of the novel, and I am greatly looking forward to reading more from the extremely talented Rebecca Ross.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Minor: Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
A major plot point in the novel revolves around the Breccan Laird and her family takingnaomi_k's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Classism
theonlybaillie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail