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A review by amandaventure
Of Flame and Promise by Cecy Robson
4.0
I’ve got to say that it was hard to get back into this because the events in occur between books 2 and 3 of the Weird Girls series. So much has happened since then that I just didn’t want to go back in time. If you’ve read any of my reviews from the series at all you would know how miserable I was for Celia and now this put me right back in prime misery territory. I think I would have vastly preferred to have read this in the order it falls in chronologically in the overall story.
I completely love Celia but Taran has always been my fan favorite character. She’s one of the funniest characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading about. Her whole attitude and snark won me over. Sadly, she kind of annoyed me this time. I knew she had a chip on her shoulder and was defensive from seeing her in the Weird Girls series. But now that I’m reading from her perspective, half the time I just wanted to slap her upside the head. The other half of the time I loved her humor and sarcasm and was excited to have a front row seat for it. Here are a couple of examples.
All I can say is that if the next book is just going to be more of her low self-esteem bullshit it’s going to be a rough on to get through. Taran may be a heroine that I’m very conflicted over. She’s smart and funny, and kick ass but she’s so emotionally weak that it may irritate me when she’s being whiny. Time will tell I suppose. I’m on to Of Fire and Light which should be happening in the present. I really hope there are going to be more books in this series but I’m constantly dismayed that there aren’t any listings for more stories on goodreads. Please Cecy Robson! I need more!
I completely love Celia but Taran has always been my fan favorite character. She’s one of the funniest characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading about. Her whole attitude and snark won me over. Sadly, she kind of annoyed me this time. I knew she had a chip on her shoulder and was defensive from seeing her in the Weird Girls series. But now that I’m reading from her perspective, half the time I just wanted to slap her upside the head. The other half of the time I loved her humor and sarcasm and was excited to have a front row seat for it. Here are a couple of examples.
“Love sucked bear balls.
And Liam probably ate them.”
Celia walked in then, her smile fading when she caught a good look at me. “Um. How’s it going?”
“My tits are soaked and I resemble Bozo the scary and hairy clown. How do you think its going?”
All I can say is that if the next book is just going to be more of her low self-esteem bullshit it’s going to be a rough on to get through. Taran may be a heroine that I’m very conflicted over. She’s smart and funny, and kick ass but she’s so emotionally weak that it may irritate me when she’s being whiny. Time will tell I suppose. I’m on to Of Fire and Light which should be happening in the present. I really hope there are going to be more books in this series but I’m constantly dismayed that there aren’t any listings for more stories on goodreads. Please Cecy Robson! I need more!