A review by arteziya
From Unseen Fire by Cass Morris

3.0

Not a bad book in itself - but it should've been either more fantasy or more historical. Politics should've been more prominent and intricate, and the author should work on improving battle scenes. Roman conquest of Iberia is an unusual backdrop for a fantasy novel, I grant you that. But too often characters of this novel are thinking and acting like contemporary Americans. One of the worst part of this novel for me is the romance. It just felt stale, too much telling from both of the characters, all the conflicts in it are external, and other than that it reminded me of "Fated to be Mated" trope from your average paranormal romance. Still - not a bad book, but it really needed to be trimmed down. You can simply cut one third of the book where the characters repeat themselves endlessly: "Will I dare to live to my full potential? Will I have the strength to save Rome Aven? Should I listen to my uncle and drive foreigners from Iberia?", etc. They repeat over and over again and are really tiresome. Also the decision to alter some historical locations' names and keep the others is baffling and irtitating.