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A review by callies
The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig
4.0
This is a rollicking romp of a tale through a dystopia set in a post-apocalyptic future where children are always born in sets; one perfect and the other deformed. I had almost forgotten how much energy a teen fiction (sorry, young adult) narrative contained. Cass is the Omega to Zach’s Alpha but she does not have any obvious deformities. She is instead a seer and her visions of both the past and future are burden enough.
The pace of this adventure is quick and constantly entertaining. You feel for Cass and the plight of the Omega’s at the hands of the vicious Council, and hope that the Resistance can find a better way. The violence that the Council use on the Omega’s and their plan, while reminiscent of many other fantasy books, also mimics our own world and what some people will do to others in order to feel safe from them. The politics is dangerous and realistic, and the message of freedom and hope that the book contains is positive. I look forward to reading the next in this trilogy.
The pace of this adventure is quick and constantly entertaining. You feel for Cass and the plight of the Omega’s at the hands of the vicious Council, and hope that the Resistance can find a better way. The violence that the Council use on the Omega’s and their plan, while reminiscent of many other fantasy books, also mimics our own world and what some people will do to others in order to feel safe from them. The politics is dangerous and realistic, and the message of freedom and hope that the book contains is positive. I look forward to reading the next in this trilogy.