A review by anbananova
Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

3.0

the mother and the way she influenced fmc spoiled the book for me. sometimes fmc with her anger and bitterness reminded me of the mother too much. at least there was no pregnancy trope as i was afraid there would be bc of the parallel between generations and their mistakes. 

the book had no reason to be that long. nothing happened. it easily could’ve been twice shorter. 

i liked the chemistry between mmc and fmc and their alive dialogue. 

“Blue-blooded snob,” she muttered.
“Wasp-tongued viper.”
They settled into an angry silence for the rest of the drive.”

“Mrs. Sweeney.” Desperate, Maggie grabbed at Christine’s sleeve. “Couldn’t you just tell him I’ve died? They could make a lovely wake out of the showing. And as a rule, you make more of a profit off a dead artist than a live one.”

“So how can I have sworn at you?”
“Over your hideous machine—which I tossed into the garbage this very morning.”
Very calmly, he made a note on a pad.
“Don’t start that.”
“I’m merely noting down that you need a replacement for your answering machine.”