Fire: a novel - bookwyrm.cincodenada.com

Paperback, 480 pages

English language

Published Dec. 15, 2009 by Dial Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-8037-3461-6
OCLC Number:: 310171766

(2 reviews)

It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. The young King Nash clings to his throne while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. The mountains and forests are filled with spies and thieves and lawless men.

This is where Fire lives. With a wild, irresistible appearance and hair the color of flame, Fire is the last remaining human monster. Equally hated and adored, she had the unique ability to control minds, but she guards her power, unwilling to steal the secrets of innocent people. Especially when she has so many of her own.

Then Prince Brigan comes to bring her to King City, The royal family needs her help to uncover the plot against the king. Far away from home, Fire begins to realize there's more to her power than she ever dreamed. Her power could save the kingdom.

If only she weren't …

It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. The young King Nash clings to his throne while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. The mountains and forests are filled with spies and thieves and lawless men.

This is where Fire lives. With a wild, irresistible appearance and hair the color of flame, Fire is the last remaining human monster. Equally hated and adored, she had the unique ability to control minds, but she guards her power, unwilling to steal the secrets of innocent people. Especially when she has so many of her own.

Then Prince Brigan comes to bring her to King City, The royal family needs her help to uncover the plot against the king. Far away from home, Fire begins to realize there's more to her power than she ever dreamed. Her power could save the kingdom.

If only she weren't afraid of becoming the monster her father was.

6 editions

Tsundoku reviewed Fire: a novel by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm, #2)

Nature Versus Nuture? Can you control minds and NOT be an asshole?

4 stars

Content warning CW: medical trauma, gaslighting, sexual menace and sexual assault allusions

It's a slow build of a book (in my opinion slower than Bitterblue even) that almost became a chore to read (Because of personal issues, I want to be very clear, the book is fine!) but I definitely appreciate it more than I originally did.

This is a prequel to Graceling, set a while earlier in a different land. Don't worry, as you learn from the first page, your favorite antagonist is in it.

But yeah, while reading I kept thinking about "if I could control minds would I just be destined to be a (figurative) monster?" And the book asks that question with your protagonist, a teenage girl that has the ability to control people's minds and is afraid of that power.

It's a really juicy book to just think about.

readingrecsfromjoy

rated it

March 2, 2014

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Fantasy

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