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Fireborn - Katie MacAlister
A shaky, quivery 2 stars, mostly because I finished it. There were moments though...
The issue really is that, it being by a romance novelist of the more...modern sort...it was maybe too character-centric and the plot more of an afterthought. Well, that and the characters in question weren't the sort that really invite you to want to read about them. That one is a failing of the author's though.
So let's see...the cast of not many and yet two too many includes...
Deo - self-absorbed rebel without a clue who we meet arguing with his dad for the sake of arguing. Since his dad is the leader of his people, and they're on a mission... You keep your disagreements private; not in front of the troops, dumbass.
Allegria - also self-absorbed. Eowen clone. Since Eowen was not exactly a favorite character in the book, and became downright embarrassing in the movie... yeah no. Whatever Allegria was meant to project came across less as a misfit than well...another rebel without a clue. Bonus, she appears to have been the author's pet as she's the only one in first person and I spent way too much time in her self-absorbed, irritating noggin. Even better, it's a hot-headed noggin incapable of reason at times.
Hallow - the only one who seems to have developed self awareness. He had his rebellion before we met him, and we meet him when he's come to the realization that sometimes earning one's keep is the better part of valor.
side character - Deo's put-upon dad who is trying to figure out how to save everyone, including his idiotic son, all the while having his character assassinated by the h and the brat.
Plot - there's a thing from another dimension trying to take over, but that's not important. Allegria's getting laid is. How do we know this? Oh...the time skips. You practically get minute by minute accountings when she and Hallow are together, and the times they aren't...are skipped.
Problems? Everything. It's supposed to be fantasy but seems to have forgotten(or is oblivious) that fantasy depends heavily on world building and plot, both of which are given token attention. You can get away with that *to a point* if you're set on Earth, and using a known (modern) location. Can't do that when your setting is a whole new world.
Will I read the next book? Maybe if it's free and I'm bored.
The issue really is that, it being by a romance novelist of the more...modern sort...it was maybe too character-centric and the plot more of an afterthought. Well, that and the characters in question weren't the sort that really invite you to want to read about them. That one is a failing of the author's though.
So let's see...the cast of not many and yet two too many includes...
Deo - self-absorbed rebel without a clue who we meet arguing with his dad for the sake of arguing. Since his dad is the leader of his people, and they're on a mission... You keep your disagreements private; not in front of the troops, dumbass.
Allegria - also self-absorbed. Eowen clone. Since Eowen was not exactly a favorite character in the book, and became downright embarrassing in the movie... yeah no. Whatever Allegria was meant to project came across less as a misfit than well...another rebel without a clue. Bonus, she appears to have been the author's pet as she's the only one in first person and I spent way too much time in her self-absorbed, irritating noggin. Even better, it's a hot-headed noggin incapable of reason at times.
Hallow - the only one who seems to have developed self awareness. He had his rebellion before we met him, and we meet him when he's come to the realization that sometimes earning one's keep is the better part of valor.
side character - Deo's put-upon dad who is trying to figure out how to save everyone, including his idiotic son, all the while having his character assassinated by the h and the brat.
Plot - there's a thing from another dimension trying to take over, but that's not important. Allegria's getting laid is. How do we know this? Oh...the time skips. You practically get minute by minute accountings when she and Hallow are together, and the times they aren't...are skipped.
Problems? Everything. It's supposed to be fantasy but seems to have forgotten(or is oblivious) that fantasy depends heavily on world building and plot, both of which are given token attention. You can get away with that *to a point* if you're set on Earth, and using a known (modern) location. Can't do that when your setting is a whole new world.
Will I read the next book? Maybe if it's free and I'm bored.
