Breath of Fire (The Kingmaker Chronicles... ⭐️3.5 stars⭐️

A heart of iron means I do not break. You cannot break me. I may not be the strongest, or the fastest, or the best, but I will fight. I will fight for everyone I love. I will fight for myself.

⭐️3 stars⭐️

There's magic in spoken language. It's binding. There's a reason people ask for someone else's word.
Every sentence a person utters can be a promise—or a betrayal.

So.. Griffin and Cat are stupid. I sound like a 5 year old but I can't like them and that's a problem when it's the main characters. I'm taking one star out for each of them and giving it three for the rest of the Beta Team because they are now my babies and I think I love them.

Cat. Griffin. Please be less stupid in the next books because I love Greek Mythology and you're kinda ruining it for me.

Brutal first chapter, painful to read

Warning: Language. Lots of it, and I'm not apologizing.

 

Holy. Sweet. Mother. of God. Please stop it with the bad sex scenes, Bouchet. They were numerous, and in the first few chapters of the book they were saddled with mental and even a little physical abuse. HOW is this supposed to make me believe Cat and Griffin have found mutual love and respect?

 

And the Griffin refusing to acknowledge that Cat can fend for herself? Nope. Not working for me. She saved his life multiple times, as well as that of the rest of the team, and that was in the FIRST BOOK ALONE. Yes, asshat, she can fight. Get over yourself.

 

Suffice it to say, I hate Griffin. At the end of the book, with the attempt at explaining why he acted that way (by the way, how in hell would he be able to tell? I'm definitely not convinced by any of it), I still hated him and thought he was a total prick. I'll be reading the third, though, partially because the author eventually figured out that fade-to-black is a thing which she will hopefully continue to employ and partially because when it's not bogged down with craptastic sex scenes the plot itself is pretty good, if unevenly paced at times.

 

There is one plot hole that's bugging the hell out of me, though: how the fuck did Kato and Cat get up that damn cliff by the lake?

 

I guess this is why I'm not meant to read romance, like, ever.

God, when will I learn not to start reading a book at 11pm? It's now 7am and all I can really say is HOLY SHIT.

Say it with me, folks:



I want Cat's magic, but I don't want to be her. Because Jesus H. Christ, she's got some serious responsibilities on her tiny little shoulders. Such a strong character, though. I adore her, even when she's being ridiculously illogical and stubborn. I'd totally take Griffin off her hands, though. Wowzer, that's a hot hunk of man.

I usually don't bother trying to find real-life people to picture as fictional characters like so many people do with YA/NA romance novels, but for some reason I've got these two gorgeous people stuck in my head while reading:


Richard Armitage from Robin Hood and Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs from Rhymes for Young Ghouls

I can't really write a review for this because anything specific would make zero sense to anyone that hasn't read the first book and if you've read the first book, you're fucking crazy if you're not frothing at the bit to read this book. So you don't really need my review. I doubt my reviews have ever convinced anyone to read a book they weren't already interested in anyway.

So let me just say - THAT FUCKING SNEAK PEEK FOR THE NEXT BOOK IS INSAAAANE and I can't wait for January 2018 to roll around. I was really happy that I read the first book so soon after its release because I knew I'd get to enjoy reading it again right before this book came out. And I did - I reread it yesterday before starting this one and again, I adored it.

But that sneak peek, man. Oh god, the next year can't pass quickly enough. I knew that guy was an asshole, but I couldn't even fathom that he was that much of an asshole. *cries* I need to next book right now. I'm not even gonna bother trying to sleep right now because I know there's no way in hell I'll be able to shut my brain down enough for it. *jumping up and down* I'm like a manic depressive, bipolar something or another (no offense) - I'm so pleased with this book, I loved it so so much. But I'm sooo unhappy I'll have to wait A WHOLE YEAR to find out what's going on with that GOD DAMN sneak peek! Kudos to Amanda Bouchet for picking a sneak peek that would have me salivating for the next 365 days. It's cruel - so cruel - but brilliant.

*sigh* Now that I've expended a bit of energy fangirling over this book, freaking out about the sneak peek, and prematurely anticipating the next book, I might actually be able to go to sleep if the damn birds outside will be quiet for five minutes.