Fire by Kristin Cashore

Synopsis:
She is the last of her kind...

It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. In King City, the young King Nash is clinging to the throne, while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. War is coming. And the mountains and forest are filled with spies and thieves. This is where Fire lives, a girl whose beauty is impossibly irresistible and who can control the minds of everyone around her.

Exquisitely romantic, this companion to the highly praised Graceling has an entirely new cast of characters, save for one person who plays a pivotal role in both books. You don’t need to have read Graceling to love Fire. But if you haven’t, you’ll be dying to read it next.

My Review:
Another great read by Kristin Cashore! I love how she creates strong female characters that fight for themselves physically and are very intelligent and have a mind of their own. I started to listen to the audibook because “Graceling” was so well done and I thought this would be the same. I was wrong. This audiobook was done by Penguin instead of Full Cast Audio and they had one British woman do all the narration and the voices and it just felt all wrong to me. But reading the book was great and if you want a story about a woman’s adventure through life, loss, and love then this is the book for you. This book is a companion to “Graceling” but it is a story that stands on its own. While this book was entertaining to read I would not consider it light what with all the battle scenes, number of injuries, and emotionally draining situations the characters went through. I hate to compare it to “Graceling” but in terms of characters and storyline I have to say I liked “Graceling” so much more. I also think there was a bit more humor in “Graceling” which lightened the mood a bit in tense situations and there just was not much humor in “Fire.” But I love this series and I can’t wait for Cashore to write another book so I will be waiting with fingers crossed for another adventure through Seven Kingdoms soon!