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Fire Me Up (Aisling Grey: Guardian #2)
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Katie MacAlister (Goodreads Author)
Aisling Grey is back-and in more trouble than ever. She thought being a courier would be easy. It's not. She thought being a Guardian would come naturally. It doesn't. She thought she could get out of being a wyvern's mate. She can't. And she never thought she'd be irresistible to men. But she is.
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
May 3rd 2005
by Signet
(first published January 1st 2005)
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I'm only halfway, but here's what I think so far. She's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dippy! Just start learning something at that conference won't you? And what is with Rene? Cab drivers don't sub for each other in different countries. He must be some kind of guardian angel or something. Oh, that was very punny of me. He is also not falling at her feet like other mortal men, which at least Aisling realizes (about 100 pages after I did!) but of course, like all the other important things that happen to her, s...more
Once again, I'm seeing a lot of people tear this book apart and I just don't get it. This thing with Aisling being slow is getting old. One of the best things about Katie's novels is that she makes her characters real! I don't understand why these people seem to hate that so much. I would much rather read about characters that seem like someone I could meet on the street than the same perfect, super intelligent, boring heroines all the time. Another thing bugging me is that some people say they...more
Halfway through the book, I was worried. Katie MacAlister is constantly in danger of letting her sense of comedy overwhelm her novels - losing the meat of characters, momentum, tension, etc., in her desire to punch out something irreverant, spunky, and lightly entertaining. For a while, I was really worried that she was going to ruin Fire Me Up and Aisling Grey by turning it into a (not necessarily funny) sketch routine.
But she didn't!
What counterbalances the broad comedy so well in Fire Me Up...more
But she didn't!
What counterbalances the broad comedy so well in Fire Me Up...more
After finishing the first in Katie MacAlister's Aisling Grey, Guardian series, You Slay Me, my biggest complaint was the heroine/bumbling nitwit Aisling herself. I thought You Slay Me was technically sound, with a fast-paced...though chaotic at times...plot that delved into a world that had some really nice glimmers of originality and a whole heck of a lot of laughs. I was counting on those aspects to pull me through my lip-curling distaste of Aisling during the second installment of the series...more
This is the second book in the Aisling Grey Guardian series by Katie MacAlister. I did not think that this book was as good as the first book. I thought that the first book was cute, sexy, funny and had some original ideas. This book was cute, sometimes sexy, rarely funny and rehashed a lot of what we already learned in the first book. These are definitely way into the romance category and just slightly into the paranormal.
Aisling travels to Budapest, Hungary to go the GODTAM convention where sh...more
Aisling travels to Budapest, Hungary to go the GODTAM convention where sh...more
4.5 stars
Fire Me Up was infinitely more funny than You Slay Me. Don't get me wrong, YSM had some pretty hilarious happenings, but there was so much entertaining dialogue in FMU that it takes the cake. (So far.)
And I love the way that the characters were built up even more in this book.
Ash is becoming more observant to things around her, although some things still escape her until the very end, but I suppose that's to be expected since she isn't the reader and doesn't have every detail together...more
Fire Me Up was infinitely more funny than You Slay Me. Don't get me wrong, YSM had some pretty hilarious happenings, but there was so much entertaining dialogue in FMU that it takes the cake. (So far.)
And I love the way that the characters were built up even more in this book.
Ash is becoming more observant to things around her, although some things still escape her until the very end, but I suppose that's to be expected since she isn't the reader and doesn't have every detail together...more
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In "Fire Me Up" Aisling and Jim find themselves in Budapest. Aisling has to deliver another valuable item for her uncle, as well as attend a magical convention during which she hopes to find a guardian mentor to show her the ropes. Unfortunately some of the other visitors are killed and Aisling finds herself in the middle of yet another murder investigation. In addition to finding proof of her innocence for the second time, she also has to find the owner of the amulet she's here to deliver and w...more
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well, well, well....what can i say about this one? one would be i liked the first book better, mainly because the story was a lil bit shallow and predictable. not even halfway through the book i already know who the culprit is. second, i love and hate aisling here. love, because still she is stupid in a funny way and gets the answer anyway. hate, because she can't make up her mind regarding drake...she is always love crazed and horny with drake. she hates him but cant get her hands of him. but b...more
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After discovering in the first book that she is the supernatual world's doorman to the portals of hell aka a Guardian, Aisling decides to do the only thing you can in such situations. Goes to a convention. Full of mages, diviners, oracles and more Guardians Aisling hopes to find a mentor to help her with her new powers. However, she didn't expect to see Drake the wyvern of the green dragons and also her mate there, and she certainly didn't think s...more
After discovering in the first book that she is the supernatual world's doorman to the portals of hell aka a Guardian, Aisling decides to do the only thing you can in such situations. Goes to a convention. Full of mages, diviners, oracles and more Guardians Aisling hopes to find a mentor to help her with her new powers. However, she didn't expect to see Drake the wyvern of the green dragons and also her mate there, and she certainly didn't think s...more
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2.5 stars
I really am not liking this series and don't think I will continue. This story is very similar to the first story. How is one person falsely accused of multiple murders in two completely different countries? It is just a little too fake for me. I also didn't like the secondary characters in this story. I couldn't stand Tiffany, the professional virgin, or Marma Belle (or however you spell her name. Since I was listening, I never saw how it was spelled).
The relatio...more
2.5 stars
I really am not liking this series and don't think I will continue. This story is very similar to the first story. How is one person falsely accused of multiple murders in two completely different countries? It is just a little too fake for me. I also didn't like the secondary characters in this story. I couldn't stand Tiffany, the professional virgin, or Marma Belle (or however you spell her name. Since I was listening, I never saw how it was spelled).
The relatio...more
Aisling is sooooo immature. Sometimes I feel like I'm reading a YA — albeit, a very, very EXPLICIT YA — romance because the girl just doesn't use her brain. It's kind of nice that she's not Brainiac McWonderWoman, but I wish she'd actually learn from her experiences. After the debacle of the last book, Aisling's uncle has decided to give her another shot at the courier business by delivering a precious amulet to a Hungary Hungary Hermit (that was a terrible joke. Please ignore it). Drake makes e...more
3.5 stars. Definitely better than the first. And Aisling is slightly less dumb (just regular ditzy instead of "how has she not gotten herself killed yet?" dumb). I'm really bothered by her "relationship" with Drake. He's too alpha, I think - too controlling, too domineering. Their relationship isn't at all healthy. Drake is the boss, the one in charge, and what he says goes, whether Aisling likes it or not. Also (and this really is more pet peevey on my end than anything else), I really don't ne...more
Pros: The characters are really funny and the stories are refreshingly different.
Cons: To understand this book you have to read the first book, You Slay Me. This is not a stand alone.
Aisling Grey is a normal courier who just keeps falling onto dead bodies. Her reaction to the events are priceless. As is her entrance into the world of the supernatural (in the first book ‘You Slay Me’) which is mostly due to the fact that she is a Guardian. What that job actually entails and whether she can do it...more
Cons: To understand this book you have to read the first book, You Slay Me. This is not a stand alone.
Aisling Grey is a normal courier who just keeps falling onto dead bodies. Her reaction to the events are priceless. As is her entrance into the world of the supernatural (in the first book ‘You Slay Me’) which is mostly due to the fact that she is a Guardian. What that job actually entails and whether she can do it...more
5 von 5 Sternen
*Inhalt:*
Aisling hat sich ja gegen eine Beziehung mit Drake entschieden und versucht nun mehr über ihre Fähigkeiten als Hüterin heraus zu finden. Dazu meldet sie sich auf einer Konferenz in Budapest an. Natürlich verbindet sie die Reise dahin gleich wieder mit einem Kurierjob für ihren Onkel. Bereits auf dem Bahnhof zeigt sich, dass mit diesem Job wieder allerlei Schwierigkeiten auf sie warten und dann läuft ihr auch noch Drake über den Weg – Zufall oder etwa nicht?
*Wie kam das Bu...more
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Aisling hat sich ja gegen eine Beziehung mit Drake entschieden und versucht nun mehr über ihre Fähigkeiten als Hüterin heraus zu finden. Dazu meldet sie sich auf einer Konferenz in Budapest an. Natürlich verbindet sie die Reise dahin gleich wieder mit einem Kurierjob für ihren Onkel. Bereits auf dem Bahnhof zeigt sich, dass mit diesem Job wieder allerlei Schwierigkeiten auf sie warten und dann läuft ihr auch noch Drake über den Weg – Zufall oder etwa nicht?
*Wie kam das Bu...more
This book was once again LOL funny! I love Jim, the demon dog. He is hilariously snarky but completely devoted to Aisling.
I found things a little too convenient at times for this book. Like everyone just happens to be in a place at the same time? I found out reasonings for some of it, but others, not so much. Though I have a feeling that Rene, the cab driver, may be more then what we think.
I thought that things came together in an interesting manner, but it seemed a bit too much like the previou...more
I found things a little too convenient at times for this book. Like everyone just happens to be in a place at the same time? I found out reasonings for some of it, but others, not so much. Though I have a feeling that Rene, the cab driver, may be more then what we think.
I thought that things came together in an interesting manner, but it seemed a bit too much like the previou...more
Aisling is off to Budapest to deliver a priceless amulet, as well as attend a sort of supernatural convention. As she is leaving the airport she is attacked by gypsies who are trying to steal the amulet from her luggage, leaving a trail of underwear flying into the wind, right into the leg of Drake Viero. After a month apart Aisling is startled to see him in the same part of the world as her. Let's not forget her trusty, and always available cab driver shows up just in time to assist her. She so...more
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My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not only cr...more
I love Katie MacAlister. Her novels are humorous and sexy. I had read the first one in this series some time ago. And it was so long ago that I couldn't remember exactly how the two main characters had met, how Aisling got Jim, and how Aisling and Drake came apart.
This one starts off with Aisling spreading all her unmentionables over an airport terminal in Budapest with a gorgeous Drake right behind her. She's trying to avoid him and avoid her feelings and attraction to him. Aisling manages to g...more
This one starts off with Aisling spreading all her unmentionables over an airport terminal in Budapest with a gorgeous Drake right behind her. She's trying to avoid him and avoid her feelings and attraction to him. Aisling manages to g...more
So funny book for me, coz i live in the real Budapest, and its not like this city in the book. Por example, u never can reach the Keleti trainstation with train from the airport. The trains in Budapest are for suburb/country traffic, never go across the city. We use metro for that.
And in the real life, Pest is in the east bank of Duna, not in the west bank. And the color of the Duna river is never a muddy brown, its flowing too fast, so cant be muddy. Its a grayish-bluish green.
The names of Istv...more
And in the real life, Pest is in the east bank of Duna, not in the west bank. And the color of the Duna river is never a muddy brown, its flowing too fast, so cant be muddy. Its a grayish-bluish green.
The names of Istv...more
Fire Me Up
finds Aisling in Budapest for a conference in search of a Guardian mentor. She's doing her best to come to grips with her powers and knows there is still a lot for her to learn. She's also to deliver another priceless item - an amulet - for her uncle, who's given her a second chance.
Jim is still hilarious and Drake is still hot, hot, hot, but Aisling bugged me a bit in this one. I don't want to give spoilers, but let's just say that her wishy-washy attitude in the love department cam...more
Jim is still hilarious and Drake is still hot, hot, hot, but Aisling bugged me a bit in this one. I don't want to give spoilers, but let's just say that her wishy-washy attitude in the love department cam...more
I'm very happy to say that I found this book to be much more enjoyable than the series starter, You Slay Me. This book plops Aisling into Hungary for a conference of magical folk the world over (whose acronym is GODTAM, hardy har). She's (more or less) come to terms with her abilities and wishes to learn more about the role and duties of Guardians, and spends her time in Budapest trying to find a mentor. Unfortunately, nothing is ever simple for Aisling, and even this innocuous activity puts her...more
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Not as good as the first in the series but still mostly enjoyable as an escape. However, I have a huge complaint. I do realize this is a fantasy. Yet, fantasies need to feel plausible in order for me to enjoy them. The "coincidence" of Rene's appearance in Hungary was just too much for this reader and tainted my opinion of this novel from the beginning. It had an uphill climb to prove to me that his presence was worthy of his illogical presence. It failed. I do feel that there is more to Rene wh...more
Second in the Aisling Grey, Guardian urban fantasy series that somehow allows Aisling Grey to live. God knows why.
My Take
This has to have been the stupidest heroine I have ever encountered. I kept reading because I kept hoping she would somehow, miraculously stop being such an incredible idiot! There just had to be something redeeming in this crap.
She jumps in with both feet. She never listens to anyone. She gets angry when things don't go her way. Which they almost never do because she never li...more
My Take
This has to have been the stupidest heroine I have ever encountered. I kept reading because I kept hoping she would somehow, miraculously stop being such an incredible idiot! There just had to be something redeeming in this crap.
She jumps in with both feet. She never listens to anyone. She gets angry when things don't go her way. Which they almost never do because she never li...more
Very refreshing, love in the paranormal realm. This is the first Aisling Grey novel I've read, and the first book from this author. She keeps everything light with her spunky heroine and laugh-out-loud lines and scenes. This review is the modified one because I'm currently reading book 1 (You Slay Me) so I could get a bit of history between Aisling and Drake. Characters descriptions are excellent one could get a clear picture, they are consistent too, so far I haven't read anything that would be...more
Meh. Okay, now I think I've figured out this author's formula, and it's not great... or at least it's not great when used for every book. I find myself now irritated at the domineering Drake and the eventually submissive (or really sad and wanting to be submissive) Aisling. Could this main character be more self deprecating and insecure in every aspect of her life? I thought that was cute and humorous when she didn't know what she was doing, but now it's just irritating and predictable.
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I would really give this book 31/2 stars but since that not an option i will go with 4.
I am not normally a huge fan of chick-lit but MacAlister does it well. This book is a cute quick read and the plot stays consistent throughout the book. I enjoy the fact that Aisling is trying to find someone to train her for the guardian position.
The reason why this has a lower rating is Aisling sometimes whines about everything and she cannot make up her mind. With Drake is it is I love you no I hate you -...more
I am not normally a huge fan of chick-lit but MacAlister does it well. This book is a cute quick read and the plot stays consistent throughout the book. I enjoy the fact that Aisling is trying to find someone to train her for the guardian position.
The reason why this has a lower rating is Aisling sometimes whines about everything and she cannot make up her mind. With Drake is it is I love you no I hate you -...more
In FIRE ME UP by Kate MacAlister Ashling has left her want-to-be Dragon mate Draco, and headed for Hungary for a paranormal conference to find a mentor to train her for her role as a Guardian. With her is Jim, a demon she raised by accident, in the form of a Newfoundland dog. Her uncle has given her an amulet to deliver to a customer of his. Trouble is the customer is a hermit with no fixed address.
First person she sees is Draco, who tells her that she can't walk away from being his mate. Ashlin...more
First person she sees is Draco, who tells her that she can't walk away from being his mate. Ashlin...more
Love Ms. MacAlister's books, they are always such a fun ride filled with quick wit and such outrageous situations for the female leads. I read the first one to this series several years ago and had a bit of difficulty remembering what had happen, but that didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying the second book in this series. I really like Drake, even if he is a little on the shady side for a male lead. I can see that he loves Aisling, but I think he would have such an easier time convincing him...more
Aisling is in Budapest, Hungary for a GODTAM (Guardian, Oracles, Diviners, Theurgists, and Mages) conference as she fulfills her courier duties to bring a ‘Venus amulet’ (not knowing that’s what it is) to a hermit in the city… twice attempts are made to steal it from her, and she has trouble tracking the hermit down… She is looking for a Guardian mentor, and sets up numerous interviews with potentials…
Rene returns, claiming to be covering for his cousin in Budapest for a few weeks… and he taxis...more
Rene returns, claiming to be covering for his cousin in Budapest for a few weeks… and he taxis...more
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For as long as she can remember, Katie MacAlister has loved reading. Growing up in a family where a weekly visit to the library was a given, Katie spent much of her time with her nose buried in a book. Despite her love for novels, she didn't think of writing them until she was contracted to write a non-fiction book about software. Since her editor refused to allow her to include either witty dialo...more
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“A knife!" I yelled, still brandishing my pillow. "Jim, I command you to get me a gelding knife. If this guy
wants to be a stallion—"
He dissolved in a flurry of white smoke even before I could finish the sentence.
Ha! Victorious again!"
Yeah," Jim drawled while I remade the bed and fluffed up my pillows. "Aisling, two; sexy, naked men
who just want to give her the pleasure of a lifetime with no commitment, zero.”
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wants to be a stallion—"
He dissolved in a flurry of white smoke even before I could finish the sentence.
Ha! Victorious again!"
Yeah," Jim drawled while I remade the bed and fluffed up my pillows. "Aisling, two; sexy, naked men
who just want to give her the pleasure of a lifetime with no commitment, zero.”
“Maybe I could just James Bond my way down the cable if I draped the scarf over it, clinging to the ends as my body careened down it to safety-- Careened. What an ugly word that was”
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