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false <![CDATA[Fire]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236262766m/6001758.jpg 6001758 6 Fire, Graceling's prequel-ish companion book, takes place across the mountains to the east of the seven kingdoms, in a rocky, war-torn land called the Dells. Beautiful creatures called monsters live in the Dells. Monsters have the shape of normal animals: mountain lions, dragonflies, horses, fish. But the hair or scales or feathers of monsters are gorgeously colored-- fuchsia, turquoise, sparkly bronze, iridescent green-- and their minds have the power to control the minds of humans. Seventeen-year-old Fire is the last remaining human-shaped monster in the Dells. Gorgeously monstrous in body and mind but with a human appreciation of right and wrong, she is hated and mistrusted by just about everyone, and this book is her story. Wondering what makes it a companion book/prequel? Fire takes place 30-some years before Graceling and has one cross-over character with Graceling, a small boy with strange two-colored eyes who comes from no-one-knows-where, and who has a peculiar ability that Graceling readers will find familiar and disturbing... 6128277 book 5 10 2009 Fire total:1215|5:562|4:436|3:170|2:43|1:4| 1215 5154 3670 458 5 12 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 20:40:53 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 21:03:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 9 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 15:36:28 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:56:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 9 false true Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 22:10:07 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 10:33:46 -0700 2009 Graceling, but interesting enough. Probably a 2 1/2 star effort. I had originally given it three, but was so worked up by the time I was done typing the rant below that I had to change it (please consider that when looking at the rating). Will probably appeal just fine to...more...]]> 0 5 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 04:59:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:22:28 -0700 2009
So rich and lush and satisfying while also being rather bleak and heart...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:09:52 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 15:44:13 -0800 2009 Fire, set in the same world as Graceling, but with none of the previous book's characters or plot. I'd call it the second in a series, rather than a sequel.

Anyway, this opens with a brief prologue that introduces us to a character an...more...]]> 2 3 false true Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:48:38 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 10:51:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 14:22:23 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 10:27:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 05:57:52 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 03:12:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false true Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 17:10:09 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 09:49:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 05 10:15:29 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:26:57 -0800 2009
Fire takes place in a world that touches Graceling's, but only tangentially. The protagonist, Fire, is something I've come across rarely...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 20:21:17 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 07:56:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:38:55 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:47:25 -0700 2009
"Fire" is touted as a prequel to "Graceling", but the only link the two books share is in the charac...more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 08 18:37:29 -0800 2009 Mon May 11 05:56:34 -0700 2009 Cross-posted from my blog - E.M.Reads.

Set across the mountains from the Seven Kingdom in the Dells Kristin Cashore has created another amazing world with another beautiful set of characters. The Dells do not have Gracelings, but they do have “monsters.” Monsters are brightly colored ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 08:48:56 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:22:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 14:18:32 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 09:04:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 08:04:28 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 10 08:47:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 11:07:46 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 11:39:36 -0800 2009
Fire was the latest hit of crack. Kristin Cashore's first ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:32:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 17:16:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 17:03:42 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 17:04:10 -0800 2009
However, not all ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 03:35:42 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 03:35:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6001758