Fire (Graceling Realm, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 22, 2012 Marla rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, chick-lit, with-reservations, lgbt, adult, romance, series, fantasy, zz-2012

4.5 stars. I could appreciate Fire's dilemma over having a child much more than Katsa's refusal to get married. I hope they meet, I think they would make great friends!

I was taken back at the shameful promotion of all things pro-choice: from birth control and unwanted pregnancies, to sterilization and abortion. This is what prevented me from giving this book 5 stars. I hope some of these characters actually get married instead of just making illegitimate children. And unlike Katsa, I do believe ...more

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Mar 02, 2009 Samantha rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2009, own, favorites

First before I start to ramble on with my thoughts about Fire let me just let out an enthusiastic, I Loved It!!! It was just as good, imo, if not better than Graceling . Both are so wonderful in their own way...le sigh...

Okay, brass tacks.....Fire, our intrepid heroine is a monster, in fact the last human monster in Dell, the mysterious land talked about in Graceling . I won't go too much into the synopsis. Fire's story is one of reconciliation with her past, namely her father, and her ...more

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May 09, 2010 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it liked it · review of another edition

I can't quite give Fire four stars because I was slower to become involved in this story, part of that was because I was expecting something more obviously linked to Katsa and Po's story and partly because the prologue changed those expectations again - though I appreciated it later as it tied into Fire's story and how it fit with Graceling.
However I was quickly drawn into Fire's story, again some intriguing and original concepts and Fire tackles a lot of non standard themes for a YA novel.
It's ...more

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Apr 19, 2017 AmandaG marked it as started-to-read-but-didn-t-finish · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, audio-book, fantasy, series, 2017

DNF - 2017

I read Graceling and loved it. It's been a few years since I read it though, so I was pleasantly surprised that Fire did not require me to remember everything that happened in Graceling. However, whatever attracted me to Graceling was not in this book. Perhaps it's listening to it instead of reading it, but I have no desire to finish even though I am pretty sure I am more than halfway through the book. ...more

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Aug 29, 2010 Jesslyn rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: cat-epic-fantasy

Did NOT like this one at all.

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Dec 20, 2009 Daphne rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, 2010, kindle

I liked this a lot, but it was a slow read for me -- took me about six months to read. The first one in the trilogy was much faster. I think the difference is that I felt more engaged in the first book; I could identify with the main character more. With Fire, it took me a long time before I felt like I connected with the main character. Once I did, I read the rest much more hungrily.

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Nov 26, 2011 Deyara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, ya-paranormal, abusive-relationships, setting-alternate-universe

3.5 stars. It took me two tries to get into this, but once I did, it flowed well, and characters were pretty good. Didnt enjoy the "Leck" parts at all, that might be what put me off in the beginning. Am quite looking forward to book 3. ...more

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