Like Graceling, the whole thing is political, too. She also can read people’s minds and control them, convincing them to do or say or do what she wants. Her hair is red (not like we think of redheads, but actual fire-hydrant red, mixed with pinks and oranges) and she has to keep her hair covered whenever she is outside to keep from being attacked by other monster animals. A “monster” version of an animal has brightly colored fur or hair (a lime green mouse, for instance, or a deep purple mountain lion) and a sense and taste for other monsters.įire is a monster human, the last one left.
Instead, in addition to the normal population, there are “monster” versions of nearly every animal out there. The only crossover character is a boy with mismatched eyes and the disturbing ability to convince people to believe everything he says (if you’ve read Graceling, you already know it’s the future King Leck). fire by kristin cashoreįire is the prequel to Graceling and takes place about 30 years earlier in the Dells, a land across a crazy huge mountain range from the one that Graceling takes place in. This Kristin Cashore book is so much better than Graceling.
I stayed up late reading it and when I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. I read about half of it there, and then found myself loving the T and bus rides in Boston because it gave me a chance to finish it. So many books, so little time and all that.īut then, the lovely folks at Penguin sent me an ARC copy of Fire and I took it on the plane trip to Boston. As time passed and I read more reviews, I became increasingly skeptical about the book, and I wondered if I’d really end up reading Fire when it came out.
As I said in my review, I certainly enjoyed it, but a few things kept me from being able to throw it in my “favorite books” stack. Also I could not stop staring at the cover – it is gorgeous.īack in February, I read Graceling which has turned out to be quite a popular book, gathering awards and gushing reviews right and left. 9 of 10: Lovely writing, better pacing, and a great set of characters, Fire left me such more more gratified than Graceling.
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