holyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshit.
That was my mind three pages into Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet.
This book.
Oh my gosh. After how exciting
the last book was I thought that maybe
Mrs. Bouchet would have taken it slow with the second book. That was not
the case. Mrs. Bouchet doesn’t do slow
builds, apparently. This book took off
like Usain Bolt from the starting line.
While reading a new book I tend to jot down
a few things I want to mention in my review.
At page thirty, my hands were trembling so bad that I could barely hold
the pen still. I didn’t bother trying to
take another note for the rest of the book.
I don’t usually read romance novels that
have sequels. Most of my favorite
authors do standalone books, or collections, but not necessarily sequels. I tend to like the “chase” when it comes to
relationships, so I was a little worried that, now that Cat and Griffin are
together, I would lose interest in their personal relationship.
Not the case. There was still more to learn about Cat and Griffin’s relationship and their
personal struggles. When romance novels
end you tend to believe that it was smooth sailing from there on out, but Breath of Fire shows that even when
you’re madly in love there’s work to be done to keep your relationship growing.
My favorite part of A Promise of Fire was having such a strong, powerful female
character like Cat. Most romance novels
I read have strong female characters, but Cat was a step above and beyond the
normal characters I experience. In Breath of Fire we are introduced to a
new side of Cat, the side of Cat that has doubts, and fears, and
anxieties. Getting to watch Cat deal
with these fears and learn to trust others completely was a wild ride.
And the plot. Wow.
It is absolutely baffling to me how some people have these amazing ideas
flowing through their head and they’re
able to get these thoughts down, coherently, on paper. I’ve read books based on Greek Gods/myths
before but Amanda Bouchet’s series takes the cake as far as creativity and
originality. There’s nothing like it.
All in all, this book is as phenomenal, if
not more phenomenal than, A Promise of Fire. I was turning those pages desperate to find
out what happens next but scared that I was going to get to the end too
fast. My emotions were dragged through
the ringer on this one, but I loved every second of it. In fact, I’m already rereading it.
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