339 reviews for:

Thorns & Fire

Helen Scheuerer

4.31 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
fast-paced
adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This series makes me feel things that a fantasy series hasn’t made me feel in so long! I just love every second of it. I’m a little annoyed with how it ended, but I also appreciate that there’s obstacles to their relationship and that they at least aren’t hiding the truth from each other. I can’t wait for the next book! 
adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

**𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘** 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔 & 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒓 (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒛𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓 #2)

Release Date: July 31, 2025

5⭐️5🌶

The tension in this book is absolutely delicious. Wren and the Bear Slayer have broken up at the end of the first book, and this book picks up right where the first one left off.

Torj, the Bear Slayer, has left to do his official Warsword duties and try and find the active rebels that are working to kill all of the monarchs. When Torj and Wilder are ambushed and injured, Wilder sends Torj to his girlfriend Thea, so she can take over his Warsword duties. Then Torj is back on guard duties for Wren, which is right where he swore he wouldn't be.

Torj convinced himself that the best thing for Wren was for him to leave, so that she couldn't be hurt by their bond. By leaving her and not telling her why, he broke her heart. Can they repair the broken trust? Now that they're working together again?

Wren is hard at work at her Alchemy school trying to find a cure to the poison that the rebels are using against all the magic wielding rulers, including herself. She also finds that the kingdom her family used to rule has started to grow life again, which means she and her sister must decide if they will rule it or left someone else take over and possibly destroy it or use it for evil.

The tension between Wren and Torj is at it's peak in this book. I thought the tension couldn't get any higher in the first book, but I was proven wrong with this installment. 

I can't wait for the next book to see Wren and Torj in action against the rebels will be supreme I'm sure!

Themes/Tropes:
🍁Warrior-Warrior relationship
🍁Stay away to protect her
🍁Bodyguard Romance
🍁Lost Princess Trope
🍁Throne of Glass vibes
🍁Snape vibes
🍁Dark Acadamia Potion/Poison school
🍁Harry Potter Potions/School Vibes

TW:
✨Loss of family members
✨Murder by violence
✨Murder by poisoning
✨Battle Sequences
✨Fighting with magic

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious

She better fix this situation in the next book because I will not have it.
This book felt short I wish these was more to it before leaving us waiting until MARCH. 
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Thorns & Fire, the Ashes of Thezmarr Book 2, was everything I expected and more. It picks up where the last book left off. As Wren works to find a cure and Torj is standing guard, they are still working through their feelings for each other. Their banter and  chemistry were just waiting to explode, and when it did!!!! 💥🌋🤯  The story was heartwarming , exciting, breathtaking, and action-filled. Can’t wait for Book Three. Phenomenal!!
Plot ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice 🧨🧨🧨🧨