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barwik_17's review against another edition
4.0
The first half of the book (more or less) was outstanding. Brilliant introduction to the world, great character creation etc. But the second one? Literally I have no idea what happened here
ameserole's review against another edition
4.0
This was a pretty good book but not I'm sad because I don't have the next book!
Sage has had her world turned upside down. She found out who to trust and who not to. She's alsp dealing with some weird ass dreams/visions. Of course towards the middle/end of the book.. she found out why this was happening to her. It was another interesting twist in her life and it made this book really interesting.
Other than Sage, there is Faelan and Kieran. At first you don't know much about them other than the fact that she has them in her life. For one, she has this weird feeling that she knows Kieran and somehow falls under his spell - but doesn't know why. Then there's Faelan, who is her protector and she definitely develops a crush on him. It also happens vice versa. I loved them together and was definitely shipping them - so the ending kind of shocked me.
I have no idea what the next book will bring me.. will he still be by her side since he's her protector? What does Kieran and the bird have up their sleeve? Also, why the hell is the princess so freaking creepy?
Endless questions and possibilities!
Sage has had her world turned upside down. She found out who to trust and who not to. She's alsp dealing with some weird ass dreams/visions. Of course towards the middle/end of the book.. she found out why this was happening to her. It was another interesting twist in her life and it made this book really interesting.
Other than Sage, there is Faelan and Kieran. At first you don't know much about them other than the fact that she has them in her life. For one, she has this weird feeling that she knows Kieran and somehow falls under his spell - but doesn't know why. Then there's Faelan, who is her protector and she definitely develops a crush on him. It also happens vice versa. I loved them together and was definitely shipping them - so the ending kind of shocked me.
I have no idea what the next book will bring me.. will he still be by her side since he's her protector? What does Kieran and the bird have up their sleeve? Also, why the hell is the princess so freaking creepy?
Endless questions and possibilities!
pearlagcalo's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars really. I like how it blends the "old" world in the "modern" world and wished the author expanded more on that. (I love Cassandra Clare because of it). The story of Sage and Lily really came together for me, I thought that was very clever how it came about. Really hope the next book comes out soon.
smartflutist661's review against another edition
3.25
So close to being good, yet it didn't quite have the spark. Not enough mystery, perhaps?
kblincoln's review
4.0
Nice start to an Urban Fantasy series featuring 5 Houses of elemental Celtic-lore based fae (whose gods are Brighid, the Morrigan, Cernunnos, Llyr etc.) who live in a world dangerous to humans attended by pixie and vampire-like shade underlings.
Sage is an 18 year old street kids living in Los Angeles (the city landmarks don't quite feature very much into the story enough to lift it beyond "general city" feeling). One night she is invited to a party by her friend, and is more or less kidnapped by one of the powerful demigods-- children born of human and one of the gods-- as it turns out she is also a demigod with powers hidden from herself.
Only the fae community won't leave her alone now that she's coming of age, she must choose a protector and a house to pledge allegiance to, only Sage is haunted by realistic dreams and while she feels safe with the ex-Cernunnos protector Faelan, she is drawn to the Morrigan's Kiernan by deep seated feelings of recognition.
There's quite a vivid backstory to these characters, which I appreciated. The magic is consistent and thought out with there definitely being a "cost" for magic which made sense. The pacing is quite slow in the first half of the book, only really becoming less ploddy when secrets about Sage and Kiernan's pasts are revealed. In this world there is a shadowy, powerful guild they're afraid of and so must follow rules, but this guild really doesn't appear in this book, and the gods seem more powerful in general, so when folks seemed scared of going outside the lines, it didn't ring true to me.
The other problem for me lay within the alternating Sage/Faelan POV. Sage's voice is great, believable as a confused 18 year old, engaging, etc....but so is Faelan's. I mean, Faelan's felt exactly the same to me as Sage, such that in the first two pages of the POV switch I often had to flip back to the chapter heading to see whose POV I was in. Not quite what I would hope for in a centuries old, world weary broken Fae from Cernunnos wild house.
Still, I would follow along to the second book because of the intriguing secrets revealed in the latter half of the book that put a complicated spin on things...and because I do love me a dark prince and Kiernan (although slightly inconsistent between first couple of meetings with Sage and latter meetings) is a wonderfully drawn dark prince.
Sage is an 18 year old street kids living in Los Angeles (the city landmarks don't quite feature very much into the story enough to lift it beyond "general city" feeling). One night she is invited to a party by her friend, and is more or less kidnapped by one of the powerful demigods-- children born of human and one of the gods-- as it turns out she is also a demigod with powers hidden from herself.
Only the fae community won't leave her alone now that she's coming of age, she must choose a protector and a house to pledge allegiance to, only Sage is haunted by realistic dreams and while she feels safe with the ex-Cernunnos protector Faelan, she is drawn to the Morrigan's Kiernan by deep seated feelings of recognition.
There's quite a vivid backstory to these characters, which I appreciated. The magic is consistent and thought out with there definitely being a "cost" for magic which made sense. The pacing is quite slow in the first half of the book, only really becoming less ploddy when secrets about Sage and Kiernan's pasts are revealed. In this world there is a shadowy, powerful guild they're afraid of and so must follow rules, but this guild really doesn't appear in this book, and the gods seem more powerful in general, so when folks seemed scared of going outside the lines, it didn't ring true to me.
The other problem for me lay within the alternating Sage/Faelan POV. Sage's voice is great, believable as a confused 18 year old, engaging, etc....but so is Faelan's. I mean, Faelan's felt exactly the same to me as Sage, such that in the first two pages of the POV switch I often had to flip back to the chapter heading to see whose POV I was in. Not quite what I would hope for in a centuries old, world weary broken Fae from Cernunnos wild house.
Still, I would follow along to the second book because of the intriguing secrets revealed in the latter half of the book that put a complicated spin on things...and because I do love me a dark prince and Kiernan (although slightly inconsistent between first couple of meetings with Sage and latter meetings) is a wonderfully drawn dark prince.
chllybrd's review against another edition
4.0
I gave it 3.5 stars
Although it took me a little bit to get into the story, FIRE AND BONE ended up being entertaining.
I almost gave up on FIRE AND BONE when I first started reading, but decided to keep going. I ended up enjoying the world, the mythology and the characters. Sage had a lot of mystery to her. She doesn't know much about herself and we learn about it along with her. I will admit that a lot of things were confusing until more was explained—which could be frustrating—but I' glad I stuck with it.
I can't say the romance was my favorite part of FIRE AND BONE. It isn't heavy on romance, but the romance that does take place happens to be a triangle. Ugh a triangle. As with most triangles, I like one and don't care for the other.
With slow reveals, interesting characters and a unique storyline, FIRE AND BONE was a great start to a new urban fantasy series.
* This book was provided free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Although it took me a little bit to get into the story, FIRE AND BONE ended up being entertaining.
I almost gave up on FIRE AND BONE when I first started reading, but decided to keep going. I ended up enjoying the world, the mythology and the characters. Sage had a lot of mystery to her. She doesn't know much about herself and we learn about it along with her. I will admit that a lot of things were confusing until more was explained—which could be frustrating—but I' glad I stuck with it.
I can't say the romance was my favorite part of FIRE AND BONE. It isn't heavy on romance, but the romance that does take place happens to be a triangle. Ugh a triangle. As with most triangles, I like one and don't care for the other.
With slow reveals, interesting characters and a unique storyline, FIRE AND BONE was a great start to a new urban fantasy series.
* This book was provided free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
mommasaystoread's review against another edition
2.0
While I have run across Celtic lore in Urban Fantasy, it's not all that common, so that combined with my love of the genre made me eager to read this one. Unfortunately, that eager attitude didn't last long. The story started out well enough and the premise is great, but the execution of that premise was not so great. World building is an important aspect of UF and there is quite a lot of that here, but at times it tends to get bogged down in the details. The author was so overly descriptive that I was tempted to skim more often than not throughout this lengthy tale. Setting aside the fact that many of them are more like vampires than gods or demigods, the characters are a hodge podge of developed and interesting to not so much of either. Speaking of characters, our heroine, and I use that term loosely, is not very likable or interesting. She has an intriguing affinity for fire, but she proves over and over that she isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. She's kidnapped and thrown into a world full of things she doesn't understand, but she just seems to go with the flow and manages to get herself into situations where someone has to come to the rescue. Unfortunately, Sage isn't the only female in this story that with negative traits. The story is geared toward teens and young adults, but in a day when strong female characters are so needed, I would have a hard time recommending this one to any teen. There is some action and even a handful of interesting characters, but in the end, there were just too many negatives to make me want to read more about this world.
missyansell's review against another edition
4.0
I got an ARC of this in return for an honest review.
Sage, who is a young girl of eighteen living in the streets of LA, suddenly finds out that she is in fact not human, but a demigoddess with the power to control fire. Somehow she was masked by this magical society and not found until she was older when most are found much younger. She then must train for her emergence, where she will pick one of the five houses each based off one of the elements: fire (Brighid), water (Lyr), earth (Cernunnos), air (Arwen), and spirit (Morrigan).
I really liked the backstory of Queen Lily. I did find Sage a bit annoying in the beginning always trying to run away. She definitely gets better as the story goes on. I do look forward to the next book whenever it comes out! Also loved the celtic influences!!
Merged review:
I got an ARC of this in return for an honest review.
Sage, who is a young girl of eighteen living in the streets of LA, suddenly finds out that she is in fact not human, but a demigoddess with the power to control fire. Somehow she was masked by this magical society and not found until she was older when most are found much younger. She then must train for her emergence, where she will pick one of the five houses each based off one of the elements: fire (Brighid), water (Lyr), earth (Cernunnos), air (Arwen), and spirit (Morrigan).
I really liked the backstory of Queen Lily. I did find Sage a bit annoying in the beginning always trying to run away. She definitely gets better as the story goes on. I do look forward to the next book whenever it comes out! Also loved the celtic influences!!
Sage, who is a young girl of eighteen living in the streets of LA, suddenly finds out that she is in fact not human, but a demigoddess with the power to control fire. Somehow she was masked by this magical society and not found until she was older when most are found much younger. She then must train for her emergence, where she will pick one of the five houses each based off one of the elements: fire (Brighid), water (Lyr), earth (Cernunnos), air (Arwen), and spirit (Morrigan).
I really liked the backstory of Queen Lily. I did find Sage a bit annoying in the beginning always trying to run away. She definitely gets better as the story goes on. I do look forward to the next book whenever it comes out! Also loved the celtic influences!!
Merged review:
I got an ARC of this in return for an honest review.
Sage, who is a young girl of eighteen living in the streets of LA, suddenly finds out that she is in fact not human, but a demigoddess with the power to control fire. Somehow she was masked by this magical society and not found until she was older when most are found much younger. She then must train for her emergence, where she will pick one of the five houses each based off one of the elements: fire (Brighid), water (Lyr), earth (Cernunnos), air (Arwen), and spirit (Morrigan).
I really liked the backstory of Queen Lily. I did find Sage a bit annoying in the beginning always trying to run away. She definitely gets better as the story goes on. I do look forward to the next book whenever it comes out! Also loved the celtic influences!!