Reviews

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

harmah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

triplebriiii's review against another edition

4.75

This is like non stop action from the get go, but it never feels too fast. The pacing is excellent, which can be difficult to accomplish when it's this fast paced.

I loved the continuation of the plot, as well as the character development and relationships. While it was fairly obvious where the story was going with Tau and Tsoria, I did appreciate and was invested in their relationship far more than I was with Zuri.

Tho I will say, it always feels a little bit off to me when the MC has a Serious™ love interest in one book, they die, and then in the very next book the MC has a NEW love interest. It's a bit too "these characters are disposable and are only here for one thing" for my tastes

The ending had me so anxious I wanted to look up spoilers. 

Also really glad that

the hedeni and Omehi are going to be teaming up against a common foe bc omg the cognitive dissonance of being with Tau and Tsoria and caring about them and wanting them to succeed, tied with the fact that their people and society fucking suck and are the colonizers and honestly 🖕🖕🖕 them. fucking wild.

 

I also really enjoyed the character work with Esi. 

deathsflowergirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

sierrah_2101's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

taychess13's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

corbar2704's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

laurenisbitchin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

blazeofredfiree's review against another edition

5.0

So, so good.
Somehow, Winter made everything I loved about the first book even better. The action is so well written- every fight scene is exhilarating and heart-pounding. The emotions throughout the story- grief, desire for vengeance, regret- all felt so raw and so real. I particularly loved the development of Tsiora and Esi, though it would have been cool to see more of the latter. Perhaps we will as there are some unanswered questions! I enjoyed Tau more in this book- he starts to grow, and makes fewer frustrating decisions. It was very interesting to see how his relationship with Tsiora changed him throughout. I also really liked the found family aspects. And the dragons! The dragons were great.
Overall, perhaps even better than the first one that I enjoyed so much! I can’t wait for the next instalment!

lorithereadingfairy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

creeves1818's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5