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geethr75's review
5.0
A fantasy book with fairytale elements, Fire’s Song makes for an intriguing and interesting tale. The story is told from the first person perspective of Key, the protagonist who has been cursed while still in the womb and has run away from home in order to find a way to break her curse. Elements of the hero’s journey are there, along with lots of magic, demons and angels. Key has a definite voice of her own, matter of fact and dramatic by turn with a quirky sense of humour. The book kept me both entertained and enthralled as I followed Key, struggled with her and despaired with her. The characters are all everyday people and even though some of them are royalty, they are as real as the guy next door. We feel Key’s struggles as our own, we celebrate her successes, mourn her failures and sob with her as those she loves fall victims to her curse one by one. This is a book I’ll recommend to anyone who loves fantasy as well as fairytales and I’m waiting eagerly to see what it’s sequel brings.
writeramyshannon's review
4.0
Wonderful
The book intrigued me when the author was nominated Best Indie Author of 2018 awards on my author blog, and the author was nice enough to share the story with me for a review. Mueller pens a wonderful story in Fire's Song. It's an easy read, but its filled with great conflict and twists that lend to the story. The plot is very easy to follow and adds grand adventure to the characters. The characters all have some sort of power, and they each have their own personality and depth of character. This is the first book of Mueller's that I've read, but I will definitely read more. All in all, a great read.
The book intrigued me when the author was nominated Best Indie Author of 2018 awards on my author blog, and the author was nice enough to share the story with me for a review. Mueller pens a wonderful story in Fire's Song. It's an easy read, but its filled with great conflict and twists that lend to the story. The plot is very easy to follow and adds grand adventure to the characters. The characters all have some sort of power, and they each have their own personality and depth of character. This is the first book of Mueller's that I've read, but I will definitely read more. All in all, a great read.
billies_not_so_secret_diary's review
2.0
This book started off interesting, being about a girl, a princess, cursed with demon fire magic, and her struggles to control it so she wasn’t killing those she touched.
But it just wouldn't stop. It kept going and going, never seeming as if it was going to end. The author really should've divided it into two books instead of cramming everything into one. That would’ve given them the time they needed to show more care for the end of the book because it felt hurried.
The ending could've been so much better, so many details could've been added, so much more plot and character insight, but instead, it was quick sentences as if the creative side of the author got bored and just wrote as little as possible to end.
There are two more books in this series, both of them in the 300 page range instead of the unending 500+ pages of this first book, but I have no desire to read them.
I want to give it 3 stars, but have to go with 2 due to how much the quality diminished as the page count grew. Could've been so much better if the author had not put it all into one book!
But it just wouldn't stop. It kept going and going, never seeming as if it was going to end. The author really should've divided it into two books instead of cramming everything into one. That would’ve given them the time they needed to show more care for the end of the book because it felt hurried.
The ending could've been so much better, so many details could've been added, so much more plot and character insight, but instead, it was quick sentences as if the creative side of the author got bored and just wrote as little as possible to end.
There are two more books in this series, both of them in the 300 page range instead of the unending 500+ pages of this first book, but I have no desire to read them.
I want to give it 3 stars, but have to go with 2 due to how much the quality diminished as the page count grew. Could've been so much better if the author had not put it all into one book!
scatteredyarns's review
5.0
The world imagined in Fire's Song is multi-layered (literally) and intruiging. I enjoy the use of magic and curses. While there are moments the pacing is off, overall it's an exciting read full of magical battles and snarky comments from the heroes. I look forward to reading the second installment in this series and will be watching J.E. Mueller's career with great interest.
kittyg's review
3.0
*This is one of my #SPFBO books for this year*
I picked this one up a few days ago and it has taken me a little while to really get into it. I think part of that is because it's a fairly choppy story which jumps around time a lot (although it all focuses on one character).
This is the story of a young Princess called Key who is cursed. Key is the young Princess who everyone wants to dote on, but her curse is evil and she can kill with just a touch. No one knows how to solve the curse or even how she can control it. It's a messy situation to be in, and Key decides to flee her home to stop any more people getting hurt. She is a kind-hearted girl and just wants everyone she cares about to be ok.
This world is a fairly standard fantasy one although I liked that there were magical villages and the Order who train those who possess magic. They are pretty nice additions to the world and the various magic kept it fun to read too.
The plot is a bit slow to start off but seemed to pick up some pacing as it went. I do feel like some of the scenes didn't feel as polished and developed as I'd like and others felt a little overly descriptive.
The language of this feels fairly simple and it's got modern American terms like 'vacation' etc in the story too. At times I felt like this jarred from a world without modern amenities. I also noticed quite a few grammatical errors and typos.
On the whole I liked Key and her power and story, but I felt that she was a little bit irritating at times. Key seems determined to take the hard path and I think until she finds people who care for her it's a struggle to really know what direction to follow.
I ended up giving this a 3*s so 6/10 for #SPFBO.
I picked this one up a few days ago and it has taken me a little while to really get into it. I think part of that is because it's a fairly choppy story which jumps around time a lot (although it all focuses on one character).
This is the story of a young Princess called Key who is cursed. Key is the young Princess who everyone wants to dote on, but her curse is evil and she can kill with just a touch. No one knows how to solve the curse or even how she can control it. It's a messy situation to be in, and Key decides to flee her home to stop any more people getting hurt. She is a kind-hearted girl and just wants everyone she cares about to be ok.
This world is a fairly standard fantasy one although I liked that there were magical villages and the Order who train those who possess magic. They are pretty nice additions to the world and the various magic kept it fun to read too.
The plot is a bit slow to start off but seemed to pick up some pacing as it went. I do feel like some of the scenes didn't feel as polished and developed as I'd like and others felt a little overly descriptive.
The language of this feels fairly simple and it's got modern American terms like 'vacation' etc in the story too. At times I felt like this jarred from a world without modern amenities. I also noticed quite a few grammatical errors and typos.
On the whole I liked Key and her power and story, but I felt that she was a little bit irritating at times. Key seems determined to take the hard path and I think until she finds people who care for her it's a struggle to really know what direction to follow.
I ended up giving this a 3*s so 6/10 for #SPFBO.
logopoetics's review
4.0
Fire's Song is an adventurous fantasy story with a tough female lead, demon mischief, and excellent friendships. Mueller's story is jam-packed with action, danger, and consequences, and doesn't let up. For a debut, it's a great glimpse into the potential of Mueller's imagination and style. The strongest parts were her characters, and the sarcasm and jokes in her dialog. I am eager to pick up the sequel, which just came out recently.
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