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Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor

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inspiring reflective 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

3.0

Political fantasy isn't my favorite, and that was definitely the case here. It was also probably not the most complex political fantasy, most of the ideas seemed to be rather thin analogies for real world situations. There were some plot holes/things in the worldbuilding that didn't make sense.
(Ingrid goes from wearing a suit to wearing a dress in one of the last scenes. Also, I don't know why Gwendolyn even has a chance if the amount of flare you have determines how much your vote is worth, and only wealthy people have flare).
Also, Ingrid made A LOT of less than ideal decisions for someone who was supposed to be really smart, and that was kind of immersion breaking. The prose was a giant step up from Tarnished are the Stars, but it's a little to melodramatic for me (it totally fits the 1920's tone though!) 

I really liked the representation (Ingrid is demiromantic, and there are ace and aro ace side characters) and lack of amatonormativity in the novel though! That was the best part. Ingrid has complicated feelings towards romantic love the entire time, and there's a strong emphasis on other types of love as well. It doesn't bring up her being demi too much—but again, the way the book talks about love is from very aro-spec perpective, which is nice to see.
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