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A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

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reading_srsly's review against another edition

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adventurous

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

4.25

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annabelle's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

This was a fun read with an interesting world. Unfortunately, the relationship development was a bit clunky to me and I didn’t love the writing style.

Also, I don’t think there was enough plot payoff at the end of this book… the book just kinda ended without any big reveals or conclusions. I enjoyed it enough to continue the series and I’m interested to see what happens next but I definitely didn’t love this.

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Love this series!! Can't wait for the spin off with Jocasta and Flynn!

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mfrank's review

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I definitely ended up liking this book a lot more than I thought I would. I was really on the fence about reading it because sometimes sarcastic characters tip the edge from sarcastic into the kind of dialogue that makes you cringe because no person talks like that 24/7, but I think this book pulled it off really well. I was fully engrossed in this story and the world. It has been such a long time since I started a book in the morning and was so into it that I finished it all in one day and I'm happy this book could do that for me. Honestly there are two things that keep this from being a five-star book for me, both of which are somewhat common in romance-fantasy stories. The first one being they kept describing Cat as "curvaceous" and "curvier" and there was A LOT of emphasis on how she was bigger than all the women around her and she liked to eat too many sweets. And while it's a romance so I wasn't expecting someone plus-size, the amount of emphasis on her being big had me picturing someone plump and curvy, but looking at the character art in the book, she's pretty thin. Nothing wrong with that at all, but very odd considering how often they brought up her weight and her being bigger. I mean, I definitely appreciated that she wasn't insecure about it and the whole line about her body just being built that way, which was a nice break from a lot of books that use weight as an insecurity, but it was so odd. Maybe the author intended for her to be bigger and couldn't control what art was included in the book, but she was definitely not what I thought of when I read all the descriptions of her. The second thing was the constant reminders of how her body was reacting to Griffin. I know it's a romance-fantasy and so I somewhat expect it, but man was there a lot of it. It starts to feel repetitive and annoying after a while, at least for me. Other than that though, I absolutely loved the book and can't wait to read the next installation in the series!

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honeyb's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Just mediocre. The characters lacked depth and the plot was vague at best. i understand that the FMC’s past is a mystery to be revealed throughout the series, but absolutely NOTHING was explained. There were little explanations for named locations or

why gods favor certain individuals

and after the MCs sleep together, the FMC is healed with the MMC’s magical excretion?! i almost added this book to my DNF list…

. The FMC is stubborn which I love in fantasy romance novels, but the MMC kept pushing her into accepting his advances by countering her dismissals with “you will soon” or “you were made for me”. If i did not know of the FMC’s thoughts, i would’ve labeled him as a coercive douchbag. Overall, the book is an easy read with plenty of smut from chapter 17 onward, the world building lacked a bit but is understandable due to the mystery surrounding the FMC’s past.

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Glutnacht von Amanda Bouchet ist der erste Teil der Tochter der Götter Trilogie/Kingmaker Chronicles. Cat hat besondere Fähigkeiten und muss daher untertauchen, um nicht gefunden zu werden. Griffin, der Anführer einer Rebellengruppe, braucht Cats Fähigkeiten, um sich die Macht im Reich zu sichern. Und er holt sich auch was er braucht, ob Cat möchte oder nicht. Auf dem Weg zum Machtzentrum des Reiches kommen sich die beiden aber immer näher. Es stehen ihnen aber viele Hürden im Weg, denn Cat ist viel mehr als sie zugibt zu sein.

Ein Buch mit griechischer Mythologie konnte ich selten ausschlagen und da es nun schon sehr lange her ist, dass ich ein solches Buch gelesen habe, habe ich mich umso mehr gefreut. Ganz begeistert war ich aber doch nicht vom Buch. Das Konzept hinter der Geschichte finde ich sehr interessant. Es gibt Magie und griechische Gottheiten mischen sich in das Leben der Menschen ein. Exactly my cup of tea! Auch der Schreibstil war voll in Ordnung. Ich bin nur weniger begeistert von Griffin. Sein Verhalten fand ich sehr nervig und toxisch. Einen Teil seiner Motivation kann ich verstehen, da er Cats Fähigkeiten wirklich braucht, aber so wie er sie behandelt, ist einfach nicht okay. Die Entführung lasse ich mich noch einreden, weil es zur Geschichte passt. Und das magische Seil ist auch so eine Grauzone für mich. Cat jedoch absolut keinen Freiraum und keine Privatsphäre zu geben, finde ich widerlich. Zum Glück kann sich Cat unsichtbar machen. Was ich hier jedoch nicht verstehe ist, dass Griffin ja einfach das Seil woanders hätte festbinden können. Pausenlos an ihm festgebunden zu sein finde ich absolut nicht okay. Da hatten die anderen Herren in Griffins Team etwas mehr Verstand und kritisierten ihn auch dafür. Daher mag ich die anderen Krieger auch recht gerne. Hier hat sich zwischen ihnen und Cat eine tolle Freundschaft geformt.

Griffins Eifersucht hat mich auch sehr gestört. Er hatte wirklich keinen Grund dazu. Seien Freunde sind ihm gegenüber zu loyal, um ihm die Freundin auszuspannen. Er soll froh sein, dass Cat so schnell eine gute Freundschaft mit seinen Freunden geknüpft hat. Griffin ist auch wahnsinnig besitzergreifend. Recht schnell sieht er Cat als seinen Besitz und gibt alles, um sie zu Seinem zu machen. So ein Verhalten finde ich ganz schlimm. Er akzeptiert Cats Grenzen nicht und küsst sie, obwohl sie laut und deutlich nein sagt. Cat hat zwar hier auch ein ganz komisch Verhalten, macht das aber eher zum Selbstschutz und auch um Griffin zu schützen, aus Gründen, die nur angedeutet werden. Cat entwickelt aber auch sehr schnell Gefühle für ihn. Hier schwingt ein Stockholm-Syndrom mit... Die beiden haben eine tolle Chemie, es sprühen richtig die Funken (gute und schlechte) und sie passen auch gut zusammen, aber einfach der Weg dorthin und ihr Verhalten gefallen mir nicht gut. Konsens scheint in Fremdwort in diesem Buch zu sein.

Da das Buch überraschenderweise nicht mit einem Cliffhanger aufgehört hat, habe ich auch nicht wirklich das Bedürfnis diese Serie fertig zu lesen. Interessant wäre es schon, aber es muss für mich nicht unbedingt sein. Das Buch war nicht schlecht aber auch nicht wirklich gut. Vielleicht habe ich irgendwann die Möglichkeit weiterzulesen.

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bookedupchick's review

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adventurous challenging medium-paced

4.5

“I conquered a kingdom and found a treasure.” His voice turns gravelly, low. “I won’t let you go. Not now. Not ever.” 🔥✨

Cat was working for the circus as a soothsayer in hiding from her terrible past. One day while doing readings she is confronted by a warlord, Griffin, who discovers her true power. He takes her captive tying an enchanted rope around each of their waists that can only be removed by him. This is a hot enemies to lovers story that is a slow burn 🔥🔥🔥 I loved every minute of it. The tension and chemistry between Cat + Griffin is on point 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Read this if you like ⤵️

🔥 Fantasy Romance

🔥 Enemies To Lovers

🔥 Slow Burn

🔥 Forced Proximity

🔥 Greek Mythology

🔥 Magic ✨

🔥 Lots Of Action ⚔️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5

A Promise Of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

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