Reviews

Born in Fire by K.F. Breene

vikcs's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

3.0

slayra's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a solid start for a series, I admit I only started reading it because it was tagged as funny. Reagan is a particularly powerful bounty hunter, and she is not amused when she is forced to work with a vampire while tracking a mage. She struggles with keeping her true powers a secret as her bloodline is quite something.

creativeflow's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? No

4.25

khaleesiwest's review

4.0

First experience with K.F. Breene

Love the wit and humor in the MC Reagen. She’s hilarious. I’m happy with how this book ended but left enough intrigue for me to be interested in future books.

hijinx_abound's review

I tried to get through this book but it was a lot of nothing going nowhere.

nataliecummings's review

4.0

I’ve been thinking about it all day if I liked this book or not. I felt very bored through most of it and just kept waiting for it to get better. Which is definitely not the way to get through a book. I’ve read multiple series by this author but this one just felt very different from the others. I think I went in expecting more of a romance aspect and it was very little and very small scenes that weren’t enough to satisfy me.

I did enjoy the plot as the story went on and am interested in continuing on eventually. I don’t know if I will right now.

I like Reagan and how strong and powerful she was and don’t let anyone walk all over her. I did find it annoying how long it kept you guessing with what she was though. Darius has potential to be good Hero that I could enjoy reading more about but I also felt something lacking from him in this story to fully enjoy it.

I’m not sure if my rating is 3-4 stars so I will keep it at 4 until I finish the rest of the books.

sanchez24601's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

betseywj's review against another edition

I didn’t follow the world building (maybe it was set up in another series…) and didn’t find the characters likable or compelling. 

cobrasys's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

nelljustice's review

5.0

This was a fun an engrossing book. There is no sex-alluding to the deed, yes. Following through, no. There is one spot of nudity, plenty of killing of witches and mages...and zombies but no graphic description of violence that leans into the horror category. The four letter "f" word was used a little bit, but it had to be done to make the character a dimensional and believable character. There was also no cliffhanger.
Can I just say that I was not expecting this kind of story? I was kind of expecting a heroine that's clingy and wishy washy attitude that amplifies to the damsel in distress when she falls into a vapid romance with a vampire that's going to save her. That's what I could get when I do no research, read no sample chapters and listen to no snippets from the narrator. Basically, I put my money down blindly. That's totally unusual for me. But I did it anyway. Me. Taking a chance. Write it in the history books.
What I got in this book, were characters that practically walked out of my earbuds to sit in the room with me. I gotta say, Reagan's contacts, clients, co-workers and neighbors are incredibly interesting folk.
When I grow up, I want to be just like Reagan Sommerset. She's not afraid of anything. She's confident, knows exactly what to do and can figure out a smart ass comeback in a blink of an eye. She's such a stand out character that I loved her every minute. Even in the most difficult and awkward of situations, she always has something sassy to say.
As I said, the writing was great - but the narrator....the narrator NAILED it. Her voice range was amazing. This book did not sound like it was being read-no, it sounded like it was being lived! Poole's inflection on frustrated, tired, sassy, bossy, hardass Reagan was golden. Then came the other characters that stood out. I could picture Reagan's neighbors and the mage duo like I'd known them forever. I don't know how Nicole Poole does it, but she can go from one character speech to another totally different character with a different accent and timbre at the drop of a hat. I was so impressed with this book, I had no other choice but to give it 5 stars. It was that good.