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ladymoneypenny's review against another edition
4.0
Ahh I loved being immersed in the Green Rider world once again.
Karigan has been irrevocably changed since her time in the future, but she is on an important mission to find the P'hedrose, a legendary moose/man race.
Zachary has a very interesting story arc in this book (I guess why it is called Firebrand).
Kristan Britain is an amazing writer, she has become an auto-buy author for me.
Now the long wait begins for Green Rider #7
Karigan has been irrevocably changed since her time in the future, but she is on an important mission to find the P'hedrose, a legendary moose/man race.
Zachary has a very interesting story arc in this book (I guess why it is called Firebrand).
Kristan Britain is an amazing writer, she has become an auto-buy author for me.
Now the long wait begins for Green Rider #7
jfavlibrary's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
lavender04's review against another edition
4.0
This has managed to (somewhat) redeem the absolute shit show that the last book was. A solid 4, maybe even a 4.5.
Highlights include: Fastion (for simply existing); the cats; Zachary and Karigan kissing even though it has taken 6 books for us to get here; and that psychopathic old lady finally being impaled by a fucking icicle monster.
Highlights include: Fastion (for simply existing); the cats; Zachary and Karigan kissing even though it has taken 6 books for us to get here; and that psychopathic old lady finally being impaled by a fucking icicle monster.
charisanorris's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars!
This was such a wonderful return to Sacoridia after Mirror Sight. While my heart aches for Karigan and all she endured, each trial just shapes her and makes her stronger. I can't wait to see what will happen in Winterlight.
I liked that while the story focused mainly on Second Empire, we still got tie-ins from mirror sight and I can see how that book had a purpose in the overall plot. I also enjoyed getting more Zachary chapters and seeing him in different situations other than a king in a castle.
I took a half star off because even though Zachary and Karigan love each other, he is married and I didn't like that they cheated, both emotionally and with a kiss. I'm just not a fan of that dynamic, even though a part of me does feel bad for them.
This was such a wonderful return to Sacoridia after Mirror Sight. While my heart aches for Karigan and all she endured, each trial just shapes her and makes her stronger. I can't wait to see what will happen in Winterlight.
I liked that while the story focused mainly on Second Empire, we still got tie-ins from mirror sight and I can see how that book had a purpose in the overall plot. I also enjoyed getting more Zachary chapters and seeing him in different situations other than a king in a castle.
I took a half star off because even though Zachary and Karigan love each other, he is married and I didn't like that they cheated, both emotionally and with a kiss. I'm just not a fan of that dynamic, even though a part of me does feel bad for them.
svaughn's review against another edition
3.0
This was better than previous book, but that’s not hard. This one was also a bit of a let down, with one of the major plot points not really happening throughout and then being resolved in the last 50 pages... I wish the book had spent more time on that. This series started so strong but now has turned into low brow fantasy, but it’s low brow fantasy I enjoy because of the horses and riders. I’m going to take a breather from the series but I’m sure will eventually read the next book.
jasonhsauntry's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
hypergalaxies's review against another edition
3.0
Overall I'd say I liked this book, when you compare it to the previous one, Mirror Sight, which I absolutely hated. Considering my feelings for that one, it probably wasn't too difficult for this book to be a better one, as long as it didn't follow the same route as Mirror Sight. It didn't, thank god. It's still nowhere near as good as the first few books in the series though, which is a shame.
I found this book hard to stop reading, and I definitely enjoyed it to an extent, but there are still elements here that I didn't enjoy, just didn't work for me, and problems Britain has throughout this book and some of the other ones now too.
My biggest issues would be: how so many storylines are just dragging along, and remaining unresolved, there's a lot of past storylines (like the wall) that just don't get anywhere at all, and are barely mentioned in this book. Why include mentions of the wall at all, if nothing of note was going to happen there?
Then there's the issue of Karigan seemingly always being kicked when she's down, and sometimes it feels so unnecessary, as if Britain just enjoys torturing Karigan and throwing endless amounts of pain and conflict Karigan's way, for no good reason?
And then, there's the whole Karigan and Zachary thing. I'm pretty much over it after like nineteen years of this 'will they, won't they' and 'oh now they can't' 'but wait maybe...', the constant teasing of these two that continues throughout the books but never gets anywhere. Either do it or don't, but can we just let it get somewhere soon?
I did enjoy seeing more of Zachary himself, and outside the castle, and I enjoyed seeing the other Green Riders and Captain Mapstone, as I always do. I enjoyed Karigan's journey through the forest as well, and I was pleased that overall this book had a much less miserable and depressing tone than the last, despite Karigan's own, understandably, depressed nature at times. It wasn't as gloomy a read as Mirror Sight, which I appreciated.
All in all it was okay, but sadly not the best in the series, but if another book ever gets written I'll probably give it a read!
I found this book hard to stop reading, and I definitely enjoyed it to an extent, but there are still elements here that I didn't enjoy, just didn't work for me, and problems Britain has throughout this book and some of the other ones now too.
My biggest issues would be: how so many storylines are just dragging along, and remaining unresolved, there's a lot of past storylines (like the wall) that just don't get anywhere at all, and are barely mentioned in this book. Why include mentions of the wall at all, if nothing of note was going to happen there?
Then there's the issue of Karigan seemingly always being kicked when she's down, and sometimes it feels so unnecessary, as if Britain just enjoys torturing Karigan and throwing endless amounts of pain and conflict Karigan's way, for no good reason?
And then, there's the whole Karigan and Zachary thing. I'm pretty much over it after like nineteen years of this 'will they, won't they' and 'oh now they can't' 'but wait maybe...', the constant teasing of these two that continues throughout the books but never gets anywhere. Either do it or don't, but can we just let it get somewhere soon?
I did enjoy seeing more of Zachary himself, and outside the castle, and I enjoyed seeing the other Green Riders and Captain Mapstone, as I always do. I enjoyed Karigan's journey through the forest as well, and I was pleased that overall this book had a much less miserable and depressing tone than the last, despite Karigan's own, understandably, depressed nature at times. It wasn't as gloomy a read as Mirror Sight, which I appreciated.
All in all it was okay, but sadly not the best in the series, but if another book ever gets written I'll probably give it a read!
lhirl's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5