340 reviews for:

Thorns & Fire

Helen Scheuerer

4.31 AVERAGE

emmyp8's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

meganschrenk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

gabbyq's review

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

clnugentm13's review against another edition

3.75

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I love torj sm and I love the alchemy of it all. I hate having to take my comrade hat off. and the ending was very clunky 

ecerro's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

aylin1998a's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jennlunaisreading's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wildflowersoul's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional tense 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

alli_iceberg's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

megpilcher's review against another edition

2.25

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This one struggled to keep my attention for most of the book. The pacing felt slow, with the romance overshadowing the fantasy plot instead of blending naturally. There were a few plot points scattered in, but they didn’t have the urgency or stakes I was hoping for. The characters still had their charm, but the relationship dynamic didn’t land as hard as in the first series, leaving me less emotionally invested.

That said, the final 2–3% hooked me completely — the ending hit just right and left me actually wanting book 3.