Reviews

Fire Season by Stephen Blackmoore

srlemons42's review

5.0

Loved it, loved it! Another great book in this series! I always have fun reading these books! The plot is interesting and the characters are all fun to read about.

dbanquer's review against another edition

5.0

Always fun. Keep writing Eric Carter books and I’ll keep reading them!

melodicfate's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars.

It's been a while since I last read a book in this series, so I wasn't sure if I'd have a hard time getting back into it. I needn't have worried, though, since this book is action-packed and fast-paced all the way through. Seeing Eric have to deal with all the gods, fire-starting crazies, and even some mage politics made for some good reading. It's dark, it's violent, it's got some grim humor. Not to mention that Eric can be a jerk sometimes. He admits it, though. If you're up for books like that, check out this series.

billyjepma's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, but if I did, this series would be one of them. It’s the reading equivalent of binge-watching a whole season of a show on The CW over a long weekend. Pulpy, a little dopey, and packed with so many genre-cliches and angst that you could fuel an undergraduate creative writing class for a good couple of years. I have plenty other metaphors I could use, but I’ll save those for the rest of the series, because this was the best one yet and I’m all in for whatever batshit nonsense is next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Cursing, Violence, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Car accident

aramsamsam's review against another edition

3.0

Nicht ganz so stromlinienförmig wie seine Vorgänger, stolpert Blackmoore hier so manches Mal über seinen eigenen Weltbau. Die Story wirkt auch an einigen Stellen etwas gehetzt. Inhaltlich beginnt mich Erics Umgang mit Medikamenten bzw. Drogen zu stören, ich hoffe, dass das in den folgenden Bänden mal etwas kritischer betrachtet wird. Nichtsdestotrotz freue ich mich auf den nächsten Band.

cnvair's review against another edition

5.0

Fire Season was my favorite Eric Carter story yet. I seriously can't get enough of this grimy, colorful, fantastic world and this snarky, car-jacking, reckless asshole. High stakes, some glorious new sojourns into Eric's past and hidden corners of L.A., and a supporting cast of magical badass women — what's not to love? At some point, I might want to see Eric go on a nice vacation instead of getting beat to shit and snorting blow off his dash to stay awake, but this story pulled a bunch of threads together in a way that was satisfying on its own and still got me hyped for the next book.

lpcoolgirl's review against another edition

5.0

Yeah, another really great book in this series! Some of Eric's past mistakes come back to haunt him, and yeah, there's a lot of fire. Besides the high death toll and all the destruction by fire, I really enjoyed the ending!

verbrata's review

4.0

3.75

navik's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

sensitivemuse's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense 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