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A review by alongreader
Fireborn by Aisling Fowler
4.0
Fireborn is the first in a new fantasy series for tweens. Based on the writing here, I hope the series runs for a long time.
Twelve is part of a group of young teens training to be Hunters, protectors of the scattered clans loosely allied together against their savage world. Relationships between the clans are starting to break down, and attacks are becoming far more common, but the trainees are safe inside their unbreachable compound.
Until they aren't.
I'm sorry to tell you this, but my favourite character is not Twelve (although she is awesome) or Five (although he grew on me after a while) or even Six and Seven (both cool in their own ways.) Widge is pretty great too, but it's still not him. No; like a lot of other people, my favourite character is Dog, and he became so after a certain scene in a certain forest with some certain other characters. (Trying so hard not to spoil anyone!)
There are some fabulous, really imaginative sequences here. Aisling isn't relying on the usual cliches of this kind of fiction, and both the action scenes and the quieter, character scenes are fantastic. They work together to build the story and every single scene adds to the larger arc.
I can't wait to see what new adventures there are - going by this one, there are some wonderful adventures in store. This one's going to be great.
Twelve is part of a group of young teens training to be Hunters, protectors of the scattered clans loosely allied together against their savage world. Relationships between the clans are starting to break down, and attacks are becoming far more common, but the trainees are safe inside their unbreachable compound.
Until they aren't.
I'm sorry to tell you this, but my favourite character is not Twelve (although she is awesome) or Five (although he grew on me after a while) or even Six and Seven (both cool in their own ways.) Widge is pretty great too, but it's still not him. No; like a lot of other people, my favourite character is Dog, and he became so after a certain scene in a certain forest with some certain other characters. (Trying so hard not to spoil anyone!)
There are some fabulous, really imaginative sequences here. Aisling isn't relying on the usual cliches of this kind of fiction, and both the action scenes and the quieter, character scenes are fantastic. They work together to build the story and every single scene adds to the larger arc.
I can't wait to see what new adventures there are - going by this one, there are some wonderful adventures in store. This one's going to be great.