A review by britamac
Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective 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

4.0

One More Time into the void, and this time it is Soul of the Fire.

 Terry has finally done it and I can't say that I am sorry for it. This book finally gives Richard consequences to his actions and all I can say is its about flippin time. 

I know a lot of people rag on Terry's writing and I understand why. I rag on him a bit later, but right now as it stands, he is still a lot better than a lot of the writers I've read at this point in my young life, I am reviewing as though I am in my teens still, Terry doesn't use cliche's or predictable plot twists. And I loved this. 

Terry is superb at writing bad-ass characters of both genders and gives them unique and phenomenal powers that haven't been seen before. They have their own culture, plots, sub-plots, personalities that are unique unto themselves. I love the arcs then he gives them. But, he does have the habit of creating to many characters, losing track of them, giving them one or two epic moments, and then they fade off into obscurity. 

They series to this point is still epic to me. It has been a huge part of my life and I have grown up reading it. I have been known by this series. People ask me about this series. 

This book is sooo very slow and shockingly it takes place in a short amount of time then the other books do. The book does have a natural progression from the start of the book to the end but it takes forever to get from the start of the book to the end. It is like trudging through mud. Thankfully it wasn't as large as previous book. 

I did love that new characters and civilizations were introduced. This at least gave you something new to explore. I just fear that as with characters in the previous books, these characters and civilization will fade off into obscurity after the end of this book. 

It is nice to see that slowly Richard is learning about his magic. It would have been nice to see Sister Verna or one of the other Sisters of the Light travelling with Richard and teaching him how to use and control his magic on his journey, that would have been helpful. It would have allowed him to learn his magic faster. We would have been able to see him actually do magic for a change. 

Dalton was one of our new characters in this one. And I'll admit that his last chapter was a real let down. Hopefully he doesn't just disappear and we get to see more of him in the next book. 

I can't help but wonder where Nathan is and if we are going to see him anytime soon. 

Off to the next book.