A review by atrailofpages
Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

4.0

This follows Remy who was raised and engineered at Nova where they raise engineered humans called genopaths and have unique abilities. Remy was rescued by a friend who helped open her eyes to the world, and yet failed protecting her friend and is now trying to find this best friend and the only way she can is by finding her ex-partner Kiran who knows secrets and who will know where to find her friend. However, Remy ends up being dragged into a revolution on the jungle planet Maraas where Kiran asks for her help and offers to help her in return.

This was a fantastic book! I didn’t realize it was technically a sequel, and I plan on reading the first book next or soon to get a better idea of the world, and these characters, like Sena and her wolf. It does have a rather slow start and there’s a lot of detail put into this book, but that did not deter me from the story! I loved the world! I love the idea of traveling to different and unique planets, it makes me think of No Man’s Sky the video game. Just so fascinating!

I really liked the characters! Remy was just fantastic! Her unique abilities were so interesting and her friendship with Sena was beautiful to see. My only issue is that although Remy is a great character, she did frustrate me at times and drove me nuts with her assumptions, especially about Kiran. Miscommunication is a pet peeve of mine, and for someone who is literally programmed to read people, I don't understand how she could not read Kiran.

Other than that, I really enjoyed this book, and I would say Kiran is my favorite character next to Sena. I look forward to the next book because there has to be another one after that ending! There better be!

I look forward to going back and reading the first book in this series! I received a free digital copy to read. All thoughts and opinions are my own.