A review by triplebriiii
The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

4.75

This is like non stop action from the get go, but it never feels too fast. The pacing is excellent, which can be difficult to accomplish when it's this fast paced.

I loved the continuation of the plot, as well as the character development and relationships. While it was fairly obvious where the story was going with Tau and Tsoria, I did appreciate and was invested in their relationship far more than I was with Zuri.

Tho I will say, it always feels a little bit off to me when the MC has a Serious™ love interest in one book, they die, and then in the very next book the MC has a NEW love interest. It's a bit too "these characters are disposable and are only here for one thing" for my tastes

The ending had me so anxious I wanted to look up spoilers. 

Also really glad that

the hedeni and Omehi are going to be teaming up against a common foe bc omg the cognitive dissonance of being with Tau and Tsoria and caring about them and wanting them to succeed, tied with the fact that their people and society fucking suck and are the colonizers and honestly 🖕🖕🖕 them. fucking wild.

 

I also really enjoyed the character work with Esi.