A review by jameyanne
Cold Fire by Tamora Pierce

4.0

I enjoyed rediscovering this book, having only read it once before when I had the flu. I do have to admit that while there are differences between Cold Fire and the first two books in the Circle Opens series, it felt very familiar and formulaic by this point. And while I really enjoyed Daja's arc and terrible discovery, I wish I hadn't known who the bad guy was and his plans, because it made Daja seem foolish and the whole thing seem predictable. Finally, as with Magic Steps, I felt like Daja teaching was extraneous to the real plot. Honestly this book was more like a 3.5 for me, but I rounded up because I generally like Tamora Pierce's work and I did enjoy this book. It just let me with a feeling of exhaustion and concern about how similar Shatterglass will be to the rest of this series.