A review by roaming_enn
The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

"The lie isn't that we can't be their equals. The lie is that they were ever anything but our equals."

Yes, if the measure of a man was height, then Nobles were taller. If the measure of a man was physical strength, then Nobles were stronger. But Tau knew who decided what needed to be measured, and they'd chosen things in which they already had an advantage. They said, "This matters more than that," making it seem as if their edicts sprang from natural law when they were little more than self-serving choices. They wrote the rules in their favor, succeeded more often than others, and pointed to that as proof of their superiority. It was all a lie.

WOW THAT QUOTE! Reminds me of Plato's Noble Lie!

But Jabari's pain was still there. He thrived not because his pain was gone, but because he had found a way to use it against the forces that were trying to break him.

Tau wondered if that was part of what it took to survive the underworld. He wondered if those who could stand Isihogo's privations were the same ones who had something to claim on the other side of the suffering it heaped upon them.

OMG that quote gives me CHILLS!

"How is that good enough?"

He took her hands in his. "It isn't. It isn't good enough and nothing will be for a while, because that's part of what loss is, an absence of goodness and happiness that can't be reasoned with or diminished."

Another incredible book to accompany the Burning series! I think I cried more in this one than the first one. I didn't care for the plot in this one as much as the first, but it was still fantastic! 
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