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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift
5.0
I'm not entirely sure why I added the book to my wishlist once upon a time and why I just had to pre-order it, but I assume that the arranged marriage combined with a world full of magic is one of the reasons. I'm one of those fangirls who loves tropes. Not just in fanfic, but also in my printed books. And although I had to wait some time before the book was available for me, I was quite excited to get started and to meet this world and these characters.
And this book was literally everything I had hoped it would be and so much more! I love how Swift doesn't lose herself in info-dumps, even though there's quite some mythology to be explained. At first that was a little confusing, since all those terms and colors were being used without us knowing exactly what it meant, but the more I saw from the world, the more I fell in love with it. It's a lot more layered and a lot more complicated than it seems at first!
The same can be said about the characters. The characters were probably my favorite part of this story. I'm not someone who has a lot of OTP's, but Adraa and Jatin have quickly become one! And that's mostly because they balance each other perfectly. They challenge each other, make each other better people and better with magic, but they are most of all an amazing team, despite the banter, the sarcasm and the competition. I can't wait to see what kinda trouble they will end up in in the next book!
There was one slight moment in this book where I was afraid that a deus ex machina would kinda ruin it. Nothing against Gods, but saving the day shouldn't be part of their job description. However, I let out a very relieved sigh when it turned out we had more of a Trojan war on our hands. All the politics, all the scheming and plotting and planning became way more interesting in that moment, because the stakes, at the end of the first book, are now higher than ever.
And now the long wait for the sequel begins...
And this book was literally everything I had hoped it would be and so much more! I love how Swift doesn't lose herself in info-dumps, even though there's quite some mythology to be explained. At first that was a little confusing, since all those terms and colors were being used without us knowing exactly what it meant, but the more I saw from the world, the more I fell in love with it. It's a lot more layered and a lot more complicated than it seems at first!
The same can be said about the characters. The characters were probably my favorite part of this story. I'm not someone who has a lot of OTP's, but Adraa and Jatin have quickly become one! And that's mostly because they balance each other perfectly. They challenge each other, make each other better people and better with magic, but they are most of all an amazing team, despite the banter, the sarcasm and the competition. I can't wait to see what kinda trouble they will end up in in the next book!
There was one slight moment in this book where I was afraid that a deus ex machina would kinda ruin it. Nothing against Gods, but saving the day shouldn't be part of their job description. However, I let out a very relieved sigh when it turned out we had more of a Trojan war on our hands. All the politics, all the scheming and plotting and planning became way more interesting in that moment, because the stakes, at the end of the first book, are now higher than ever.
And now the long wait for the sequel begins...