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cassidy_rain 's review for:
A Fate Forged In Fire
by Hazel McBride
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“She had forged this sword with sweat, blood, and magic. It would not fail her when the time came.”
A Fate Forged in Fire is a Celtic-inspired romantasy with dragons; it follows FMC Aemyra in her attempts to gain back her rightful place as Queen. I would recommend this to fans of House of the Dragon.
This was good, but not overly page-turning or memorable. The beginning was pretty slow, though it did pick up a lot about 60% into the story. I didn’t feel very invested in the characters. Aemyra was quite frustrating and childish; I understand she’s new to royalty and ruling and wouldn’t be perfect at it, but she constantly made terrible decisions that had consequences for her and those around her. I did appreciate that the characters actually felt like enemies in here. That said, I didn’t buy into their chemistry; it felt pretty choppy. I’m still trying to figure out Fiorean’s character? He’s wishy-washy and his choices were often confusing.I understand Fiorean is like super hot, but how she could sleep with or fall for him given the circumstances made no sense to me at all.
Ending does leave me curious to how the story could continue. There’s some pretty detailed and brutal scenes in here - one in particular towards the end of the book that is sexual assault / medical trauma, which may be difficult for some readers. Proceed with caution!
Thank you to Netgalley, Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine, and Hazel McBride for providing this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
A Fate Forged in Fire is a Celtic-inspired romantasy with dragons; it follows FMC Aemyra in her attempts to gain back her rightful place as Queen. I would recommend this to fans of House of the Dragon.
This was good, but not overly page-turning or memorable. The beginning was pretty slow, though it did pick up a lot about 60% into the story. I didn’t feel very invested in the characters. Aemyra was quite frustrating and childish; I understand she’s new to royalty and ruling and wouldn’t be perfect at it, but she constantly made terrible decisions that had consequences for her and those around her. I did appreciate that the characters actually felt like enemies in here. That said, I didn’t buy into their chemistry; it felt pretty choppy. I’m still trying to figure out Fiorean’s character? He’s wishy-washy and his choices were often confusing.
Ending does leave me curious to how the story could continue. There’s some pretty detailed and brutal scenes in here - one in particular towards the end of the book that is sexual assault / medical trauma, which may be difficult for some readers. Proceed with caution!
Thank you to Netgalley, Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine, and Hazel McBride for providing this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War
Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy