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A review by crikeycrawfish
Born in Fire by K.F. Breene
3.0
3 stars but leaning almost towards 2.5...
This book was interesting enough and I definitely want to read the sequels but it was also pretty messy.
I felt like we were just dropped in with no real explanation of the world or magic system. You kind of just learned as you went along but it was not explained well and I still find myself confused on just how exactly the magic system works. Something about being able to put spells in casings and things? Idk.
Also I feel like this book was trying too hard to be funny. Like Reagan was never serious which is fine but it also meant that there was no real depth to her character for me. But the whole time it just felt like it was trying too hard with the constant jokes and things.
I did like Darius though and the book's take on Vampires. The author had a good grasp on making vampires actually feel like dark otherworldly beings as opposed to hot dangerous guys with fangs. Darius felt old and other and the fact they have a monster side? I really enjoyed that. The whole vampire scene in general in this book was very fun and interesting to read.
Another issue I had though was that it seemed like everything had to have a big reveal that didn't really pan out quite like how the author intended. Secrets were just thrown around and revealed wildly that I was having a hard time following things. Nothing was really explained well while other things that were insignificant were explained too well to the point that I was skipping paragraphs of seemingly useless information about lore or something that didn't really pertain to what was going on.
Overall it was alright. The New Orleans setting was fun and the book was interesting but in general... meh.
This book was interesting enough and I definitely want to read the sequels but it was also pretty messy.
I felt like we were just dropped in with no real explanation of the world or magic system. You kind of just learned as you went along but it was not explained well and I still find myself confused on just how exactly the magic system works. Something about being able to put spells in casings and things? Idk.
Also I feel like this book was trying too hard to be funny. Like Reagan was never serious which is fine but it also meant that there was no real depth to her character for me. But the whole time it just felt like it was trying too hard with the constant jokes and things.
I did like Darius though and the book's take on Vampires. The author had a good grasp on making vampires actually feel like dark otherworldly beings as opposed to hot dangerous guys with fangs. Darius felt old and other and the fact they have a monster side? I really enjoyed that. The whole vampire scene in general in this book was very fun and interesting to read.
Another issue I had though was that it seemed like everything had to have a big reveal that didn't really pan out quite like how the author intended. Secrets were just thrown around and revealed wildly that I was having a hard time following things. Nothing was really explained well while other things that were insignificant were explained too well to the point that I was skipping paragraphs of seemingly useless information about lore or something that didn't really pertain to what was going on.
Overall it was alright. The New Orleans setting was fun and the book was interesting but in general... meh.