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A review by meeks3
Fire in You by Jennifer L. Armentrout
3.0
I have really enjoyed the books in this series and while this latest addition was a fine read I think it pulled too much from the previous books to be wholly original. I felt that most of the plot points were things that had occurred in previous books in this series. Jillian being a bit of a loner and needing to learn to live again we saw with Avery. Jillian having a traumatic experience we saw with Avery, Theresa, and Calla. Jillian having facial scarring we saw with Calla. Jillian liking more nerdy things we saw with Roxy. Jillian and Brock being friends where Jillian has a crush on Brock for years we saw with Theresa and Jace (something Avery even points out in the book). Brock feeling guilt over Jillian's traumatic experience is Nick and his guilt with Calla. Brock being very determined from the beginning to date Jillian (while she is unaware/unbelieving of his intentions) is Cam, Jax, Reece, and Nick to an extent.
This is not to say that the book bad, because it's not. Having met these characters previously mostly in Stephanie's story it was nice to get know them better; especially since both Jillian and Brock ended up being different than what I thought. My biggest issue is that while I was reading I felt like I kept thinking about the previous books and where I had read those plot points or character traits. It was enough where I felt like it took me out of the current story I was reading. On the whole, though, I found Jillian and Brock to be likable characters and good people who you wanted to see get their happy ending together.
This is not to say that the book bad, because it's not. Having met these characters previously mostly in Stephanie's story it was nice to get know them better; especially since both Jillian and Brock ended up being different than what I thought. My biggest issue is that while I was reading I felt like I kept thinking about the previous books and where I had read those plot points or character traits. It was enough where I felt like it took me out of the current story I was reading. On the whole, though, I found Jillian and Brock to be likable characters and good people who you wanted to see get their happy ending together.