A review by raemelle
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey

3.0

This book was so much better than her more recent foray into the Beauty and the Beast story, 'Beauty and the Werewolf.' This story, written almost two decades before the 500 Kingdoms version, had more depth and originality. Sure, it's cheesy as heck, and somewhat predicable. But this one was at least entertaining. I'm not sure what happened to Lackey's story-telling abilities, but it appears she's running out of ideas, and is now recycling her own stories (as evidenced by Beauty and the Werewolf - with the same exact characters who have the same personalities as in Fire Rose).