A review by samkat418
To Flame a Wild Flower by Sarah A. Parker

3.0

There was a myriad of emotions for the book and not always the good kind. Her writing style is almost poetic and it definitely takes some getting used to. I was VERY off put by the raising the kid and then falling for her bit. Like it at times really gave me the ick and screamed daddy issues, but the way I was able to mentally climb that barrier was these people are immortal. Every fantasy story has some 58767 year old guy and a young teen fresh into her immortality. Additionally, there were never projected daddy vibes. That was my prejudice and not what was written. Had I not been influenced by several internet reviews that book three was ground breaking for the series, I’m not sure if I would have hung on until book three. I still can’t tell if I’m glad I did or not. The FMC is very ignorant but it’s hard to fault her for that due to the circumstance. It does however make the slow burn/angst/world building bit painful at times. These are bigger books with potential for a very interesting plot line, but I did not really feel like I received much world building, mostly unsatisfactory bread crumbs. And when we are finally getting somewhere by the end of book three, it lands on a cliff hanger. I waited three books for the mate scene and more information on wtf is going on, only to finally get that in the literally last few chapters and all for it to just go it to end with more questions than answers. With that being said, this provoked a lot of emotion from me, all mostly bad but my irritation has driven me to want to finish the series just so I know what is going on. it has a lot of potential and I’m hopeful for the best. Overall, 3/5 and a 2/5 for spice.