Review by bookrecsbyjess - Of Flame and Fury

bookrecsbyjess 's review for:

Of Flame and Fury by Mikayla Bridge

4.0

funny tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for the ALC of Of Flame and Fury by Mikayla Bridge. All opinions are my own.

Of Flame and Fury is a young adult fantasy set in a world that has both magical creatures and technology. There’s the dangerous sport of phoenix racing as well as a sweet romance between rivals.

This book started out with a bang and was easy to get into. The pacing was quick during the first half of the book, and I enjoyed the intensity of the different phoenix races.

The characters in this story were likable, and I especially loved the tension and later friendship between Coup and Kel. The found family aspect with the phoenix racing team was also very wholesome.

The phoenixes were one of my favorite things about this story because I haven’t read any other books where they are the primary magical creature that is discussed. I liked that they were dangerous and didn’t really care about the safety of humans.

I think I would’ve given this book five stars if it hadn’t been for where the plot went in the last fourth of the book. I found it confusing, and I just didn’t really enjoy it like I did the rest of the book.

I don’t think there’s going to be a sequel for this book (at least I’m not aware that there is), which makes the ending pretty unsatisfying to me.

I listened to the audiobook for this story, and while I liked it, I did have to slow the speed way down (for me at least) because I couldn’t focus on the story. I read half of the book and then completely restarted it at a slower speed because I didn’t remember that much of what I had just read.

Overall, I liked this book and think it was great for a debut. I would definitely read more books by this author in the future.

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