Review: Fire

Fire by Kristin Cashore

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I found this book charming and fun, although not in an entirely light-hearted way. It wrestles with some serious moral questions about whether it is acceptable to influence or torture another for the good of a larger population, and it does not entirely answer the questions it raises, leaving the reader to ponder them.
The book is clearly intended for YA girls, and nowhere is that as evident as in its repeated references to the main character's menstruation. I found myself torn between celebrating the fact that the author was approaching the topic openly and feeling that the extent to which it appeared was disproportionately large to the role it played in the plot and therefore felt a little bit like it was a topic which simply had to be explored because this was a YA novel aimed at girls.
I had expected the character who appeared in the beginning of the story, known from the previous volume in this trilogy, to play a larger role. I'm looking forward to seeing how the author ties these first two novels together in the third (if she does).



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