Book three in the trilogy. Spoilers ahead.
Phoenix and her friends are once again working to try and put a stop to the Master and his evil plans. They seek a special weapon which should be able to turn the tide in their favor. Meanwhile, Seven is going on her own quest, while Six is taken by the forces of evil.
The same applies to this book as I said in my other reviews: Objectively it's good, but I just do not for the life of me connect with it personally. The characters are good and rounded. I like the world-building and conflict. There's interesting concepts introduced and the journeys our characters go on are captivating. But despite all this the story of Fireborn just never really hit me that hard personally. I read the books and I think they're solid, but I overall just don't really enjoy it or can truly get immersed into it.
But despite me not really connecting with it I will give it that this is a good book (and the trilogy a good trilogy) and I'm sure other people don't have this issue. I see multiple reviews on places like Goodreads about people who really were able to get into these books, so I'm glad other people are getting something out of this series I did not.
If I do have a true complaint about this one though it's that I found the Master to be a very underwhelming villain. He's very evil, sure, but that doesn't mean I found him interesting in the slightest. He's just kind of your over-the-top evil villain and there's very little else to him. The only thing remotely interesting about him was something involving Six in the climax, but even there I wasn't really all that invested because I'm not particularly fond of Six as a character, either. So the final epic battle and defeat of the Master kind of missed its mark for me because I didn't care that much about the characters involving it.
Honestly if anything I was far more interested in Seven's subplot of the book than whatever our main cast was up to. Seven has less chapters but I thought her journey alone (with as only company a sentient boat) was the more interesting story-line of the two. They do end up converging and Seven's arc has a neat conclusion (if not a sad one), but I guess the main cast's plot just didn't keep me engaged as much.
But yeah, this is still a good book speaking on an objective level. I'm sure most people will be able to get something out of it, this trilogy just wasn't for me personally I guess. I don't think I'll be picking up more of Fowler's books in the future.
Rating: 3.5/5
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