Book Review – Fireborn by Aisling Fowler

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I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 

This definitely sparked my interest with the blurb and I was so lucky to get onto the blog tour so I could read it early. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to this universe and can’t wait to go back. 

It’s a quest book, so in retrospect I’m not surprised I loved it lol, I always enjoy a good journey. In this case, we get down to it fairly quickly. Twelve is a bit of an outcast, but when a fellow student is taken, she runs to rescue her. I feel this is all you need to know about twelve in some ways – she may be guarded and abrasive but you can see that she is trying very hard not to care. 

I especially loved Dog, he is amazing. And I really liked the friendships we see in the book – between five and six particularly. Even as lots of secrets come out, we see the relationships broaden into something more solid and that’s really well written. 

I also liked that it’s actually quite a dark book. There’s a little hope, but it’s so action-packed that you don’t get too much time to see it! It’s most present at the end, and I think will be a big factor in the next book. But for this one, you are straight into finding out what’s going on and going on the quest. 

I’d love to know more about the history behind the lodge and why it came to be. We see a lot of glimpses, from the previous dark war to the motto, but not a lot of world-building background. That said, we still get a great idea of what the world is like, with all the different clans, the forest, and the monsters. 

I can’t wait for the follow-up to this and see our huntlings progress into hunters – including using their well-earned names!

Buy Fireborn by Aisling Fowler from Waterstones or Blackwells.

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