I would like to thank Camille Longley & BooksGoSocial for my copy of the ARC. Due to this kind gesture, I have decided to leave an honest review.

I am in looooove!! I loved the cover, I loved the description and I completely loved the book. I haven't really been impressed with books lately so to actually enjoy this has brought me great joy, 4 stars!

In a world where an age-old war is still blazing (literally) Sol must help move Lady Isabella to meet her Prince to help gain troops to win this thing once and for all. But when a close encounter with the flameskins turns sour, what happens when human/mage must team up with the Devil to get back home safely? Can Kelan show Sol he's not the demon that she thinks he is?

Aw I loved this so much, then I found out this is just the start, it's prequel before the actual story and I am SHOOK. I genuinely don't know how to feel? I absolutely adore these characters. They overcame so much together. Freezing cold winter, hunger, everyone trying to kill them, family prejudice, their own prejudice! Now we need to say goodbye to them?! URGH.

There were a few characters but the love I have for Kelan is real. He is just a sweetheart right from the start! He is battling his own demon, loves someone who is ice, just wants to be free! He is perfect. My heart always ached how he always just thinks he's not good enough, he is.. HE ALWAYS IS.

I am looking forward to reading on in the series. It was fun, good paced (even with complete cringe moments) and I even had some Pocohuntus vibes going on! I just can't wait to see where it goes.

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"He laughed. "Warm? I could walk naked in the snow and still be warm." Solmexhaled. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't." "You sure?" he asked and grinned wickedly.

It seems like 'Demons' are going to be the next big thing in Fantasy. I also recently Beta Read another book about them. Before reading Firefrost, I didn't realize it was a prequel. Firefrost read like a prequel. I didn't get a very good sense of the Universe other than the basic plot. Firefrost felt like a generic Fantasy focusing on the romance. (All the stars for the enemies-to-love trope, though.) Maybe things will be expanded on in the actual series. I did like the premise of people knowingly existing with demons, or Flameskins. I may pick up the rest of the series at some point.

Thank you to BookGoSocial and Netgalley for the review copy.

This book gripped me from the start, and I connected to the characters almost instantly. A big bonus was that it had one of my favorite tropes, enemies-to-lovers. And I loved this trope in this book! But unfortunately from the 50% mark, it started to be a bit repetitive and slow in some chapters, and I started losing interest in the story.

We follow Sol, a huntress and a mage, sent to protect Lady Isabella on her journey to Cassia. We also follow Kellan, a lieutenant of the Flameskins army, sent to kill Lady Isabella. The only thing they have in common is that they both want to end the war. But they're on opposite sides, which makes them enemies.

When an avalanche buries everyone on this journey, leaving only Sol and Kellan, they are forced to work together in order to survive on their trip through the harsh mountains to Cassia.

I loved the dynamic between these two characters, and the whole thing about the war between Tokkens and Flameskins. We also got to learn more about a Flameskin's pyra (inner demon), and also how the war started.

What I didn't enjoy though, was that the story dragged at some points, and that some decisions made by the characters later on in the story felt like they were out of character for them. But, in the end, I did quite like reading this book.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to BooksGoSocial via NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review! All opinions are my own.

So we have a classic enemies to lovers story, set against the snowy and magical Ulve Mountains. The Flameskins are a race of people who coexist with a demon called a pyra, and once their soul is fully consumed they essentially turn into demons. The nonmagical people and army of Tokkedal are attempting to eradicate this army of fire demons, a war which was been ongoing. With atrocities like cutting out the hearts of, and then burning flameskins being commonplace, the hatred and prejudice and fear of the nonmagical citizens runs deep.

The world building was really quite well done. We learn all about the snowy and inhospitable mountains, their legends, and the people who inhabit them. How they live, what they eat, how they feel in regards to the ongoing war. The political aspects got a bit confusing because even though a Tokken King was mentioned several times, a queen ended up being in power? Other than that I enjoyed the world quite a bit, especially the place at the end. Cough no spoilers.

The magic includes the Flameskins who have their demons, or mages that have similar skills but must use a stone to achieve them. There is so much intricate detail about the pyras and mages and their respective curses, that I was pretty impressed for the first 40% of the book. Even the history and prejudices and course of the wars were pretty interesting, as were all the ways in which the fire could be used. From firesharing to Saint Katerine and her powers, there were a very wide range.

The characters are a bit of another story. Sol is her village’s huntress, and ends up on a confusing journey of survival with a Flameskin commander named Kelan. They have to rely on each other for guidance, food, warmth, and emotional support while more or less having to escape both armies and everyone else they meet. Their goals change as they go, but safety is hard to find in a world where there is no place to be together.

Can they trust each other? Should they hate each other or jump into a bedroll? Can Kelan fight off his Pyra and stay human despite the fact that Sol is a bit of a moron and forces him to use it all the time? The relationship and inner monologue between them got so repetitive during the 35-70% part of the book that I just had to skim at times. There were no new revelations and yet every few pages I had to read about their very repetitive feelings and confusion towards each other. 1.5 stars docked right there, I would have just preferred a shorter book or to spend those pages maybe hearing more stories about the mountains, the Saints for sure, or literally anything else.

Kelan was a pretty interesting and complex character, while Sol just drove me nuts until she got her sh!t together and figured out which side to be on. I get that watching your pa cut out a Flameskin’s heart would have lasting effects, but it took her a very long time to come off her high horse and work cooperatively with him to survive.

I was on an easy 5⭐ course until I hit the middle of the book doldrums that some of the early reviews mentioned. There was still action going on but just so much repetition. This looks to be a prequel book to the rest of the series, taking place 100ish years before the next book occurs, so there was just no reason for it. I once again encourage YA authors to give their readers some credit and back off the repetition.

Fans of enemies to lovers, found families, adopted families, fire magic, superstition and lore, keep an eye out for this one! It releases September 21st!


Blog review can be seen at: https://onereadingnurse.com/2020/08/11/arc-review-firefrost-by-camille-longley/

Thank you to netgalley and Camille Longley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.

✨Firefrost✨

Sol is a huntress, born of the mountains. Kelan is a Lieutenant in his peoples army fighting to keep a hold on his soul. They are born enemies. But when fate ensures their paths to cross and forces them to depend on each other for survival, how will they cope with the hand they’ve been dealt? As the war rages on, lines are crossed, feelings are fought and sacrifices made. Can fire thaw hearts full of ice?

Rating-
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ /5 (overall)
❤️❤️❤️/5 (romance)
🧭 🧭 🧭 🧭/5 (adventure)

Firstly, I love the whole idea of this book, there is so much potential for future novels! The characters were likeable. Sol was a badass independent woman who supplied her village with food, she had great character development as the series progressed even if she had random mood swings (relatable, right?). Kelan, once Sol opened her mind and let her guard down, turned out to be a squishy cinnamon roll who would do anything to protect the ones he loved or deemed innocent. A man of morals and integrity.

I very much enjoyed that the book was multi-pov! I loved seeing the story from both perspectives and seeing how each interpret the others words and actions in comparison to how they were intended and how their different backgrounds and upbringings impacted this! However, for an enemies to lovers book, the romance, whilst sweet developed a little too quickly for me, with this trope I personally prefer a much slower burn and a build up of tension.

I feel there were parts that could’ve been elaborated on more. I found the idea of the Pyra interesting, but I was a little confused when it came to the differences between a Flameskin and a Mage and how they occurred, as there were families that had both. I’d like to see this elaborated on and explained a bit more as the series continues! Dryads were also mentioned but not much information was given so I hope to see more of them and their relevance explained a bit more too! Some important characters were mentioned fairly early on in the book but when it came time for them to appear, powers were mentioned but not explained, I feel that they would’ve had a stronger impact on the reader if it were explained why they were so feared, what they/their powers were, there was mention of it but not in great detail!

And damn! I was not expecting to be ambushed with a battle pretty much straight away but I am here for it. It gives you a sense of powers early on and has you wanting to read on. The ending definitely left me wanting more!

All in all, I believe this was a good introduction to the series, it’s the authors debut novel so I expect we’ll see things ironed out as the series progresses. Great for YA fantasy lovers! I will definitely be picking up book 2 to see what happens! This is definitely an author I’ll be keeping and eye out for!!

I love reading books where the protagonists start of as enemies and eventually become lovers,which is why I requested this book. I loved the idea of Flameskins and mages and was really into it during the beginning. But then the story became a little repetitive because they kept running away.

Overall, I thought it was an alright read and I was sort of satisfied with the ending, although I still had a few questions left unanswered.

Firefrost is the prequel to a new fantasy series called Flameskin Chronicles set in a world where some people possess a pyra, kind of a fire spirit that give them powers but that also controls their actions if they let the pyra take over their souls. I found this premise very interesting and I also discovered that it includes an enemies to lovers romance which is my favorite trope of all type so I knew right away that I was going to love this story.

Sol is a huntress that has to begin a journey through the mountains to escort a princess whose marriage will guarantee the safety of Sol’s home. On the road, they come across a group of flameskin, the people that threaten to destroy everything that Sol knows and loves. They decide to attack but an avalanche kills everyone except from Sol and Kelan, a flameskin that fights to not give his pyra the control and lose himself in the process. They are forced to work together if they want to survive the cold of the mountain winter and Sol soon realizes that, maybe, Kelan is not her enemy.

Firefrost has two main characters, there aren’t many characters apart from them that have a very important role in the story. The two of them have a lot of depth thanks to all of the internal conflicts that they have to face throughout their journal across the mountains. They also suffer a huge evolution because of having met each other.

My favorite was, without a doubt, Kelan. I think that his psychology was really interesting, he is always fighting his own nature, this fire that lives inside him and that wants to take away his change to do good. I grew very fond of him and he has become one of my favorite characters ever that is going to stay in my heart for a long time.

Then we have Sol who is the one that evolves the most, in my opinion. She grew up in a place that encouraged the hatred towards the flameskin and she has never considered that what her parents told might not be the truth. The questions that she asks herself plus all of this moments in which she doubts her family, specially her father, give her a lot of complexity. I connected pretty quickly with her, I think she is very strong and that she has a lot of perseverance.

Firefrost is a character driven story. It mainly focuses on the relationship that appears between the two main characters, their feelings and internal conflicts. This doesn’t mean that nothing happens or that the author doesn’t develop the worldbuilding. On the contrary, the action scenes and the survival have the same importance than the slower scenes that give the characters more depth. I really enjoyed this combination and I think that the balance is just right.

One of the things that surpised me the most in this book was how much it hooked me from the very beginning. I don’t know exactly how long it took me to finish it but I think that I didn’t last me more than a day and a half. I found something within the pages that kept me inside them without the possibility of stopping.

As I have already mentioned, this book contains an enemies to lovers romance with has become in the past few years my favorite trope. The romance is the main focus of the story so, if you don’t usually enjoy romances, this might not be your book. I personally love to find books like this one when I am in the mood. Sol y Kelan start off the book hating each other, specially Sol. She thinks that Kelan is a demon but feelings start to grow between the two of them. I think that the romance is not rushed or anything like that, the more intimate scenes are just beautiful and I loved their relationship.

The worldbuilding is very different from what I usually encounter in this kind of books. It is explained enough to understand but it also leaves some topics without answers so I think that they are going to get explored in the rest of the series. What I found the most interesting is the pyras and the fire magic, it is a concept that I am looking forward to exploring more. It is true that, maybe, the world is not developed as much as the romance, for example, but I understand it and it doesn’t bother me at all.

The ending is closed, the story of Sol and Kelan finish with the last line of the book because, from what I understand, the next installment called Flameskin is going to follow another bunch of characters several years later. I can’t wait for it to be published.

Before I begin my review for Firefrost by Camille Longley, I would like to personally thank Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this ARC in return for an honest opinion.


Immerse yourself into an exciting and new fantasy world of fire, magic and derogatory. Firefrost by Camille Longley explores a forbidden, enemies to lovers romance and their fight to survive in a world ravaged by war.

Firefrost features, but is not limited to, the following themes:
○ Enemies to lovers
○ Forbidden love
○ War
○ Adventure
○ Magic
○ Family
○ Survival
○ Fantasy
○ Kick ass heroine

My overall rating for Firefrost is…

4 stars!

Firefrost is an incredibly creative fantasy tale with interesting concepts and a fluffy romance. I loved getting to know the main characters and living their adventures through well written words. I was captivated from page one and believe readers of Leigh Bardugo and Maria V Snyder will devour this book.

I read this thanks to NetGalley.

Well, if you like a good dose of fantasy - YA, I would say - then you'll have a lot of fun here. Sol is a huntress, Kelan is a soldier, they are on opposite sides in a war to the end - so, yes, of course, blah, blah, blah.

The fun is in the getting there, and the plot twists. It started out and I thought "Oh, yeah, this is this kind of book", and then suddenly we switch to something else and something else. So many ideas here, interesting world building, and plenty of room for more books from the world Longley has created.

I was graciously given this arc via Netgalley, in exchange for a honest reveiw. All opions are my own.

Firefrost was a good read and i realy enjoyed it. Its am enemy to lovers and writen so well. With many twists and turns to keep you reading rill the end.

Firefrost by Camille Longley
Firefrost is a love story. Enemies become friends and fall in love. There is a reason this basic plot is used so much: it’s intriguing. It appeals to our basic interest in the beauty and the beast story (and both characters are the beast in the others eyes at first). So even not knowing anything about this universe I was intrigued and picked it up.
The story started well- I always love a good gender reveal- and I was interested to learn more about the elemental mages called Fireskins. I like that the book jumped right into the action with minimla background/history. However, this entire book is about running from place to place. Just when you think Sol and Kelan can find a place to stay they are up an running again. This didn’t bother me at all in the first half of the book, maybe because there is character development going on. The second half, however, has several large time- skips that I found startling and with could have been removed. The second half has almost no relationship development, just the introduction of children.
Started well, but was disappointing in the middle and end because of the plot. 2/5 stars.

Thank you for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. I'm sort of a sucker for the enemies-to-lovers trope, and although Sol and Kelan were an interesting dynamic (truly forbidden lovers and natural-born foes), the romance evolved too quickly for my taste, felt a bit forced in places, and ultimately caused the story to drag. Don't get me wrong, the author does a wonderful job presenting these characters and their abilities to the reader; however, some of the other elements felt neglected in the process...elements I felt really could have improved the story and its pacing.

For starters, I didn't know enough about the world they came from. (Since my understanding is that this is the prequel to the Flameskin Chronicles, perhaps this will be further explored later on.) Also, and maybe it's just me, but I wish I could have followed the "pyra," "emberstone," and "mage" concepts more easily. I seemed to get lost throughout these particular scenes which made my reading experience a bit frustrating.

What I enjoyed most about this story was the two separate points of view. It was interesting to hear the perspectives of both Kelan and Sol; to really dig deep into their trains of thought and internal struggles. Sol's prejudice against Flameskins was fascinating, particularly when her romantic feelings began getting in the way of everything she had been raised to believe. And Kelan is wrapped up in so much turmoil as he was fighting off his pyra---he was really my favorite character.

A lot was going on in this story. Sometimes I was really into it, and other times I never thought it'd end. While I don't think I'll continue the series, I wish for its success going forward. I see it having a lot of potential.

I absolutely loved this book and it reminded me so much of one of my favourite books that I had to go back and re-read it! This is definitely one that I will be buying to put on my bookshelf to read again and again as it was just so good to read. There is violence, betrayal, love and vengeance, it has everything a good fantasy novel should have in it.

My only criticism is that some of the book seemed to be breezed over where it could've been made longer to really enhance the story.

Amazing book and I can't wait to read more from this author

Fire Frost started out strong and then kind of fizzled out.

The characterisation was brilliant but conflicting a lot of the time and the conflicting, unreliable perspectives between the two pov's was more frustrating and less of a plot device.

The story itself has HUGE potential and felt kind of like a blend of Romeo and Juliet blending in Peter Pan. My main qualm is that it was climactic event after climactic event and it kind of dulled the effect.

The pacing started out realistic but then there was jumps of time and things seemed to be rushed just to finish in one book when I feel like it could've been fleshed out a lot more and potentially broken down and expanded into a whole other book.

I also would've enjoyed a bit more imagistic, world building. The characters have been given depth by a fair bit of internal monologing but there wasn't enough world building to really build a clear picture of the environment or even understand the society the story is based in beyond the superficial knowledge of two opposing breeds of life (human and fireskin).

Overall it was a good read and engaging enough that I wanted to know what happened but sadly I was progressively more and more disappointed with how it turned out.

Review will be live on socials by mid August.

I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Firefrost follows two enemies on opposing sides of a war. Sol, who is a hater of flameskins, huntress for her village and Fire mage, though she has sworn to never use her power and Kelan, a flameskin soldier who has resisted possession by his ‘Pyra’, the demon that lives inside him and gives him his fire ability.

Sol and Kelan’s story is a delight to read. You will quickly find yourself attached to them as characters and immersed in their banter as they are forced to rely on each other to survive.

Firefrost gives an interesting twist to the enemies to lovers trope as the very thing which can extinguish Kelan’s ability to use fire enables Sol to utilise fire herself. But what happens when both of them are forced into circumstances where they must make a choice: Become what they despise or perish.

This book has quite a few interesting twists and turns, the further i read the more interesting it became. Especially towards the end.

Well, this was an interesting book. For the most part I liked it. I enjoyed the writing, the characters, the plot. Towards the end it started to feel a little exhausting.

This is a complete novel. So this book tells Sol and Kelan's story from beginning to end. They go through a lot. It was a little refreshing to get a complete story in one novel rather than being spread out but it was strange because I could clearly see where this would get divided into three books.

Because this is told in completeness there are some plot points glossed over. I won't go into them here because of spoilers. And knowing that the following books take place about a 100 years into the future, I doubt they'll be expounded upon. But this was also romance focused more than worldbuilding focused so it was to be expected.

The romance was cute albeit maybe a little too sudden for my preference. Sol had been raised thinking that the Flameskins were evil and now she was stuck in the forest with one. It was a forbidden love since Flameskins are widely hated and feared. I didn't dislike it, it was cute.

If there was one thing I really liked about this book it was the Flameskins and the emberstones. The whole concept of it was fascinating and I loved how the two interacted with each other and how mages were thrown in as well.

So, mages can use emberstones to cast fire. But the cost is their emotions, it burns that part of them away. Flameskins are human hosts of a pyra, which are fire demons. These demons are fueled by emotions and seek to possess their human hosts. It says Flameskins are born that way but doesn't really explain how exactly the pyra comes into being.

Emberstones can also be used to silence pyras. They can be used to imprison Flameskins, taking away their fire. It's all very interesting.

I've gone on to read the novella, Flamecursed, and will continue to read the rest of the series.

Thank you Netgalley for a e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Kelan is a Flameskin. He lives every day with his pyra, the voice inside his head that will someday consume him, whispering for him to burn the world to its knees. Sol is a huntress with a hatred for Flameskins inherited from her father.

When an incident in the wilderness leaves the two of them as the only survivors, they must rely on each other to survive the journey onward. The fiery dynamic between Kelan and Sol keeps the reader turning pages to find out what happens next.

Their journey is refreshingly unique. Longley weaves a story with many unexpected twists and turns. When I read, I’m constantly trying to puzzle out what’s coming next. “Firefrost” left me delightfully surprised and hoping for a sequel.

TL;DR:

“Firefrost” is a refreshingly unique fantasy that will keep the reader questioning until the last page. Add this one to your wishlist now!

Thank you to the author and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy in return for an honest review!

Sol is a huntress. To feed her family, she takes on a mission: guide the lady Isabella and her guards through the treacherous winter pass in the mountains. Kelan is a Flameskin, able to wield fire magic, but possessed by a pyra – a demon waiting for its chance to take control over him. Sol and Kelan are enemies in an age-old war, but when fate throws them together, they have to depend on each other to survive the journey through the mountains. As they learn more about each other, they start to question everything they thought they knew.

Firefrost is the prequel to the upcoming Flameskin Chronicles series. It serves as an introduction to the world, but I assume you won’t have to read this one to understand the “actual” series later on. That being said, I can really recommend this book.

I am intrigued by the setting in this book. The kingdom, the neighboring countries, the mountains,… But also the people: there are mages, Flameskins, mentions of dryads, ice wolves, and so on. I wouldn’t have minded more information about these things though. In fact, it took me some time to figure out what the different factions were, what a pyra is, what the difference between a mage and Flameskin is, and what the politics are. It all becomes clear later on in the book (except maybe for the political elements), but it would have been nice to have a bit more world building earlier on.

The reason why there wasn’t that much world building is probably the fact that Firefrost is very much focused on the romance between Sol and Kelan. Which I didn’t mind at all. I mean, I knew it would be heavy on the romance and that’s why I picked this book. But the romance was also cute and I loved reading about these two characters falling for each other. The way they fought their feelings because of prejudices, and how they overcame the latter.

I loved both main characters. Kelan’s struggle with his pyra was hard to read at times, because he’s clearly a great person who was forced into a role he never wanted. He might be a Flameskin, but he never felt like he belonged with them. It took me a bit longer to warm up to Sol, because she was very headstrong and set in her ways, but I ended up loving her just as much as I did Kelan. She went through quite a journey as well. From idolizing her father to realizing he might not have been as perfect as she’d always thought. Which is something we all learn about our parents when we grow up, albeit not to this degree (I hope!).

Sol and Kelan did fall in love fairly quickly, though. I had expected it would take at least 200 pages before they realized/admitted their mutual attraction, but – due to time skips in the story – that happened a lot sooner. That doesn’t mean the rest of the book was smooth sailing and honeymoon vibes. Oh no. Things went wrong, threats appeared all over the place and Sol and Kelan were forced apart. So don’t expect some slow-burn romance that ends with both characters finally confessing their feelings. Instead, the second part of Firefrost focused on the struggles they have to go through to be together.

I have one tiny remark about their romance and the way it was written. There are several instances where things get a bit heated between them (pun intended). They’re always interrupted, but this creates the impression there will be some sexy times later on. Except… that never happens. It’s not that I *demand* smut, but with the way their interactions were written, I was kind of waiting for it. But that’s probably just my dirty mind! So don’t worry, Firefrost is perfectly suitable for younger readers!

All in all, Firefrost is a great book that made me curious about the rest of the series. If you’re looking for a YA fantasy novel with a heavy focus on enemies-to-lovers romance, I can recommend this one. You can find it in stores on September 21st!

From enemies to lovers, Sol - Huntress/Mage and Kelan - Flameskin, must find a way to be together and end the war.



It’s hard when two people don’t want to be what they are and hate each other... at least in the beginning...

"I hate you," she muttered, clenching her teeth and willing tears to stop. How had she let herself cry in front of him? She wrapped her arms around her body. Now that she wasn’t wearing the emberstone manacle, the cold bit into her, nipping her uncovered face and fingers.

"Fire isn’t evil. We use fire to cook, to light and warm our homes. Without fire, humankind wouldn’t survive."

"But it is evil to use it like this. To be tainted by it. To let it enter the blood."

"I won’t apologize for saving your life."
"It’s better to die untainted than to let the poison take you."
"Maybe we aren’t so different," Kelan said softly. " We’re both afraid of what fire can do to us."


Sol and Kelan have to keep each other alive through the winter mountain pass after a dreadful accident. I’m doing so they find out about each other and ultimately find, they want the same things.

She blinked rapidly, fighting back the tears. Then she looped one arm around Kelan’s neck and pulled him in, meeting his lips with hers. His lips were hot, and kissing him was like tasting the first scents of spring after a long winter, it was the heady exhilaration of the hunt. He held her close, wrapping his arms around her waist, and the warmth of his body enveloped her. She pressed herself against him, hating how much she wanted his warmth, how much she wanted him.


This story is character driven and not much works building, which is fine. I mean you CAN feel every bit of the cold and killings they go through but not much else. Either way, I very much loved Sol and Kelan and I look forward to their next adventures!

**Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a digital copy of this book!

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

The first chapters were really interesting. We get to learn about this world, the different forces in dispute, our main characters' very differentroles in the whole conflict and how they get in a situtation where they need each other, when generally they would try to kill each other.That  was engaging and fun. The dynamics between them worked pretty well and at that point I wanted to know more of the story.

However, there's this certain point where the dynamics between Sol and Kelan change very suddenly and I just feel like from there I sort of lost the book. All the potential that I liked for the first 10% of the story seemed to fall a bit flat after that, because it didn't do anything groundbreaking with the world-building. Although, the concepts of Flameskins and pyras were really interesting, and so were the different points of view with the war (it wasn't one side versus the other, there were several third parties). In addition, the writing style was good at times. It could have been very cool, but I don't think it was excuted well.

I have no problem with romance (also, if the romance had been built up to, it would've been a great aspect of the tale) but in this book I feel like the romance sometimes would take away from the interesting places the story could have gone to. For example, right after what I will call the dynamic change, there was a plotpoint that could've taken the story to many other levels, but the romance just kind of completely hijacked the chacracter's motivations. Ideas and characters that could've added another layer to the story just didn't go anywhere because the characters were obsessed with a romance that didn't feel very justified in the first place. Besides, I don't think the fact that after that the story felt very formulaically repetitive helped with the matters.

Overall, I think I'm sort of dissapointed and the more I think about it, it makes me more upset because I truly wanted so much more from the story.