A review by honeyreads1066
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Yeah, I did not like this book as much as I was hoping to.

This book follows who is haunted by a fire that destroyed the palace she was staying at and trying to find her place as the third daughter of a queen. When an old lover comes back into play, it takes all her courage to finally face both the fire and her new role as negotiator against a woman she loves.

The plot of it was something I did really like, while I think its execution was a little too complicated and it took me more than halfway through the book to work out half the things that were going on, I did enjoy it.

The characters themselves I wasn't really rooting for, there was little that made me want characters to actually win. Despite this, the characters we weren't supposed to root for I didn't which was great.

About the romance, I just didn't see what was so appealing about Eldris, maybe that's just me but yeah.

Overall I wish there was a little more development and the worldbuilding was slowed down a little just so I could understand better but I did finish it so that's great.