Bullet review:

+ Some genuinely great world-building (minus one minor issue) with lots of races and there being more to them than meets the eye.
+ A great climax and villain.
+ Main character is genuinely well-written and rounded, being flawed but still having a strong moral compass and relying on wits rather than strength to win during the climax.
+ Tek is the best character, I also loved Dagg.
- While overall the world-building is great, I'm not sure how to feel about humans existing in this realm. It's overall VERY high-fantasy and otherworldly, so to suddenly read that humans exist in this otherwise very fantastical world feels a bit, I don't know, off. I'm not sure how Pierce will handle it in future installments, maybe it'll be well done. But it did throw me off when humans (and normal horses) were mentioned here as they feel very out of place compared to everything else that was established before.

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2024/10/book-review-birth-of-firebringer-by.html