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The Fire Lord's Lover (2010)

by Kathryne Kennedy(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1402236522 (ISBN13: 9781402236525)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

series

The Elven Lords

review 1: This book turned out to be a pleasant surprise. The plot was as good as any fantasy novel*, though the focus was squarely on the couple throughout. The world Ms. Kennedy built enthralled me. Seriously, I love how she tied the Age of Enlightenment to the rule of her elves, and I loved how the plot naturally flowed from the way the world was built without taking away from that historical period. Her world-building also drove the actions of the hero and heroine, making their conflicts natural and frustrating in the best of ways.There is no true stupidity in this novel.I wish I could say more, but there were some lovely twists in the plot and I'd hate to ruin them. Not to mention the ending was perfect.All my quibbles are small. Now and then the dialogue became too obvious or ... moretoo stilted. But those moments were rare. Overall, this is an excellent novel.I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.(BTW, for those who want to know, this does have several very steamy sex scenes in it. The bedroom door is wide open, but this book avoids the extremely graphic language that's become fashionable in the past few years, without resorting to euphemism. Plus, the scenes are not stupid, add to the plot, and are realistic enough that I think they're well-written.)*Sometimes the fantasy aspect in a fantasy romance is sorely neglected. Not so here.
review 2: I found I really enjoyed this. I love the evil elven lords and thought it was indeed set up nicely for a series but could also be taken on its own with no real need to continue the series unless you really wanted to. Dominic's struggle with his elven and human halves were interesting and I really felt for him, though I really felt for the poor dragon trying to help him and could almost feel the frustration he must have felt over not being listened to. Cas was a weird combination of assured woman and damsel in distress, and it seemed she could take better care of herself when Dominic wasn't around. I found her death dances a little too silly to comprehend and couldn't really see any of her assassin training come to use besides that one time. I also thought something would come of her faith in God, seems strange to mention it so much in a fantasy world if your not going to use it in some way. The dialog between characters was not great but the internal dialog got annoying. Still it was an entertaining read and I am keen to actually find out more about what is going on in this world and will probably continue the series. less

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