Fire by Kristen Cashore

Fire is the story of a girl named fire who is the last human monster alive. This world that Kristin Cashore has created there are these monsters, and they are beautiful they come in many different bright colour however they are also extremely dangerous and always attack people. Fire is the last of the human monsters. After her father died it was just her. She is beautiful she has bright red hair. Her father saw being a monster as a gift but fire sees it as a curse and refuses to have any kids and to pass on her monster gene. Being a monster gives her the ability to go inside people’s heads make them think things that they wouldn’t and she can manipulate minds and can read them. Everyone always falls for a monsters beauty and it makes it dangerous for fire because everyone always wants something from her.  When there is a trespasser in the king’s rooms they ask fire to come to the castle to help with investigations to use her abilities to come to the solution. She rides with an army filled with men which makes the journey hard for her. Brigin the commander protects her even though he hated her. As they journey together fire prove herself to Brigin that she is nothing like her father who manipulated everyone and Brigin begins to trust her and they soon become friends.

What is good about this book is it has interesting characters and a well told story line. It isn’t predictable and always keeps you guessing. This book doesn’t focus on a love story, there is romance in the book but its focus is on the troubles of the kingdom and fire proving to use her abilities for good. All fire anted is to make up for her father’s mistakes.

Kirsten Cashore is a feminist and you can see that as an undertone in fires character. This is the second book following graceling. They are set in the same world yet different kingdoms. In graceling they mention how no one has explored further then this certain point and this book is set past that point. It is also a prologue it has been set many years before graceling.

Kirsten Cashore has really proven herself to be a talented writer with this book. She doesn’t completely make her books about a love story which makes them so interesting because there is so much happening in the book. Fire has a very good story line which keeps you interested the whole book.