Fire Me Up

by Katie MacAlister

• ISBN10: 0451214943
• ISBN13: 9780451214942
• Publish Date: 17 January 2008 (first published 3 May 2005)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Signet
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 360
• Language: English

Reviews

[Melanie]

Listening to audiobook

2.5 stars

I really am not liking this series and don't think I will continue. This story is very similar to the first story. How is one person falsely accused of multiple murders in two completely different countries? It is just a little too fake for me. I also didn't like the secondary characters in this story. I couldn't stand Tiffany, the professional virgin, or Marma Belle (or however you spell her name. Since I was listening, I never saw how it was spelled).

The relationship with Drake is another thing that got under my skin. At the end of the last story and the beginning on this one, Aisling does not want anything to do with Drake the dragon. Partway through this story, he makes one obscure promise and she then starts to fawn all over him. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Also, my favorite character, Jim the demon dog, was mostly absent. He spent a large amount of the story at the vet after eating toxic plants.

[Amanda]

Actual rating: 3.5

Aisling is back and slightly less clueless than before. She’s attending a conference, looking for a mentor to teach her how to harness her Guardian powers. Rather than having any luck, she seems to be tied to a couple murdered Guardians. Lucky, Aisling is not. She’s also far out of her depth when it comes to dealing with dragons – and a certain green dragon in particular. We don’t see as much of Jim, Aisling’s demon in Newfoundland form, as the first book. In some ways, Jim reminds me of Bartimaeus from Jonathan Stroud’s series. Rene the French taxi driver is back, which is interesting, since the book is set in Budapest. There were enough subtle hints in this book to make me think that Rene is more than just a taxi driver. Well, I had considered it in the first book, too, but the hints were stronger in this book.

See my review in its entirety here.