The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Girl of Fire and Thorns, #1)

by Rae Carson

[Chelsea]

I mostly enjoyed this book. I don’t typically read much historical fiction but I decided to give it a try. The author created a good heroine, someone a lot of girls can relate to. Elise is overweight and unsure of herself but she still manages to get through everything. She is married at the young age of 16 and sent of to be a queen only to get kidnapped a short while later. She transforms herself throughout the whole book and turns into a courageous and smart young woman.

There’s only a couple reasons I would not give this book a full 5 stars. First of all there was a lot of religion in this book. I have nothing against that it’s just not something I enjoy reading in a fantasy book. The second thing is that I wish we saw more of Elisa’s husband. I wish they had been together more and fell in love. That’s just my romantic side coming out but it would have been nice. Instead her husband doesn’t even recognize her after she returns. It’s unfortunate really.