Heart on Fire (The Kingmaker Chronicles, #3)

by Amanda Bouchet

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Where to start the review for Heart of Fire? I liked the last installment in the series, but at the same time I was disappointed by some aspects of the story.

First, the good. I still loved Griffin, although he seems to be obsessed with Cat (I mean, more than usual), but with good reason. Griffin and Cat are a strong couple and grow more in love all the time.

It pains me to say this but Cat became a whiner. Indeed, it seems that’s all she did.

I have powers, I don’t know how to use them…

I don’t know what I’m doing…

I which my power came with instructions…

I can do this…

I can’t do this…

And so it went around and around. It took a lot from the story and it was unnecessary. Also, how is she getting all these weird powers, without notice, without reasoning. It’s like all the gods put powers in a big pot, stir them together and voila: one nice Cat was born.

The ending was a disappointment. So much hype about the Fisa, the war, how horrible Cat’s mom was, to then end up with a non-conflict. A lot of plot points were tied with a nice pink ribbon and I don’t like this type of ending. It’s lazy, to say the least. Also, there were some loose ends without resolution and at the end of the series didn’t give closure to all of it.

Something was just missing… and I’m sorry for it, since the Kingmaker Chronicles was otherwise a great series.