Born in Fire

3.5 stars

DNF

When diving into the world of self/indie published books on Kindle Unlimited, you never quite know what you're going to get.

In my opinion, I landed on something pretty awesome with this one.

One of my favourite series is the early Anita Blake books, when it was more about the supernatural crimes than... well, if you know you know. This book reminds me of that. You've got a badass female character with a magical sword who's also not afraid to use a gun as well as her own magic. An old, French, vampire who is powerful, rich and takes a little bit of a liking to the aforementioned badass woman and a fun and thrilling story of mages, demons and the warnings of power.

Oh, and two 60-something married mages who are absolutely hysterical every time they appear on the page? I had to mention them because they were one of of the main reasons I was laughing out loud.

I'll admit, though, this book won't be for everyone. I don't think Reagan, the main female character, is capable of saying anything serious. Every word out of her mouth was either sarcasm or a joke. And it works for me. It's like reading my own stream of thoughts. The only difference being she's actually saying it out loud whilst I try and be polite, but anyway... that'll annoy people. Her maturity isn't necessarily up there.

And our male lead is... the somewhat stereotypical, predictable vampire. But to be honest, this somewhat cookie cutter urban fantasy novel is exactly the sort I love. So what if it has similarities to other stories out there? News flash: there's no new ideas. And if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Read this if you're in for a humour-filled, sarcasm-laden urban fantasy with plenty of magic, vampires and demons. Don't read this if you're very protective of the genre's “greats” and believe that only one author can write a story such as this. You won't like it, and you'll go on to say that it's not as good as insert one of dozens of authors.

I spent most of this book being confused and never truly came around to liking the story. I finished it because of my love of another series of hers, but don't think I'll be continuing this series :(

Really fun and quirky, with just the right amount of heat! :)
Badass mysterious heroine, bounty-hunting, vampire who cares, cool magical world intertwining with the regular world.