Heart on Fire

This series has gone down hill since the first book. Even then the first book was okay, but they keep progressively getting worse. I've never been so excited to be done with a book so I won't have to ever pick it up again.

Cat's character really went from bad to horrendous. She was strong (enough without knowing the full extent of her powers) and independent throughout the first book. However, after books 2 and 3, she became very needy and constantly needed to be reaffirmed that she was strong and powerful. I also don't understand why she had to become so damn reliant on a man. Instead of making her find confidence in herself and her abilities, the author made her rely heavy upon Griffin telling her she's confident and capable. Her entire personality becomes the words of affirmation from Griffin, instead of her owning her own damn abilities and confidence. She turned so weak and completely unreliable in this third book. I was so upset watching her loose her strength and independence.

Cat and Griffin were a fit couple. However, the constant need for reassurance from Cat made be so completely uninterested in their relationship in the end. Also Cat's inner monologue being constant either about Griffin and how strong he is or about how not strong she is and how she's not good enough. Griffin was okay in this book. If he was on page it was either to protect Cat or reaffirm Cat. He really didn't do much else but be Cats babysitter. I wish we got to see more from him. He's finally in power and we never got to see how he'll rule.

I did love seeing all the side characters start forming relationships. After finding out the next book follows different characters, my interest in the series has been renewed. I hope we get to find out where Kato went. That scene made me so close to DNFing because Kato is my favorite character.

Overall, I don't recommend this series. If you are interested I say buy it one book at a time. I would stopped after book 2 if the rest of the series wasn't gifted to me.

Final rating: 2 stars ✨

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