Review of "Fire" by Kristen Cashore

Hey everyone, I'm finally back! Sorry about the length of time that has passed since my last post, but dont worry because Im trying to be more consistent. Anyway, this is the second of my three part review on Kristen Cashore's books. The second in the series is Fire. Fire is centered around a woman named Fire, who is the last of the human monsters living in her area of the world, which is a land called the Dells. The Dells are across the mountains from the world seen in Graceling. The character list is almost completely new, with only one character from Graceling found in it (spoilers). The term "human monster" is used to describe a race of people that are more beautiful than normal humans, and have some sort of magical power. The smell of their blood or the sight of their hair (often much different than human hair) strongly attracts the other monsters of the valley. Like I said before, Fire is the last of these monsters. She is a skilled archer and fiddler (is that even a word?). Fire follows Fire's journey from her home to the capital, where she works closely with the king and prince of the Dells to help in a war against a neighboring kingdom. She also takes part in a more secret and sinister plan. When Fire's best friend goes missing, she gets herself accidentally captured but goes after him. When she finds out what happened, she exacts vengeance and begins to travel home. However, on the way, she loses something very important to her, but she makes it home alive. Near the end of the book, Fire finds an unexpected comradeship that changes her view on life in general. If you read Graceling after my last review and you enjoyed it, you should definitely read this, too. But don't skip this one and go straight to the last book, because Fire is well worth your time. Thank you for your patience with my inconsistencies, and I'm thinking I'll update this every two weeks to a month, unless I've already read the book, in which case it will probably be about once a week. Expect Saturdays or Sundays. Oh, and by the way, I have confirmed an e-mail address, it is morganwaasful@yahoo.com. Feel free to send me messages or any suggestions there, as well as leaving comments. Thank you all so much! I'll talk to you later. BYE!