I felt like she kept yanking me back and forth with her insecurities and it drove me nuts! Cat’s pregnancy also got annoying

Sure, I expected battles she may not win, but ultimately I just wanted her to be awesome and confident at this point in the series and she wasn’t. I thought this book was going to be 100% Cat kicking ass and dominating her enemies. I feel like the third book is not the place for this kind of blind fumbling. She’d repress her powers, then explode from some trigger and have full access, then repress again, etc. One of the characters in the book even commented on this:

I have no idea how to use them! They’re GONE! Someone teach me!Įvery time I thought she finally got her shit together and figured them out because she’d literally say, “this makes sense now!” But I guess it didn’t make sense at all because then she’d “lose” her powers again just due to lack of confidence, and we’d start the process all over. ….oh! Huge epiphany! Everything makes sense now! THIS is how my powers work! I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL AND WIN THIS WAR!.I’m so mad that Zeus won’t just tell me how they work! I CAN’T DO ANYTHING I’M USELESS! ….oh! I get it now! THIS is how my powers work! THIS is what triggers them! I get it! SEE MY AWESOME AND TERRIBLE POWER!!!.Waaa I’m a complete and total failure! I don’t know how to use my powers!.Cat spent the whole book yanking us back and forth. Then I expected book three to be about Cat having mastered her powers, her priorities, and what she’s fighting for, then she’d just focus on the physical challenges of taking over Fisa (rather than emotional ones). I think I expected book two in this series to be about Cat’s insecurities and getting over emotional stuff with regards to family, confidence, and sorting out her powers.

I think the main problem I had with Heart on Fire is that it didn’t follow the direction I thought it would. I gave this book three stars when I first finished it, but I lowered it to 2.5 after writing this review because I saw how hugely disappointed I was and thought three stars was too high for those feelings. What doesn't kill her will only make her stronger.we hope. Only Cat holds the key to unlocking her own power, and that means finally accepting herself, her past, and her future in order to protect her loved ones, confront her murderous mother, and taking a final, terrifying step-reuniting all three realms and taking her place as the Queen of Thalyria. With the help of pivotal figures from her past, Cat begins to understand the root of her exceptional magic, her fated union with Griffin Sinta, and Griffin's role in shaping her destiny.

Heart on fire by amanda bouchet