Most are from a desert climate.Įlisa makes plans to have sex for the first time, including taking an oral form of birth control. Major characters are described as having brown skin. I’m glad to see a faith-positive story out there, too. I still very much enjoyed the book, but younger readers who crave young protagonists facing more typical teen situations might not connect with Elisa and Hector as much. After all, she’s ruling a country and navigating some pretty tricky political situations. By the end of this third book, she seems so much older. So in the first book, she definitely seems like a teen, especially toward the beginning.

I just found it a little odd, but it didn’t really affect the plot or story so much.Įlisa begins the first book in the series as a girl leaving her home to participate in an arranged marriage. Elisa doesn’t really seem to have been brought up with any teaching or spiritual beliefs concerning her body in that way. Lots of times someone with a holy calling or deep faith has mandates or guidelines for physical (sexual) purity. Just something I thought about that seemed odd to me. I only had one hiccup in the whole story, and it’s not a major thing in terms of plot or character. That whole feisty, grudging respect thing totally had me hooked! I’m actually smiling just thinking back on it. I LOVE the relationship between her and Storm. I love that Elisa is super smart and not the stereotypical beautiful heroine with the willowy figure.

Which is really saying something, right? But I loved the way faith is incorporated into the story so smoothly. The Fire and Thorns series might be my favorite fantasy series.

She must become the champion the world has been waiting for. Her power grows with every step, and the shocking secrets she will uncover on this, her final journey, could change the course of history.īut that is not all. Her Royal Majesty, Queen Lucero-Elisa né Riqueza de Vega, bearer of the Godstone, will lead her three loyal companions deep into the enemy’s kingdom, a land of ice and snow and brutal magic, to rescue Hector and win back her throne. Her country is on the brink of civil war, with her own soldiers ordered to kill her on sight. Her enemies have stolen the man she loves, and they await her at the gate of darkness.

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