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The Fires of Vengeance: The Burning, Book Two

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You can’t talk about your books without mentioning the absolutely killer action scenes. Duels, epic battles, fights against demons, dragons, and everything in between — The Rage of Dragonsand The Fires of Vengeancehas them all. What’s your process like when it comes to writing all these different action scenes? The powerful, in Tau’s experience, kept seeing the loss of their desires as being world ending without ever once stopping to realize that for people like him, every day held that potential already.” And on top of all that? Ancient history, long forgotten by most of his people, but still very real and very dangerous, is waiting in the shadows. Watching for weakness, readying itself to strike. When you hit someone, it hurts. Not just your opponent. You. Sometimes your hand. Sometimes your spirit. It can break you in more than one way. You can easily win every single fight. And those wins can destroy you more than any defeat. It is why fighters condition their bodies and their minds. And their hearts. All in all, The Fires of Vengeance is a fast-paced adventure that serves well as a good sequel. Some parts felt a little cliché and like a fan-fiction with nonstop action, but it still contained that good storytelling that existed in the first book. This series is not just a trilogy to my pleasant surprise, with at least two more books on the way. It does a good job of setting up for more books to come especially with the surprising reveal at the end.

My Rage of Dragons review didn't have any cons, I also don't have any cons for The Fires of Vengeance. However I will be comparing The Rage of Dragons to The Fires of Vengeance. There's one chapter towards the end of this that was told from a side character's perspective that was so well done that I think it will continue to stand out to me while other details of the book fade. I didn’t feel like Tau was a Mary Sue as much in that he had to suffer badly to get where he is and still suffers from it. Other characters that originally displayed more skill than Tau now have the same chances as him as he revealed his secret of his prowess to them.him to do it.” “We do not care what Odili will or won’t do. We have agents in Palm City. They’ll open the gates when we come.” Tau’s grip tightened on his hilts when she said it. The queen had a way into the city and that meant they were going to take the fight to Odili. Otobong shook his head, and the general began to speak even more slowly, enunciating each word as if Empiric wasn’t the queen’s first language. “My queen, I must take you at your word about these agents, but even so, you’re asking us to take too great a risk. What we have are a smattering of Ihagu, some Ihashe, a few initiates from the citadel, and several loyal Indlovu who survived the invasion. Together they’re a military dragon, but they just came out of a bitter battle. We can’t expect to mobilize them, march to Palm, and win that fight, even if the gates are opened.” “You began this boasting of your capabilities,” Tsiora said. “We’ve told you the gates will be open. Where is your faith, General?” “They weren’t boasts and I do have faith, my queen. I have faith that if we do the right thing, we can reunite our people and survive, but it isn’t right to face Odili in combat, not as we are,” he said. “He has too many Indlovu and Ingonyama. He has at least as many Gifted as we do, and Goddess knows, the Ihashe and Ihagu in Palm City won’t understand our conflict and are likely to keep fighting for him too.” Otobong turned his body to include Mirembe and the other councilwomen in the discussion. “To win this fight we need more soldiers but don’t have the time to gather them. I’m telling you, if we wish to see another season, we have days to end this rebellion. Days.” Mirembe clapped her hands together, drawing the room’s attention. “What can we do, then, General?” she asked. “What can we do to survive?” “It’s as I’ve said. We must compromise with Odili and … uh … and Princess Esi.” “This is your decision?” Mirembe asked. “The decision of the Guardian Council?” “It is,” Otobong said. “No. Abasi Odili betrayed us,” Queen Tsiora said. “He tried to kill us.” Mirembe nodded, put a hand to her chest, and closed her eyes as if in prayer. “His actions hurt us all. They are a stain on his honor and a blight on the history of our people.” She opened her eyes, fixing them on Tsiora. “But That's the beating heart of great action. And that is the bloody, brutal truth searing through the veins of Evan Winter's Fires of Vengeance. Now onto to some of the things I didn’t like quite as much. The story in this book felt more cliched and as if the author wanted to appease the fans more as well. The romance story line was also cliché, and I could predict it blossoming at the end of the first book. So many events were happening right after another and those that didn’t experienced a time skip so that they could. I was surprised at how much was resolved at the story’s end with how many things were set up to happen. The author was cramming events into the story where I had to think about if characters were injured or not still. The Rage of Dragons had an incredible run up to publishing, first as a self-published book that gained a huge following on the r/fantasy forum on Reddit, and then with its highly acclaimed print run from Orbit books. How has the publishing cycle on The Fires of Vengeancebeen different? The same?

What I loved the most about this book was Tau’s character. We saw him be this callous, blood-thirsty, revenge-driven character in the first book and he still is in this book but he starts to think before he acts, asks for advice where he needs it and is this him taking responsibility for his words and actions? We love to see character growth. Yet, despite the slight changes, he still remains this complete badass ready to tear down the classist institution with his bare hands if need be. I literally got chills during this scene..I said it in the first review and ill say it again. i love the way Tau's story is told. it's so focused on him that the pacing is never bogged down with worldbuilding. He is doing impossible feats and never really takes time to think about them. their is so much happening around him. the worldbuilding is placed around him seamlessly. Winter's does not harp on every detail. It is told to Tau and the reader discovers the rest. I read many books where the author is so enamored with their worldbuilding or magic system they won't shut up about it and what makes the story unique is it's downfall. the side character, politic, and war are all thing happening around Tau. but not the focus, still intrigues the reader. I'll give an example to those who have read this. there is a POV change to the queen's sister and i found it interesting her focus was mostly on Tau but really made me wonder what was her deal. there is a great story there! there are a few POV changes and i found them all good albeit short and they left me wanting to know more. certainly gave me something other than Tau's spectacular storyline to sink my teeth in!

The friendships were still amazing as in the first book. Scale Jayyed’s interactions showed how close they were, how they considered each other sword-brothers and would do anything to help each other out. Their scenes together were light hearted and humorous which was really needed with the multiple tense situations. But of the group, nothing beats the bromance between Tau, Hadith and Uduak. The increase in attention on the other characters that surround Tau are also fabulous, each brings their own flare and complexities. You truly see the impact of those surrounding Tau and how this isn’t just his fight anymore, it is all of theirs too.Areas I hope we see more of in the next book is both the Hedeni and the Xiddeen people and their stories, as well as the magic surrounding the summoning of the Dragons. There are still a few gaps in our knowledge of how that works but I am very exited to find out more! The Fires of Vengence is the second book in The Burning series, I'm glad it didn't disappoint, I was a bit scared given that this series is the author's debut. My fears were unfounded, this book is as good as the first one with lots of improvements in writing, world building and character development.

Difference #2. The third act didn't quite nail the perfect mix of incredibly satisfying, and heartbreaking that book 1 nailed. This is really the only thing that makes me like book 1 ever so slightly more. (Actually Evan mentioned that book 1 has a 4 act structure, so it is actually the 4th act.)You call me a monster because I won’t let you treat me like my life is worthless, a thing to be used and thrown away?” it said. “You call me a monster because I refuse to live like you think I deserve? If that’s what you mean by monster, watch me be monstrous!”

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