A Promise of Fire

De: Amanda Bouchet

Narrado por: Mia Barron

The perfect pause-resisting romance debut for fans of Game of Thrones.

Catalia "Cat" Fisa is a powerful clairvoyant known as the Kingmaker. This smart-mouthed soothsayer has no interest in her powers and would much rather fly under the radar, far from the clutches of her homicidal mother. But when an ambitious warlord captures her, she may not have a choice.

Griffin is intent on bringing peace to his newly conquered realm in the magic-deprived south. When he discovers Cat is the Kingmaker, he abducts her. But Cat will do everything in her power to avoid her dangerous destiny, and she battles her captor at every turn.

Although up for the fight, Griffin would prefer for Cat to help his people willingly, and he's ready to do whatever it takes to coax her - even if that means falling in love with her.

©2016 Amanda Bouchet (P)2016 Recorded Books

Great start to a new series

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NUMBER OF HEARTS: 4 1/2
Wonderful!! This was an excellent start to Ms. Bouchet’s Kingmaker Trilogy. I am already excited for the next two books in this series. A Promise of Fire kept my attention from page one. I just loved Cat. She is a mystery that slowly unravels as the story goes on. But with each mystery solved another one takes it place. Griffin is the perfect match for the very feisty Cat. Griffin is a bit of a jerk in the beginning but like Cat he is full of surprises.
I also love a book where you not only fall in love with the main characters but the secondary characters too. I can’t wait to see what happens with Cat, Griffin and the whole Beta Team!!!

I also had the pleasure of listening to A Promise of Fire on audio. I love finding new narrators to listen too. Mia Barron does a pretty good job narrating this book. If there was one item I can say that took me a bit to get use to was Griffin’s voice. It was not what I originally had thought that Beta Sinta would sound like. But after a few chapters I got use to Ms. Barron’s interpretation of his voice. I will be picking up the second book on audio also (as long as they don’t change narrators. It is the quickest way to look me as a listener)

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley & SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca in exchange for an honest review. This review is my own opinion and not a paid review.

Pretty good!

I really liked the book. It was funny and sarcastic. I love a good enemy’s to lovers and found family trope. The writing wasn’t the best, some stuff come across a little odd and forced but all in all it was still really good! Already purchased the next book before this one ended.

Good story, sassy reading, overall enjoyable

Would you consider the audio edition of A Promise of Fire to be better than the print version?

I will always enjoy the print version of a book more

Who was your favorite character and why?

I enjoyed Cat's reading. She sounded very confident and sassy yet personable

What three words best describe Mia Barron’s voice?

Smooth, dynamic, versatile

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Chapter 11 was particularly memorable. I just really enjoyed seeing everyone working together and protecting Cat despite knowing next to nothing about her.

5 stars

YAYYYYY!!!!! Finally a fantasy series that I love! There have been a few older popular series I have tried, but never finished. This one is probably going to break that streak! What a great debut and Griffin and Cat are an amazing book couple!

Could not get over the narrator

Narrator made it very difficult to finish this book. She over enunciated everything, sounded like she needed to drink water several times and there was minimal differences between male and female characters(why did Poseidon sound like an old women??) could not finish the book because it was too annoying

Entertaining, funny and sexy.

Lovable characters with delicious tension btwn the MCs that actually makes sense with the plot and their personalities. Never seen this on booktok but is a way better romantasy than some overhyped stuff I’ve wasted credits on. Even the supporting characters well developed and entertaining, I actually laughed out loud. It’s ACOTAR meets Greek mythology and it doesn’t feel like a forced fantasy world at all.

Enjoyable

I enjoyed the story however, I feel like it sort of ended in a cliffhanger of sorts because if you truly want to know what happens with the hero and the heroine I assume you're going to need to read the next book. I found myself rereading a few times because I lost Focus listening to the story. I did think the story was good though and I liked all of the main characters. I am planning to listen to the next book because I would like to know what happens with the characters. The narrator did a great job with the story. Overall, an enjoyable book!

Amazing!!! Couldn’t put it down

Waiting for the next book to download, this was so good!! I’m skeptical about the “free” books but OMG this might be my new favorite series! Slow burn, funny, great story! It has it all!

Monotone

The story was decent. However, the narrator was extremely monotone throughout the stor, making it hard to get through the book

Really good start to the series :)

4-4.5 stars

This was a really good story and start to the series. I really liked both Cat and Griffin and enjoyed their beginning. This story takes place in an alternate reality that has a heavy basis in the Greek mythologies...it was a very interesting concept and I liked it.

Cat is from the country of Fisa, a place that she escaped in order to save her life and/or sanity. She hid in a travelling circus acting as a soothsayer and has been with them for the past 8 years. Cat has magical abilities (and a destiny that's tied to her being the Kingmaker) and people would be after her for her abilities so she keeps who and what she is secret, even from her friends.

Griffin is a the non-magical second-in-command of the country of Sinta (he pretty much took over the country and put his sister in charge of it with him as her second). He won the country away from the magical rulers and the commoners seem happy with the new leaders. The magical elite don't like the new rule and Griffin is on a mission to seek out people with magic that he can hire to help him.

In his searching, Griffin comes across Cat and is relatively sure she's the Kingmaker. He watches her for a while before approaching her and when he does approach, he asks her (as a soothsayer) to read his companions and tell him if they're all loyal. Griffin already had his doubts about one of the men and Cat's ability to gain the truth convinces Griffin that he's found the right woman. Griffin uses a magical rope to bind Cat to him and kidnaps her to take her back to the ruling seat of Sinta. Cat is pissed to be captured and won't listen when Griffin and his men try to win her over to work with them instead of being a prisoner. The thing is, even though Griffin knows that Cat is the Kingmaker, that's not the only issue. Who Cat is, is as big of a secret as what Cat is (the Kingmaker) and she wants to escape because if anyone found out who she is and where she's located, all hell would rain down on anyone with her.

Cat tries to stay pissed at Griffin and his men but she soon finds that she likes them...although she still insists that she hates Griffin because he's the one keeping her against her will. They do run into some issues on the way back to the Sinta ruling seat but manage to get past them and in doing so, Cat finds herself feeling even more comradery with Griffin and his men. They make it back to the castle and Cat finds the new rulers of Sinta to be vastly different than the rulers of Fisa. Griffin's family is actually nice....maybe a bit too nice if they're going to be the ruling family. Cat is a bit annoyed by this but soon finds herself becoming protective and doing what she can to help Griffin's family learn what they need to to continue their reign. Griffin continues to pursue Cat and with reluctance, Cat starts to respond and eventually they come together. There are more troubles that pop up but Griffin and Cat are able to get past them and end the story heading toward a HEA together (but there are still some unresolved things that will need to be addressed in the following books).

This was a really enjoyable story. I really liked Cat. I got a little annoyed about her tendency to push Griffin away because she's convinced that she can't be with anyone without risking them. Considering I'm 95% sure who she really is, I can understand her fears but I think she needed to be open to the possibilities since the Gods seemed to be on her and Griffin's side. Griffin was a really good hero. I wasn't thrilled that he kidnapped Cat but I really can't think of any other way he could gotten her on his side and outside of that, he was great. Overall, I really liked this new world and the characters in it. I'm looking forward to more books in the series and would definitely recommend this one. :D