A Promise of Fire

By: Amanda Bouchet

Narrated by: 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

What a journey!

Oops, I never posted my reviews of this series here. Fixing that now.
Re-Read/Listen: 01/22/2018 - Still 5 stars. I decided to read book 1 and 2 again to remind myself all that happened before reading book 3 that was recently released.

Original review: 12/23/2016
This book was so entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the journey it took me on. This was my first book by this author and it certainly will not be my last. The author is a wonderful story teller. I could picture it all coming alive in my head. The world, the characters, and the interactions were all so vividly written. There was also a good dose of humor. I laughed out loud at a few parts and completely cracked up at one. I love the main characters and the supporting characters as well. Cat's personality and character development made me angry at times but only because I wanted her to lay all her cards on the table about who she is and be like no, screw you mom, but I totally get why she didn't. Griffin is awesome and has all the right character traits to make him swoon worthy. I'm looking forward to continuing this series to see what happens next.

As far as the narration goes, the narrator was easy to listen to and understand but wasn't that great with using different voices for different characters. I still enjoyed this as an audiobook.