Fire Study by Maria V Snyder

Copyright: 2008
Pages: 441

This is the third and final book in the Study series. I have to say I was a little bit disappointed as I thought this book would follow a similar format to the others. The first one was Poison Study and it was about Yelena's job as a food taster for the Commander of Ixia. In the second book Yelena goes to learn about her magical ability with the magicians in Sitia. I thought the third book would be about Yelena studying fire, but it really was a continuation of Magic Study and Yelena's journey to become a Soulfinder.

In this book you will find plenty of action and suspense, especially in the last 200 pages. The problem I thought this book had was that it was action driven, not character driven so the emotional connection established in the other books was lacking. All your favourite secondary characters from the other books had very little interaction in this book and at times did not seem true to character.

As much as Fire Study was still an enjoyable read, Magic Study remains my favourite book in the series.

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