Review: An enjoyable read with a  rushed conclusion
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2012
I greatly enjoyed reading Firehearted. The story was interesting enough that I hated to put it down.  The writing is straight-forward and easy to understand.  The author is quite good at switching between viewpoints (though the one chapter told from the snow tiger's viewpoint shouldn't have been included!) The fantasy world setting is complex and reasonable. I even enjoyed difficulties presented by different languages.However... when I reached the tale's end, there were still a LOT of unanswered questions:  How come they didn't use all of the magic items they were given?  How could a single bad guy - even one with a huge army & magic - destroy such a long established empire when our heroes were able to prevail? How did the blind girl help?  If custom and social strictures are so important that she accepted virtual exile at the  beginning,how come it was okay to ignore them at the story's end? The main characters' story seemed complete, it simply left a lot of loose ends.I checked to see if I had inadvertently chosen part of a trilogy that would fill in the missing pieces for me.  I can only hope that there will be more tales in this setting that will answer my lingering questions.