Review: Flame by Clarissa Wild
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I've read all of the books in the Fierce series, including the prequel Fight, which tells Autumn's story before she started college. I've also read Fury, which is the retelling of the events of the first book, Fierce, from the perspective of Hunter Bane. Definitely steamier than the prior books, Flame picks up right after the events of Fierce, and continues the main storyline.In this book, there's more background information given about both Autumn/Leafy and Hunter, and we learn more about their families and what had happened to both of them in the past which affect them to the present day. Because of that, they felt more three-dimensional since they didn't have perfect backgrounds or perfect families, but each were determined to make a better life for themselves despite their pasts or present circumstances. Their relationship grows deeper as events unfold over the course of the story, but things do take place which puts their relationship to the test a number of times. Two of the secondary characters that I really grew to like were Jaret, one of Hunter's friends, and Jessie, Hunter's older brother. It seemed they were always there to offer advice when it was needed.Something else I really liked about Flame is the fact that it's told from dual perspectives – Leafy's and Hunter's, which enables a reader to really get to know what's going on in their minds. Overall I liked this book, and I would recommend it to someone who enjoys new adult romance. My rating is 4/5 platypires.