Heart on Fire

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• The Continued Cleverness: Something I’ve loved about these books has been the interweaving of Greek Mythology. It is just so cleverly done. This book definitely amps that mythology and its influence up to the point where I just wanted to sit back and applaud. Seriously, it made me want to go back and relearn some of that lore. I felt like there were definitely some really killer references I should have caught, but didn’t, alongside all the ones I did.
• Cat Herself. The thing I love about Cat the most, I think, is how much her brain thinks exactly like mine. While at times I was frustrated to read about her going back and doubting herself yet again, it was such a reflection on how my own brain thinks, it’s almost scary. Granted, the stakes I’m dealing with are nowhere near the choices she has to make and things she has to do, but to see my own thought processes and mental struggles reflected and told so well through a character who I admire and see strength within…well, it might be the wake up call I’m looking for to see the same level of admiration and strength within myself.
• Griffin. But mostly how Griffin turns me on, utterly and almost effortlessly. Don’t get me wrong: I love Griffin as a character and the way he evolves and grows in this book might be the most in the entire series. That shouldn’t be understated or underappreciated, even though I’m doing both of those things right now to discuss how ridiculously attracted I am to a fictional book character. But, there were just a couple of scenes that made me question how wise it was to read this book during my dinner breaks at work.

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