Within the Flames

Within the Flames (2011) Marjorie M. Liu

For the most part I’ve enjoyed Marjorie M. Liu’s Dirke & Steele series, but there have been a couple times I just couldn’t get into the story.

This was one of those times.

I started this months and months ago, but would read a few pages and then put it back down. Finally, one sleepless evening I plowed through and finished it.

Eddie is a pyrokinetic–he can can both control and produce fire. Working for Dirk & Steele took him off the streets and returned him to a semblance of normalcy. But now, the man who shattered his life and murdered his sister is out on parole, and Eddie is losing his hard-won control over his fire.

Lyssa has been hiding for years, caught partially in a bad transformation between her human shape and her dragon shape. But the family that murdered her family is now looking for her, and Eddie has been requested to find and help her.

I like Eddie. And I was perfectly fine with Lyssa. And their backgrounds were interesting. I just… couldn’t get into the story.

I’m pretty sure this is a case of, “it’s not you, it’s me,” because I can’t come up with a reason why I couldn’t get into the story.
Rating: 6/10

Published by HarperCollins

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