Gr 9 Up–When Ashline Wilde, 16, reincarnation of the volcano goddess Pele, learns that her younger sister has been abducted by a dangerous Miami-based cult, she heads to Florida to rescue her. Ash discovers that the Four Seasons are power-hungry deities, and that the group’s leader hopes to use the child’s powers to open a portal into the netherworld where their older sister is trapped. To complicate matters, Aztec god Wes and former flame, the trickster Colt, are vying for Ash’s affection. Each one has his own agenda. When buried memories from her past incarnations resurface, Ash learns of her volatile history with both boys–and with her sisters. She must reconcile her past if she’s to have a future. This thrilling follow-up to Wildefire (S & S, 2011) reads like the script for an action movie. Despite the mythological angle, however, the haphazard mishmash of deities makes the story feel more X-Men than Clash of the Titans. Violence; underage drinking; and steamy sexual innuendo between characters make this title better suited to older teens. Exciting plot twists, interesting characters, and snappy dialogue will keep them hooked, and a cliff-hanger ending will leave them burning for the final installment.–Alissa J. Bach, Oxford Public Library, MI
Polynesian volcano goddess Ashline Wilde (Wildefire) heads to Miami in search of her missing sister, but her quest is complicated by a war with a renegade group of gods and emerging memories of her past lives. While the plot is fairly predictable and the dialogue is often artificial, this paranormal romance series is to be commended for its multiethnic casting.
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