I absolutely LOVED Fire by Kristin Cashore. This book has it all, action, adventure, fantasy, romance, mystery. However, there are several things that parents should be aware of. In the book, the heroine, Fire, has casual sexual relations with one of the other characters. There are several mentions of rape and molestation, not graphic, but frequent enough to be mentioned. There is senseless violence towards animals and humans in the novel as well. However, on all counts, I would give the severity of each count a 6-7 rating out of 10. Not too much, but enough to be noticed. I hope that helps!

My gosh, this book is AMAZING! It's completely unique from the vampire trash that authors keep vomiting up. The romance, though some parents would babble on about how theres sex and blah blah, is not an issue. Parents: suck it up! It's not graphic and if you don't let your kids read this because of some matter-of-fact sex scenes, you're kids are missing out on one of the best fantasy's out.

Very good!! Can't wait for the third book in the Seven Kingdoms Trilogy. You can feel for the characters and empathize with their fears and sadness. Even though sexual references are very vague and younger kids may not understand them i would not reccommend for under 12 year olds. Fire although she has what every girl wishes, beauty men nor women cannot resist, finds herself a monster. She has strong powers where she can read minds and make them do what she wishes but she never uses them against people except in extreme cases or to protect herself from attacks. But, strong people can guard their minds from her, one of these people is Prince Brigan who never lets his guard down. For some reason he doesn't trust Fire when they first meet and Fire has to slowly get him to trust her and creates a very unique relationship with him. Fire also has a unique relationship with her close friend/lover Archer who has helped Fire get over the death of her father and been her confidant of deep secrets. Through the story we see messages of love, strength, bravery, fear, revenge, jealousy, rivalry, brotherhood, and sadness. It is well written and beautifully written.

The best book I've read in ages. A perfect combination of romance and adventure with a bit of humor. Couldn't stop reading. It ended too quickly ;)

Couldn't stop reading it! It was a great read, and there wasn't much sexuality or violence as the book before this, Graceling. I read this at age 12 and enjoyed it. I'd say for me it was a great read, but I'd say most parents would want to wait until their kid is at least 13 to read this. I was mature at 12, and able to handle the violence and force myself to skip any sexual parts. Overall, this book was great and Kristen captured the moods and thoughts of the characters quite wonderfully!

Its a really good book.

Fire is a monster female who wishes that she wasn't beautiful: men constantly lust and try to make advances towards her throughout the book (but each time she manages to deal with the situation). She also wishes that everyone wasn't afraid of her ability to control and read minds. Fire is a strong, caring, compassionate, sympathetic, and generous character, and Brigan's depression is guaranteed to wring your heart. Archer will make you curse his name repeatedly, as well as cry when the book is over, and the flashbacks of Fire as a child give you a detailed look into the childhood of a child growing up with an unpredictable and sometimes violent monster father. Fire's secret will catch you off-guard, as the entire book portrays her as the sort of person who wouldn't even think of doing what she did. An amazing book!

amazing. truly.