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Summary: Romance....NOT!!
Review: Ah, god, where to start with this one...
I am a huge fan of Catherine Coulter, and hadn't hated a single one of her books before I delved into the twisted mind of Graelam de Moreton, the so-called "hero" in this novel. My god.
I was first introduced to his character in Warrior's Song with Chandra and Jerval, and I hated him even then. Not only did he rape Chandra's friend Mary, but he terrorized Chandra throughout that novel.
Jump forward to this tale which is supposed to tell of the falling in love between Graelam and Kassia de Lorris, who was unknowlingly brought into the marriage with this brute of a man by her father who believed him honest and heroic.
HA!
From almost the beginning, Graelam was a cruel, sex-obsessed, bigoted beast that let Kassia know, at what seemed like every moment, that she was there for nothing more than to give him pleasure and bare him heirs. God, what a disgusting man. Not only did he beat down Kassia's self esteem to the point where she had to run away from him, but he also RAPED the poor girl, and threatened her--more times than I can count--to do it again. Not only that, but he didn't even bother to stay monogomous once he was married, and Kassia even walked in on him having an affair with another woman.
And this is supposed to be a romance novel? I don't even know how the hell Kassia fell in love with this moronic man that seemed to have no soul whatsoever. While I found her character to be charming, I thought she was the stupidest wench I've ever read about. Only someone stupid and naive would actually fall in love with a man that accused her of sleeping with every single man that showed even the slightest bit of kindness to her, and then had the audacity to sleep with other women himself. Talk about hypocracy, even though I am quite aware of the time period it was supposed to be in. However, since this is a romance novel, I feel that it should be more inclined to break the rules of such hypocracy in order to come up with likeable characters that seem suited for one another.
I mean, even Douglas and Alex were at each other's throats at what seemed like every minute in the Sherbrook Bride, but still managed to keep me wanting them to fall in love with one another.
In this book, I was more inclined for Kassia to run away from this guy and the horrible women around him than to stick around through the bad in order to fall in love.
The last pages of this book were even more of an atrocity. Throughout the entire book I was counting the pages until Graelam realized that he was in love with Kassia. This book was over 400 pages long, and he realized it in about the last fifteen to twenty pages. Seriously. That means that there was over three hundred pages of him belittling her to the breaking point, and I'm supposed to ENJOY this twenty pages of bliss because he finally realized what an idiot he is?
And then he changes into a completely different character than what he was before. It was almost as if Coulter had taken an entirely different character--almost from the likes of Ryder Sherbrooke from the Bride series, and put him in as Graelem's clone in order for us to like him for the last twenty pages, and completely forget about how beastly he was for the past three hundred.
This, however, did not work, my dear Catherine, and I found it utterly unbelievable.
I do, however, give this book one star at its pathetic attempt at romance even though it does fail miserably when compared to other projects.
~Aurie
Rating:
Summary: Disgusting and Vile!
Review: As a Coulter fan, I was shocked and dismayed by this book. The so-called 'hero' is a rapist and adulterer. His wife, Kassia, is sweet and gentle. Graelem is a disgusting excuse for a human being. He rapes her repeatedly and cheats on her, once right in front of his wife! Frankly, I don't see how anyone could have considered this book to be 'romantic.' Kassia injures herself when trying to please Graelem and ends up having a miscarriage. Instead of comforting and supporting her, Graelem blames her and makes her life absolutely miserable. Ms. Coulter, I have read many of your books and enjoyed them. When you wrote Fire Song, what were you thinking?? Dear reader, if raping and abusing women is your ideal of romantic, by all means, read this book!
Rating: 
Summary: Wonderful, and as always, Humorous!
Review: Before I read Fire Song, I read Warrior's Song (another excellent book) and Fire Song made me laugh just as hard. Although at times you'll feel this over powering urge to knock Graelam's head into a tree, this is a book worth reading! And besides, Graelam just grew up learning different morals, cut him some slack. Anyways, this book is superb, and, as always, wonderfully written! You'll be besotted by the intricate characters and the brilliant page-turning plot! ^^
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Summary: One of my favorite Coulter books
Review: Catherine Coulter has a gift of drawing you into the stories and making you feel the frustration of the heroine, Kassia, and the stubbornness of the hero, Graelam. This book is great, and is best when viewed as part of it's trilogy- with Earth Song and Secret Song.
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Summary: Is rape "romantic"?
Review: How Catherine Coulter could write this book based on rape, adultry and humiliation as a romance is amazing. Further, the fact that people actually found it to be a "good read" and gave it more than one star is sad. The hero is a cruel rapist who spends most of the book finding ways to hurt and humiliate his gentle wife. Then Ms.Coulter expects us to believe that all is forgiven and the hero is a changed man in the final two pages with minimal explanation. Come on. I don't care if this is considered typical of what took place in this historical era. It still happens today but I don't want to read about it as a romance. Its criminal and I know I will have a difficult time reading any of her other novels, many of which I have already read and enjoyed, after this travesty.
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Summary: A Naughty Man a Woman can Love and Hate at the same time
Review: I bought Fire Song because I read Warriors' Song first and had to find out what happened to Graelan de Moreton. He such a bad boy that you can't help but be intrigued by him. I spent most of my time waiting for Kassia to hit him over the head and knock some sense into him. Don't misunderstand me, Kassia was a fighter and she had a way of putting him in his place but it was done gradually and effectively. I enjoyed this book and read it in one day because I couldn't put it down. Ms Coulter is a great writer!
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Summary: GOOD START TO THE QUARTET
Review: I enjoyed Fire Song. I read it after reading Earth Song (my favorite, although I havn't read Warrior's Song yet). I believe the author reveals the mind set of the 13th century man and woman. I felt very involved in this book, it keeps me thirsty for more. I have just finished book #3, Secret Song,and have purchased Warrior's Song. I love the thinking of that period, and I love Dienwald de Fortenberry, who makes his presense known in book 1, 2, and 3.
Rating: 
Summary: Good Read
Review: I finished this book in four days and could not put it down. It was definately a good read. It was taken place in the 13th century and having some knowledge of their actions and beliefs (according to history) from then compared to now, I have accepted the mistakes and actions of Graelam. I wanted both Kassia and Graelam to overcome their conflicting troubles and they did. There were a lot of twists and turns. I did build rage and at the same token like. It ended well w/ a bit of humor. I will continue to finish the trilogy. Two thumbs up for the author, Catherine. I am now a fan and have been since Beyond Eden........
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Summary: Frustrating Page Turner
Review: I have read many Catherine's books and trilogies and have thouroughly enjoyed most of them. However, this book made me so angry that I wanted to hurl it across the room! The only reason I didn't is because I could not put it down. Kassia is so abused by the so called hero, Graelam, that you will weep for her, pray for his death and hope she ends up with any of the men he accuses her of being with! If that was your intention Catherine, then I applaud you for the convincing character. I will recommend this book, if only to give the reader another reason to be disgusted with some men's behavior and find sympathy in the sisterhood that puts up with them, I being one of them.
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Summary: burnt out
Review: I know Catherine Coulter treads a not so fine line, but in this case her 'hero' is a serial rapist, who, when unduly angered by women, takes them by force. He is consistently awful to his wife and then in the last 10 pages, for no apparent reason, totally changes his tack and decides to love her. I'm never really sure why she loves him, aside from his physical strength, for there is little that is admirable or lovable about him. This is not a tortured soul looking for healing through love, this is a cruel, quite stupid man who raped a woman in a previous novel, and then rapes his wife in this one. This one goes straight into the resale pile.
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