Fire Watcher

Today’s post is on Fire Watcher by Lilith Saintcrow. It is the third in her The Watchers series. It is 183 pages long and is published by Belle Books. The intended reader is someone has read the first two novels, likes urban fantasy, and mild romance. The cover has the main male character Remy on it looking mysterious. There is some foul language, no sex, and violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the two main characters moving as the plot goes. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the blurb on Hoopla- The Witch: Elise Nicholson isn't your ordinary witch. For one thing, she can light candles with a look, and she plays a mean guitar. Unfortunately, being able to call fire out of the air isn't the most useful skill around. To top it off, she's a Guardian of the City, and the other Guardians--her two best friends--have no time for her. They're too busy with their Watchers, the grim, black-coated warriors sworn to protect Elise and her friends from the Dark. Lonely, skating the edge of controlling her intensified "gifts," Elise is quickly running out of options and patience. Then the Trifero--a Talisman capable of blowing the city sky-high--lands in her lap, and everything just gets worse.
The Watcher: Remy is the Hunter, snatching Talismans away from the Dark and struggling with the constant agony of being a Watcher. Then he's assigned to stand guard over a smart-mouthed fire witch who not only hates Watchers, but has just found the Trifero. If the Dark catches Elise, she'll be broken, turned into a magical weapon, and sold to the highest bidder. Not only does Remy have to get to her first and keep the Dark away, but he also must convince Elise that he means her no harm--and that's the easy part of the job. If he pulls this one off, he just might redeem himself the way every Watcher aches to do. But if he fails, both he and Elise might be better off dead . . .

Review- We pick up right from the end of the last novel with Elise being angry and more than a little whiny about life. She blames Dante and Hanson for pretty much every problem she has because she is afraid of being left behind. Remy is tired of hunting for relics for Circle Lightfall and just wants to find his witch. Add in a powerful magickal talisman and we have our plot. The plot itself is interesting but I had a real problem with Elise, she is very whiny about things she does not understand and she does not even try to understand. Elise would rather just think that her friends never really cared about her and move on but because she is a Guardian now that is not possible. Remy helps make Elise more bearable as a character because he is so even and invested in making sure that everyone survives. All the plots are fast but I think that this one happens in the least amount of time over the novel. I am curious about how the series is going to be wrapped up in the last volume.

I give this novel a four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this novel from my local library’s Hoopla account.