Most of the team knows exactly how to respond to Ava and Ezra and Lock. It isn't like how they were in Firebug but that's mostly because there are more people so the three don't just have to rely on each other anymore-they have more backup. 'Do I need to remind you of the great pudding fire?'

'You want me to back? Are you sure you're not still trying to torture yourself?'

And that way you'll have to make it up to me by not throwing yourself in front of every terrible and dangerous situation, and also maybe make me some wacky cake.' Then we can both be sorry but you can really torture yourself over it. Lock took my hand in both of his, absentmindedly massaging the pressure points. You make the problem all yours and keep me from having to deal with things, and I appreciate it, but this one's on me.' I sat down next to him, my head resting on his shoulder. I loved how she dealt with the awkwardness between Lock and Ava, and how she made them a team again. Lock had to intervene by sitting on Ezra.īut McBride doesn't make that last for long. I'm afraid the slap fight went on longer than it should have. I snatched my phone from Ezra, then smacked his hand as he reached to grab it back. They're hilarious and adorable and like a family and it makes me so, so happy. It was a bit sad not seeing them together because I love their friendship and how they just are around each other. Ava's back in Currant while the boys are in the city and she's been avoiding them-primarily Lock-because she kind of turned down a date from her best friend.

Pyromantic takes place several months after Firebug and in the beginning, the three aren't even together. But with this is the sad decline of seeing my favourite trio-Lock, Ava, and Ezra-together. I loved it, seeing new sides to these characters-primarily Alistair and Bianca. If anything, it shows how comfortable and how capable McBride is with having so many characters and, with it, a variety of personalities, powers, and relationships. They aren't new-they've been mentioned in the first book, but their roles here a lot bigger.Īnd that isn't a bad thing at all. In Pyromantic, the crew's actually bigger. I absolutely adored Firebug and the characters in that book. This was a great followup to Firebug! I only have two complaints but more on that later. You can read this review and Firebug's on my blog!

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