Corrigan Fire

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62 points/100 (3 ¼ stars/5)
Warning: Same cliffhanger as before.

The first thing I noticed about Corrigan's Fire was the lack of typos and grammatical errors. Which says a lot for how much it bugged me in the original series, I suppose. The second thing I noticed was just how much better it is put together than the original.

I'm happy that this doesn't completely focus solely on what happened during Bloodfire. It starts actually before Corrigan becomes Lord Alpha. Yet, I feel like the end of the book, the parts with Mack in them rely partly on knowing what happened in Bloodfire to understand what is happening. Part of that is because Corrigan himself doesn't know what happened until later in the series. It is especially obvious just how much Mack is keeping from everyone because we would know nothing by the end of the book if we hadn't read Bloodfire first. So, this book just doesn't feel very fulfilling.

I did have some trouble getting into the "voice" of Corrigan. It didn't feel like a different person to me, it felt pretty generic in a "could be anyone" sort of way. Helen Harper had her work cut out for her with Corrigan Fire, though. The original series really didn't make Corrigan a person, only a body for the main character to be attracted to. We had to back up the story quite a bit to make him have some personality. Even if that personality was something I don't particularly like. It is a whole lot of "I'm not worth this position" and "why would anyone want to follow me just because I beat the last Lord Alpha?" and others along that line. I guess it contrasts nicely against Mack's "I can do anything, I'm the best!" attitude?

Overall, not necessary, but wasn't completely without merit. ( )