Britney's Review of Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini

Publication Date: September 2, 2014

Summary: This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying experiences that others in her hometown of Salem take for granted, which is why she is determined to enjoy her first high school party with her best friend and longtime crush, Tristan. But after a humiliating incident in front of half her graduating class, Lily wishes she could just disappear. 

Suddenly, Lily is in a different Salem-one overrun with horrifying creatures and ruled by powerful women called Crucibles. Strongest and cruelest of them all is Lillian...Lily's other self in this alternate universe. 

What makes Lily weak at home is what makes her extraordinary in New Salem. In this confusing world Lily is torn between responsibilities. she can't hope to shoulder alone and a love she never expected. 

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars!

My Review: I picked this book up because I had heard so many good things about this. I own Josephine's Starcrossed trilogy, but haven't read it. After reading this book I am even more eager to read that trilogy! The writing in this book was amazing. The characters were all so brilliant. The whole world was so interesting and creative, and I loved the whole thing. 

Before I read this book one of the few things I knew was that Rowan was a mechanic. I thought that Lily was going to stumble across Rowan while he was working on car, because he was a mechanic. Until it turned out that mechanics didn't mean the same thing in that world. 

I loved the characters in this book, even Lillian. I feel like something more is going on with Lillian that she won't tell anybody, and maybe she isn't really all that evil. I thought Lily was a really strong character and was able to handle everything very well. I think she is going to end up doing great things. 

The romance in this book was wonderful to me. It was nice and slow and they were so cute and I was like all the feels! Rowan has actually wiggled his way onto my top 5 boyfriend list, so GO ROWAN!

The whole concept of the book was really intriguing and it has me wondering if something like this could actually exist. Are there all these other worlds out there that a different version of us is living in? I think it is interesting to think about. 

I am super excited to read the next book when it comes out and see where this series is going to go.