Fyrebirds

By Kate J. Armstrong

Book Overview

With tensions rising and their powers no longer a secret, the Nightbirds must decide for whom and for what they are willing to fight for and how far they will go in the spellbinding sequel to the international bestseller Nightbirds.

The Nightbirds were once their city's best-kept secret, but now the secret's out. What's more, they can do feats of magic no one has seen in centuries. They're like the Fyrebirds of old: the powerful women who once moved mountains, parted seas, and led armies. Some say that when four join together, they become a force that shakes the earth and sends magic rippling through it. It does seem as if something has awoken in Eudea, but the four girls responsible don't want the world to know the full extent of what they can do--at least not yet.

As the new leader of Eudea works to lift the prohibition on magic, the churchmen who do not support it--and the gang lords who profit from it--whisper rebellion. The secret resistance who once sheltered the Nightbirds is rallying, too. Smelling blood in the water, an ambitious Farlands king threatens to take Eudea. As war looms, and the empire's fate hangs from a knife's edge, the Nightbirds have to decide if becoming more than that are--Fyrebirds--to protect Simta is worth losing themselves entirely and the lives and loves they might have had.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593463307
• ISBN13: 9780593463307
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Go Fyrebirds!

Starting right where Nightbirds ended, the girls are all separated, each following their own way they think will bring peace and safety for all the magic girls. There is so much tenseness and I was frustrated and angry at the way those in power (great houses, royalty, and the church) kept saying that the magic girls belonged to them, or needed to be killed in order to give the Wellspring back the magic. So of course I was rooting for the Fyrebirds and hoping they would get the band back together and change the world in one fell swoop! Tons of action, destruction and mayhem on the way to peace but the Fyrebirds are up to the challenge, both in changing peoples' view (most of them) about magic girls not being a danger and when a new drug shows up (super scary) that takes away the will of magic girls, the stakes got even higher. It was a well written story because although the Fyrebirds are super powerful (alone and even stronger together), they also had their weaknesses and it made for a more enriching story to see. Fen with her addiction, Æsa with her struggles about whether using magic was the right thing to do or was it too destructive, and of course Sayer coming to terms with violence not being the only solution to driving out corruption. A lot of the book was about Matilde because she was trying to change things from the inside by Dennan's side. I wasn't quite as interested in those parts but I did enjoy the book on the whole and will be looking forward to new books that the author might write. Go Fyrebirds!!!