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    Hell Fire: A Corine Solomon Novel

    By Ann Aguirre

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    View our feature on Ann Aguirre’s Hell Fire.The second in the thrilling national bestselling series

    As a handler, Corine Solomon can touch any object and know its history. It's too bad she can't seem to forget her own. With her ex-boyfriend Chance in tow-lending his own supernatural brand of luck-Corine journeys back home to Kilmer, Georgia, in order to discover the truth behind her mother's death and the origins of "gift".

    But while trying to uncover the secrets in her past, Corine and Chance find that something is rotten in the state of Georgia. Inside Kilmer's borders there are signs of a dark curse affecting the town and all its residents-and it can only be satisfied with death...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Group
    Release dateApr 6, 2010
    ISBN9781101186817
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    Hell Fire: A Corine Solomon Novel
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    Ann Aguirre

    Ann Aguirre is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author and RITA winner, best known for her teen dystopian series Razorland (Enclave; Outpost; and Horde) and Sirantha Jax, her adult science fiction series. She writes all kinds of genre fiction and has forty-two contracted novels and novellas with Penguin, Macmillan, Harlequin, among others.

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    • 5/5
      The premise: ganked from BN.com: As a handler, Corine Solomon can touch any object and know its history. It's too bad she can't seem to forget her own. With her ex-boyfriend Chance in tow-lending his own supernatural brand of luck-Corine journeys back home to Kilmer, Georgia, in order to discover the truth behind her mother's death and the origins of "gift".But while trying to uncover the secrets in her past, Corine and Chance find that something is rotten in the state of Georgia. Inside Kilmer's borders there are signs of a dark curse affecting the town and all its residents-and it can only be satisfied with death . . . My RatingMust Have: I don't recommend reading this without having read Blue Diablo first. Even by reading the first book last year, I was a little lost on some details in that I just couldn't remember everything from the first book, but Aguirre does a decent job refreshing the reader on what you need to know. That said, it's not a stand-alone, so if you're interested in this, you gotta get Blue Diablo under your belt first. That aside, it's a good read. I like what Aguirre's doing with the love triangle, in that she's really giving Corine a difficult choice, and once Corine makes that choice, it's going to hurt. Sometimes the romance feels a little out of place in the book, but Aguirre more than makes up for it with fantastic Butch-centric moments, a great addition to the cast, and a pretty epic ending. This series, so far, remains unique in terms of urban fantasy tropes, as there's not a fang, fur, or fae to be found in these pages, and Corine's gift of magic remains pretty awesome, and she learns more about it besides. So fans of the first book, never fear: this is a good, solid follow-up that left me hungry for more, and it's a shame I have to wait a whole YEAR for the next installment! Oh well, at least I have Aguirre's space opera to look forward to in the fall!Review style: In truth, there's not a whole lot I want to say about this, except I want to squee about Butch, talk about love triangles and how the one in this series is working so far, and discuss the highs and lows of small-town settings. There will absolutely be spoilers, but if you're interested in the full review, just click the link below to go to my journal. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome. :)REVIEW: Ann Aguirre's HELL FIREHappy Reading!
    • 4/5
      Hell Fire by Ann Aguirre, #2 in Corrine Solomon series I really like Ann Aguirre’s writing style. I enjoy the worlds she creates and the characters that inhabit those worlds. I really do like a lot about this book, this series but for some reason this book and this series does not click with me. I cannot figure out why. Maybe a list will help. What I love about this book (and this series): 1. The setting. In Hell Fire the setting is a small remote town in the middle of a forest, literally – it is surrounded by forest on a sides, in Georgia. The town is a character in the book, not just a location. It is very creepy, a scary place to be and Aguirre writes it well. 2. The side characters. I don’t mean the supporting cast, but the people the main characters run into on the street, at the library, etc. These side characters are funny, scary and add to the story. 3. The supporting case, like in Sirantha Jax, Corrinne is surrounded by a group of unusual but interesting people with their own agenda, but who gather together to fight for a specific battle. She does this well and I liked these people a lot. 4. The storyline – scary and surprising. 5. The talent/superpowers – very unique and creative. Not a copy of other urban fantasy books and there are huge costs to each of the powers. Well done. What I don’t like about this book (and the series): 1. The throw in romance. It is not believable, the characters just don’t seem to sync, I don’t care enough about them as a couple and this storyline is so poorly done it is just a distraction from the main story. 2. The love triangle. See above. 3. The main character’s temper tantrums. Over the top, not consistent with her character. I can’t imagine friends and lovers putting up with this stuff. I am not sure if I will read #3. It took move 15 months to move on to #2 in this series.
    • 5/5
      This is the second in the series, and I loved it as much as the first. Corine is back with her cool power of touching things, and being able to see where it's been. And her ex-boyfriend is back, and with his power of being 'lucky', it makes for some interesting adventures. Also, there were some reappearances of some of the great characters in the first one, which I always love when authors put some continuity in their work. They are on the road again, and this time they are back in the town where she grew up. I needed a read for the readathon that would be light, and interesting enough to keep me going until I was done. This had the perfect balance of fantasy, mystery and an eclectic cast of characters, this fit the bill perfectly. A must read for fans of urban fantasy or mystery, but I would recommend reading Blue Diablo (the first in the series) first.
    • 2/5
      I should have just stopped when the story began with Butch the talking dog. (Think Lassie, not Gaspode.)I usually enjoy Ms. Aguirre's writing, but I kept finding myself wondering why this book was hijacked by the voice of Yasmine Galenorn -- the constant talk of the clothes Corine was wearing and the food she was (or was not) eating, the multiple devoted male suitors (one of whom was described as a "white knight" a dozen times in the first half). Add to that Corine making out with two of her suitors and seeming indifferent to the pain that might bring them. (Actually, several of her decisions caused pain to her suitors, and she seemed to feel like they deserved it or that their pain was less important than satisfying her own needs.)Also, I didn't find this book at all scary. I'm not sure if that's because I was frustrated with the characters or because I was wondering how often the author watches Supernatural.Overall, this was just not for me. I liked the first book in the series, but I have no interest in continuing.
    • 5/5
      With Chance's mother safe, Corine holds him to his end of the bargain - returning to Kilmer, GA to find out just what happened the night her mother was killed. The fact that Kilmer, GA is literally not on the map? Only the first of their problems.Excellent follow-up to Blue Diablo - good creep factor, and I was up way too late finding out how things were finally going to work out. Can't wait to see what happens next!
    • 4/5
      Where are we with Corine, Chance, and Jesse?We pick up where we left off from Blue Diablo. As promised Chance is heading with Corine to her home town to look into her mothers death. Kilmer. The town of Kilmer has a spooky Gothic feel to it, and there are many magic symbols through out the town, even on trees. Kilmer has many dark hidden secrets of its own along with the towns people who live here. Corine and Chance work hard to find out what happened to Corine's mother and get tied up in the towns dark secrets, with lots of dead ends.I enjoyed this book as Kilmer had many scary secrets all of its own. I wanted to know more about this town, which seems to be stuck in the past, as the story went on. With this town and the dead ends that Corine and Chance come to kept me wanting more and wondering what was going on. Ann Aguirre has a great way of writing an action-packed urban fantasy mystery book, and I love it. The suspense of ghosts and/or magic just kept me coming back for more. Every time I though we would get an answer we would get a touch but there would be another question to follow. Ann kept me guessing until the very end.I really enjoyed the characters in this book as well. Both the men are back in full form, and fighting over Corine. I love these men as they both a great possibility to be Corine's significant other. You are just going to have to read the book to see if Corine picks one. Corine grows in some ways in this book. Her powers come to a new level and she pushes herself to use them. It was interesting to see the develop. However, Corine gave me pause at times with her reactions to each man when she is alone with them. But, I quickly moved on from that as I do enjoy both these men. And there's a great new character we meet here, Shannon. I am hoping we get to see more of Shannon in future books and hope she helps Corine mature in her relationship and setting roots ways.The ghost part of the book was always neat for me. It's not a spooky way, but a different touch, and I enjoyed it. Once again Ann has written another book I could so easily see made into a wonderful action-packed fast-paced urban fantasy mystery movie.
    • 4/5
      I very much enjoyed this book. As others have said, the dark mysteries surrounding the town of Kilmer Georgia and the death of Corinne's mother were engaging and even creepy. The trail of clues was interesting, too. The off-again, on-again romance bits are a little trying at times and manage to stay consistently angsty. What disturbs me about this book is how open-ended it is. The mystery wraps up, leaving a lot of reprecussions in its wake... and after the final page is a preview for the author's next sci-fi book with no word of a follow-up for this book. I'm not sorry I read this, but had I known about the loose ending with no foreseeable sequel, I'd have passed on the book.
    • 5/5
      This book actually scared me at some points and that is hard to do. It has the chill of a good dark noir novel. It seems Kilmer, Georgia doesn't even show up on a map and Corine Solomon has come here to solve the mystery of her mother's death. Her ex Chance is in tow and her mentor Jesse has come out to rescue her when he senses she is in danger. Now she must decide what her heart wants as well as stay one step ahead of an evil that doesn't want her to be stirring up the past. Excellent read!
    • 4/5
      Ann Aguirre has been on my auto-buy list ever since her first Sirantha Jax novel came out (Grimspace). Hell Fire is a sequel to Blue Diablo, a very well written fantasy featuring Corinne Solomon. Corinne is a woman who doesn't control magic, yet she can read the history or recent history of an item like a button or piece of jewelry. These items usually give her a vision of a scene of the owner's life or event. Usually this causes her burns on the palms of her hands, leaving her scarred. She has a history with a man named Chance, who has extraordinary good luck, so extraordinary that bad things happen to someone close to him (to balance things out), this person used to be Corinne until she wised up and broke things off with him.Hell Fire is the story of Chance keeping a promise to Corinne - that promise was to use his extraordinary good luck to find the killers of her mother, and bring some sort of justice to them. This was part of a deal where Corinne promised to use her gift to help find Chance's mother (Blue Diablo's story). In the previous book, things were left up in the air about whether these two might continue their rather angsty relationship or part ways. Compounding the issue is a man named Jesse, Corinne's new mentor in all things gifted, who is in love with Corinne; Corinne might be in love with him too, there's definitely some feelings there that she has to sort out. It isn't necessary to read Blue Diablo to be able to enjoy Hell Fire, but it will definitely add to the whole reading experience. There are cameos by characters met in Blue Diablo. In case you have read Blue Diablo and are hoping to see more of ALL the characters here are the returning characters:Hell Fire's plot, storyline, sub-plots and narration were all engaging and pulled me along for a ride of a story. Ann Aguirre does a great job with dialogue of characters. Each of the book's characters seem to have a unique voice. Shannon is very believable as a teenager, the sheriff sounded just like you would imagine a smalltime, suspicious sheriff to sound, and Sandra the owner of the bread 'n' breakfast sounded properly and mildly snotty. Ruth's mannerisms and dialogue was fun, reminding me of some of the energetic elderly ladies that I've always been in awe of (for their energy). Corinne's narrative was peppered throughout with zingers about other characters.HOWEVER! Once in a while, Corinne would come up with a word in her narrative that yanked me out of the story - like cynosure. I had to look this word up. Now, I don't consider my self to be a super-brain, yet I'm not illiterate either. I've done a lot of crossword puzzles, and crossword puzzles almost have a dialect of their own (aka "crosswordese" = e're, o'er, din, elan, era, tern, etc) so I do know a lot of words that are a part of the English language, and yet are not used on a daily basis in everyday conversations....like "cynosure", abstraction, etc. Not a big deal, but enough for it to be at the back of my mind (thinking, who talks like this? professors). Anyway - small potatos compared to the rest of the book which was pretty kick-ass.Kilmer is a creepy little town, with little progress - no internet, no fast-food chains, no growth.... The townspeople that Corinne comes across in the first half of the book are seriously creepy - in a small town-no-one's-stirring-after dark way. Chills and Goosebumps! Then there's the forest - with a heavy atmosphere of it's own. Some seriously good creepiness in the story. It reads like a bigger and better version of one of those old'fashined gothic mysteries...bigger and better! Ms Aguirre gives us plenty of descriptions that add to the build up of creepy/scary (repetitive use of "creepy" by me!) from the moment Corinne and Chance drive down the tree-lined street that leads to the town. Ann Aguirre has a way with words that gives a real feel of the place, even down to what it might smell like.But then there's the relationship angst. It didn't bother me in Blue Diablo. It doesn't get to me in her Sirantha Jax novels - it fits, and is well blended into those novels. HOWEVER! It did start to feel a bit repetitive to me, the sheer number of times that Corinne mentioned that they would be better off without each other, there were reasons why things didn't work out between them, things would probably never work out between them, they were both so stubborn, he didn't open up, she didn't open up..... I understand that Corinne's character was working through her issues throughout the book, in the middle of an investigations, stewing over relationship problems while she's trying to work out what really happened to her mom all those years ago. A lot of us do this in real life, just stew over things day in and day out; and that's what it felt like here. Except in real life, it gets in the way of jobs, friendships, activities, etc. I know that a lot of people enjoy this, but I didn't, not in this particular case. I would have understood that Corinne was working her way towards her decision without all the (itemized) mentions throughout the book. It's possible that the author was doing this to show Corinne convincing herself why she could or couldn't be with Chance. For me, this detracted from the overall story, and I hate to admit this but a few times I actually rolled my eyes - in a kind of "here we go again" way. It's not the angst itself that bothered me, but the number of times that it was brought up. On the other hand, I have to admit that even though I thought there were too many mentions of "this can't work out", the many variations she was able to use were truly inspired. The rest of Hell Fire was excellent for me. The build up of the creepy, thing's aren't right here atmosphere, the piling up of events and accidents, the difficulties of Corinne and Chance finding out any concrete facts, the almost impossibility of them to get in touch with the outside world, all added to the deliciously creepy, scary, dangerous feel of the novel. The ending - the showdown was bitter and much needed by Corinne. There is a bittersweet feel to the ending of the book, and Corinne has made another friend and put some old ghosts to rest. Corinne also finds out a little more of what she was supposed to be able to do.Overall - even though I had a trouble with the angst and some "crosswordese" language, this was an excellent continuation of Corinne Solomon's story. I didn't like this book as much as I liked Blue Diablo, but I am looking forward to other books about Corinne, and hope to see (rather, to READ) more of her friends and maybe, hopefully a less numerous amount of "I can't be with Chance, It'll never work out between us" in future books. I prefer more action, and the relationship angst could have worked for me with just a few mentions.
    • 4/5
      I like Aguirre's writing a lot, but the romance angle in Hell Fire is extremely unsatisfying. It's bleak and pragmatic, which is probably more realistic, but not necessarily what I'm looking for in my light reading. Corine teeters on the edge of the tortured navel gazing that takes place so annoyingly often in paranormal novels, but doesn't quite fall in. Again, liked it but didn't love it.