Kathleen W. (miramiraendevall) reviewed on 4/11/2010 + 5 more book reviews

Card really sacrificed storytelling for sermonizing in this book, which is too bad. It's almost as though he ran out of interesting ways to tell Alivn's story back in Prentice Alvin and the rest of the series is less good fiction and more a vehicle from which to tout his Mormon agenda. There is more author intrusion in Heartfire than in any other of the Tales of Alvin Maker so far, most of which is pure political crap. Some bits of it were still interesting though, and I'm hooked enough to want to see how the final conflict between Calvin and Alvin turns out. Unfortunately, my copy of The Crystal City is in TN, so it may be awhile before I finish the series. Ah, well.

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