I've tried to read this book over the last few months but the story didn't grab my interest. It seemed to drag at times and was hard to force myself to keep reading. I did manage to read nearly 50% of the book before finally throwing in the towel.

I don't think there is any Maggie O'Dell book I don't love! From book one (A Perfect Evil) I was hooked on Maggie and read the first 7 books back to back.

Maggie is back again and she is now confronting a case that drills into one of her greatest fears, fires. With each turn of the page you wonder will she (Tully and Racine) figure out who it is that is starting these fires, how many people will die. Can they come up with a profile that leads to an arsonist and killer? Are the murders from the first scene related to the fires? You will only know if you read this awesome book.

I found Fire filled with characters that you wanted to return to and see what happened next. I found myself rooting for Megan as her life did a 180 degree shift taking her from a lowly shunned profession to a leader. On the same token, you couldn't help but feel for Jack as his world crumbled around him. Even when you knew what the next few pages would reveal for him you still wanted to hope it wouldn't really happen.

I thought this book was very well written and though sometimes I questioned if some things were really possible (like the rate the disease spread) I also knew that some creative manipulation of reality is always needed to keep the story moving. The choices some had to make were excellent and left you asking yourself what would you do in the same situation.

Overall I would definitely recommend this to others to read if they enjoy end of the world and/or zombie stories.

King does it again with another book that I found hard to put down. He does a great job of taking us back to the late 1950's and early 60's. Since this took place before I was born it showed me a world that I never knew and made me think about what would it be like to go back in time. Not only did we see the affects of changing the past but also the numerous tie-ins to other books in the Stephen King universe.

I've already recommended this book to a friend to be her first ever Stephen King book to read.