If I was rating on the story I’d give it a 3, on the spice it’s a 5, so I’m splitting the difference and Her Mortal Champion gets a 4 from me. The story is interesting, but it felt scattered and jumped from one thing to another well past the first half of the book. It does seem to level out later on, which was good, but I never really felt like we got satisfactory answers or explanations for some things. I did like the setting, and the spice was fire so chef’s kiss to that.

I received a free ARC from Booksprout, but my review is unbiased and left voluntarily.