FIRE by Kristin Cashore

Fire is the companion novel to Kristin Cashore's first book Graceling. The books can be read out of order which is very cool. Fire is very different from Graceling, and I think I liked it best. It's all about a monster girl named Fire who has long flaming red hair. She is the last human monster. Monsters come in a rainbow of colors in all species. They have the ability to control other people's minds and their beauty is hypnotizing. Fire struggles with this power and the fact that her monster father misused this power. She finds her life is an apology of sorts for the life of her father. Fire is a great book full of mystery and romance. I would recommend it to anyone 14 and over.