Oh, Kristin. I am disappoint.

In Cashore's Fire, everything alive is spellbound by the sight of Monsters, creatures of astonishing beauty and the ability to control minds. Human monster Fire finds it difficult to live in a world in which everybody is spellbound by her beauty and/or wants to kill her and has to learn to come to terms with that as well as face a powerful enemy threatening those she loves. And according to Cashore, women are only ever jealous of her beauty, because:
 

 

"There is something consoling in the regard of a woman. Roen never desires me, or if she does, it's not the same."

 

Uh-hu. You do realise that there are women who look at other women that way, right...?

Ugh.