The Legend of Fire Mountain

The Fire Blossom Saga, Book 3

By: Sarah Lark, Kate Northrop - translator

Narrated by: Anthea Greco

Bold new paths in life and love are forged in nineteenth-century New Zealand in the stirring final chapter of bestselling author Sarah Lark’s multigenerational Fire Blossom Saga.

It’s 1880 in the North Island town of Otaki, where Aroha lives contentedly with her mother, Linda - until a fateful tragedy leaves Aroha traumatized and plagued by a cursed guilt. For the long recovery ahead, Aroha is sent to Rata Station, a thriving sheep farm that Aroha’s mother and grandmother once called home. Linda knows it’s the perfect place for her daughter to heal, find hope, and start a life she can call her own.

On South Island, Aroha soon develops a bond with her relatives, who are looking toward the future, too. Aroha’s cousin March is a vivacious, business-minded beauty who wants to take advantage of New Zealand’s burgeoning industrial age. Robin is a delicate young man and an aspiring actor as fearful of his father’s disapproval as he is desperate to run from it. And then there’s Aroha, who sees unexpected opportunity in the growing tourism trade beyond the continental plains.

Through personal trials, professional compromises, great love, profound loss, and a struggle to survive, Aroha, March, and Robin will discover their true destinies. A country is in flux, and a generation of ambitious and resilient young dreamers is changing with it in this exhilarating conclusion to an epic saga.

©2015 Sarah Lark (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2021 by Kate Northrop.

A nice end to the trilogy

Although the first book in the series remains my favorite, this last book in the trilogy had interesting storylines weaving in the youngest family members in the saga. I did wish however that there would have been more stories that linked in the original characters in the first book. This book was well performed and entertaining, and I look forward to reading more of Sarah Lark's titles in the future.

Good, but definitely the weakest of the 3

I enjoyed the trilogy but unlike the first two books I found it hard to connect with the characters - there were no characters I could really get to love or to hate, and because there are so many characters, each individual person’s growth is rapid and lacks detail. Not until the very end when a character from boom 2 re-emerges could I feel a really emotional reaction to a character.

Great book! Great Series!

Thank you for making New Zealand come to life with vivid and believable characters. I love the historical references and how you bring life to even your fictional characters. I also enjoy the happy ending. I'm a bit of a sap in that regard!

Very entertaining!!!!

Sarah Lark’s novels are some of my favorites. The narrator made it wonderful to listen to!

Robin the Weak

I honestly and seriously thought of stopping the book anytime his storyline came up.