Felix Mijares Mijares itibaren Nandna, Madhya Pradesh 465447, Hindistan itibaren Nandna, Madhya Pradesh 465447, Hindistan

It's enlightening to read this book, having started with the Young Wizards series, and seeing the seeds of the themes that are fully fleshed out in that series being tentatively explored in this earlier novel. It is endearing –to me anyway, there are others who aren't of the same opinion– in its first novel naivete and desire to fix the issues in our world in her own universe. It is particularly interesting to read the author's perspective on the book thirty years later. The Door into Fire is a slightly silly happy fantasy book, where everything is okay and all the main characters have to worry about is some political intrigue and whether the other character loves them, all painted over with the acceptance of they fact they're just humans in a wide universe who will die one day and that too is fine. But all of that is fine as well, as I hardly think I'll ever get sick of the opinion that we're all just tiny but important pieces of the universe and that whatever we do, just as long as it is a positive action, contributes to its wonder. Another part of why I like it despite the fluffiness is the variety of relationships shown, especially concerning Sunspark. (view spoiler) It's very liberal in its approach, especially for the time it was published in. It's all very matter of fact though and I would hesitate to say outright that I recommend it as LGBTQA fantasy because it contains such elements, but I'd hand it to that fifteen year old teen questioning that they aren't an important part of the world or that their feelings are wrong anyway.

The book was short and sweet, and a little lacking. A good book. The movie expanded fleshed things out a bit more.