Eye of the Storm vs The Fire Rose: Which Should You Read?

Eye of the Storm Marcia Muller · 1988 ★★★★☆ 3.9 356 pages · ≈ 6 h 36 m · Moderate

“California's Sacramento Delta is a strange and beautiful place, decades removed from both the political hustle at the state capital to the north, and the glittering sophistication of the San Francisco Bay Area to its west.”

Eye (cyclone), a region of calmer weather found at the center of strong tropical cyclones

The Fire Rose Mercedes Lackey · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.2 433 pages · ≈ 8 h 01 m · Moderate

Lackey's story of a young turn of the century female who is brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet…