That's the order I read it in too! And yeah -- I mean, I really like Graceling as well, and it makes perfect sense that it is the way it is, because that's what Katsa is focused on; they're both books that are very shaped by their protagonists. But Fire's story was just so interesting! (Also, it had a bigger cast, and I love ensemble pieces.)

But yeah, I appreciate the feminist messages of both books as well. And, again, the way they were handled very differently, because the protagonists were such different people.