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Heat of the Everflame

Penn Cole

4.21 AVERAGE

medium-paced

dandulina's review

3.75
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I hate the ending. Some sections are just way too long, I have no clue how an entire war will be cramped into the last book especially considering the ending of this one.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ca me fait mal de mettre cette note à ce livre car j'ai adoré le premier et encore plus le deuxième. Mais j'ai vraiment souffert en le lisent. j'ai trouvé que le personnage de Diem que j'appréciais jusque là, était vraiment inintéressante et pénible à suivre. J'ai trouvé que Luther et les Corbois étaient inexistants. Et surtout, je me suis profondément ennuyée. Heureusement que la fin était un peu intéressante parce que j'ai quand même envie de lire la suite mais si elle commence comme ça, je n'hésiterais pas à abandonner le navire en cours de route.
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reen13's review

3.5
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

booknerd151's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

THIS BOOK IS FIRE
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Rating: 5/5
Spice: Yes

This book throws you straight into chaos from page one. It picks up exactly where the last one left off, and the pace doesn’t really let up. We get so many reveals—about characters, motives, and the bigger threats lurking in the background—and it kept me hooked the entire way.

The action scenes were great, but what really stood out for me was the balance between plot and romance. Diem and Luther clearly love each other, but they’re still keeping secrets that hold them back. The tension between them in the first half builds perfectly to a payoff in the second half, and I loved how it added to the story without taking it over.

Diem’s character growth here is huge. In the first two books, her role as queen felt forced on her. In this one, she’s stepping into who she’s meant to be, starting to let go of what no longer fits, and leaning into her own identity and power. Watching her navigate where her loyalties lie was one of my favorite parts. 

The last stretch of this book had me losing my mind. I genuinely thought we were heading toward the end of the series, but at 95% the main conflict still hadn’t happened—and then everything blew up. The ending was wild, set the stage for even bigger stakes, and made me desperately neeeeedthe next book.