readswithkriss 's review for:

City of Smoke and Brimstone by Kayla Edwards

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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City of Smoke and Brimstone by Kayla Edwards: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5 Stars! 🌶️🌶️Spice!

Summary: Ever since Loren has woken up, she had to fight to live bc everything she has worked for is at stake including her found family & the man she loves, Darien Cassel. In an unlikely turn of events with the Veil dropping, everyone is separated and fighting for their life and nothing, not even love can save them this time. 

Review: Wow, talk about a book with high stakes! This book hit the ground running and picked up right where book 3 left off & never stopped! I could barely catch my breath the entire time and could never find a good stopping point. It was action packed and each character was going through so much, mentally and physically it pulled every emotion out of me. The writing was incredible and kept me at the edge of my seat!

Loren and Darien have really been through it and the author does not let them off easy in this book. I’m not going to lie, Loren pissed me off a little bc she has a beautiful man so in love with her but she still chose to stay mad at him for like 50% of the book! However, I see the other side of things bc she knows the end is coming and doesn’t want to make it harder for him. Talk about pulling at my heart strings 😭 I still think Loren is doing all she can and I love her commitment to her family. Darien is still my favorite & his loyalty is still unwavering but he tends to put himself last which costs him. He still had so many demons and it really tested him but he stayed true to himself and I will forever love him! His obsession for Loren is top tier ❤️‍🔥 Roman and Shay have a rough story in this one and Roman pissed me off in the beginning, but seeing them finally give in to one another and stop fighting their connection was great! I loved getting the other POV’s, like Travis and Max, and seeing their struggles through their eyes. I will say, this book isn’t very spicy but the few scenes we do get with D&L and R&S, do not disappoint bc those men have it down bad 😮‍💨 and they aren’t afraid to show it by their words and actions!

What I love about this series is the multiple POVs you get throughout. The author does an amazing job of having the book flow while switching POVs and it makes me connect to the characters even more. The ending was intense and action packed but I will say, it ended better than I thought. I was a little shocked we didn’t see more of the Imperator or Donovan in this book but that’s okay bc they suck 🤣 overall this was an incredible book and if you’re looking for a story with monsters, morally grey MMC’s, found family, and high stakes - CoSaB is for you🌃🖤