megsloan 's review for:

Heat of the Everflame by Penn Cole

3.0

adventurous tense

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This series had a lot of potential but I am now seeing what other reviews are banging on about - Diem is an idiot with a capital I. How she keeps getting surprised by things the reader can see a mile off, I’ll never know. I feel like her character has had zero growth despite becoming arguably the most powerful Crown/being in any fantasy series I’ve read. It’s such a shame because the politics and lore of this world continue to be so intriguing. The romance also fell quite flat in this one compared to the first two. Hoping the author gets back to that secret sauce for the final instalment and is able to wrap the series up well and then I’ll maybe forgive having to read 1000 pages of Diem’s stupidity 😂