A review by ela_35
Brimstone Nightmares by Kel Carpenter

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

 This book was fine, but it didn’t make up for what happened in the previous book. 

Ruby was fine, but a lot of the things that happened were written in a dramatic way. I liked Laran (his connection with Bandit was great too) and Allistair, but I thought that they weren’t shown enough. Julian was fine at the beginning of this series, but I didn’t like him after the binding, especially since he doesn’t do anything to make up for that, although he doesn’t really have time for that in this book. I don’t know what it was exactly, but I just didn’t care about Rysten. 

I didn’t really like the plot, although I liked the solution Ruby came up with. I didn’t like how the things that were happening were written as it was dramatic. The other thing that bothered me was that the powers the different demons had weren’t defined, so it felt like you knew what powers they had until something happens and suddenly, they also have another power. For example, Sinumpa’s powers seemed to be never ending and it seemed like she could do anything. 

The Sins’ identities were interesting and unexpected, although their characters weren’t fully developed. 

I liked the last chapter because it was told from Bandit’s POV, so it was interesting and different to read. 

This series started off well, as I really liked the first two books and it seemed like the third book would be even better, but then things went downhill, and this book didn’t fix that.