A review by ltallon
Heat of the Everflame by Penn Cole

medium-paced

2.5

Oh boy do I have thoughts on this book! It started relatively strong, the storyline was exciting - Diem & her squad were venturing to new realms, which provided insight to different magic. Taran really carried these scenes though because Luther & Diem (& honestly Alixe) were all simply stupid. Taran was at least true to his silly goofy character, yet still made intelligent decisions, but I cannot say the same for the rest. Luther turned into a weak, lovesick man with no backbone for what is right & Diem just made horrible decision after horrible decision. All of this could have been avoided if they were HONEST which pissed me off. Don’t even get me started on the “spicy” scenes - I had to skim the single scene at the very end because it was so cringe. *spoiler* The scene with Ophiucae - where Aurelie, Diem, & Luther all confront him then run away… HUH?! You’re telling me this almighty powerful man would just let them go?! Then the fight in Sophos, Ophiucae literally could’ve ended things again & he didn’t… for what?! I guess his revenge is all talk. It didn’t make sense, I probably won’t finish because the characters are infuriating & this was way too long. The more I think about it, the more frustrated I get. 2.5 ⭐️ may be generous, but I’m doing it for Taran & Sorae.