spaghettii 's review for:

Heat of the Everflame by Penn Cole

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Yes

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Diem has once again proven herself dumb as fuck. Luther's devotion to her makes me question his intelligence as well. She's extremely overpowered which has started to annoy me. Also the way she wants equality for mortals yet seems to have an implicit bias against them is,,,, interesting. Ex: considering herself a weak mortal "on the inside" and similar phrases about how she was before inheriting the crown (the LUMNOS one btw, the other crowns being hers seems a little ridiculous). I'm hoping for a major curveball that makes the series more unpredictable but alas,,, I fear it is a typical ya fantasy. 
Would love for Diem to have flaws that were actually bad. Let her be selfish or like killing or something a little more iredeemable. SHE'S TOO GOOD AND IT PISSES ME OFF.


 Also, every review comparing this series to Throne of Glass is a major insult to my girl Celaena. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism