## Heat of the Everflame

**Author:** Penn Cole

The third book in the Kindred's Curse Saga, a four-book epic fantasy romance series. The story follows Diem Bellator as she navigates a world where ancient secrets go up in flames and the war has begun. Diem, caught between the Descended and the Guardians, must choose an allegiance while uncovering the mystery of her own heritage and protecting those she loves.

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### Review Highlights

**Heat of the Everflame**  
Okay… books 1 and 2? AMAZING.  
If you want high-stakes, crazy plot, slow-burn romantasy, this was IT. I was obsessed. Blown away.  
Then book 3…  
The author flattened all the characters. Our FMC is insanely powerful, but then she allows a man to literally spit in her face??? No, like that's literally a scene.  
She can wipe out entire continents, but she lets herself get bullied constantly. It just didn’t make sense.  
And the plot?? The solution is RIGHT THERE, but the characters can’t see it. It made me question their intelligence, honestly.  
Not to mention, the MMC turned into a sappy, love-sick puppy instead of the powerful prince we got before.  
Hated it.

### Additional Reviews

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   This one just didn’t do it for me at all. It felt unrealistic, it dragged, and I ended up skimming the last 100 pages.

2. **Plated Prisoner Series**  
   I made it to book 4… and yeah, it was time to wrap it up.  
   Looking back at my Goodreads reviews actually makes me laugh, because by book 3 I was already like “I don’t know about this…” and by book 4 I was DONE.  
   The pacing slowed to a complete halt while the FMC processed her trauma. And I understand the themes, feminine rage, how patriarchy hurts everyone, but it was so heavy-handed.

3. **Fate of the Sun King**  
   This series gave everything but the kitchen sink.  
   What started as high-fae fantasy somehow turned into a space odyssey… like there are literally aliens involved.  
   The first book was so good, and then slowly but surely… we lost the plot.