I requested this, and then realised I'd already read it. However, I thought I'd share my thoughts.

Overview:
The third book in the Kindred's Curse series, we follow our two main charactersas the travel to different realms to gain allies.

Review:
While I loved the first two books in this series, I felt that this title dipped a little bit. It felt too long and I was getting frustrated with the FMC.
Penn Cole manages to write in a way that's engaging but I struggled with the plot for this one. It seemed like a place holder, building up to the next book in the series. Diem started to do things that felt out of character, and Luther did nothing to stop her. There was more world building in this book than we'd previously seen before, which I liked, but Diem visiting the other realms became predictable and repetitive.

I can see how other people would love it though, the slow-burn romance continues, the magic system becomes more interesting and there's some great scenes.

•the ending isn't as bad as I thought but still another cliffhanger, but it think it will make a good read in the one.
• I mayble slightly liked book 2 more than 3 but this was still soo good. It's a long one but alot happens. A lot of secrets are revealed but i also have just as many questions needing answered
• I loved seeing all the other kingdoms in this one. especially the time spent in the Umbro's kingdom a little mind speaking is my fave !
•less of the friend group which sucked because I love them but lots more of The main couple together IYKYK
• I equally wanted to binge this and take my time because I didn't want it to end ! I really enjoy the FMC in this one she's really accepting her self and her powers and the MMC his grumpy protectiveness is everything. I love the romance in these books! This one is the spiciest but it's not loads but I think it's a perfect amount
•Theres still alot of laugh out loud moments too which I love, there's got to be some fun with torture !
'"I am very naked, and you are very dressed," I joked, trying to laugh off my unease.'
"Why is it you and I never seem to be
unclothed at the same time?"

I love this series but my god can this group not catch a break. I do think this book could have been split in half and as readers we would have been able to digest a lot more of the story.

But the ending 🤯

Heat of the Everflame is the third instalment in the Kindred’s Curse Saga. Following Diem as she grasps life-altering events that see her go from a human healer, to discovering she is descended, to becoming queen of Lumos, and much more that would be spoilers for those who have not read the first two books.
I have to begin my review by stating how much I adored the first two books in the series. They made this series become a fast favourite. However… this third instalment really lost me. The characters spend the whole book going round in circles, coming to the same conclusions, and all of the battles have the same outcome. Diem is incredibly naive and constantly makes mistakes that puts her and everyone she holds dear at risk. This wouldn’t necessarily be an issue if she learned from these mistakes, but in this book she doesn’t seem to.
Luther’s character also did a full 180. I loved the build up and the tension in their romance. How slow burn it was to the point you could feel their genuine connection. But for some reason in this book he lost his charm as a strong character, and he was reduced to following Diem round like a lovesick puppy.
It wasn’t all bad, there were some great moments in this book of action and the found family continued to be really strong (this was also lost towards the end of the book however as the other characters were no longer present)
I believe that the story has some great foundations and real potential, but this particular instalment was too long. It was long for the sake of being long, because the same plot seemed to be recycled for 1000 pages.
*spoiler*
Diem goes to one of the other kingdoms, doesn’t see eye to eye with their ruler, wants to protect both humans and descended, betrayal, ruler dies, Diem becomes the queen of that kingdom.
The first time it happened it was a great twist, but it happened 3 times in one book, making it very repetitive.
I guess I am more let down because of how much I adored the first two books. This book is by no means bad, but it could’ve been a lot shorter and had a much stronger impact on the reader.

I really did love this series, but this book really was tooooo long in my opinion. It felt very dragged out and made me want to put it down quite often.

I'm still a big fan of the world and the Characters do I NEED the newest book asap!

Thank you NetGalley for sending me this ARC.

I have been enjoying the Kindred Curse series, however this book definitely didn't need to be this long. Some parts were repetitive, and Diem is prone to being naive - like taking Luther's reluctance to be with her or let her touch her as rejection instead of what it clearly was, him being injured/dying.

I am intrigued to see how Diems powers will develop and seeing the war play out.

4 stars!