Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Can I give 1,000,000,000 stars?
As the going says, all good things must come to an end. But What. An. Ending!
I waited for almost a year to read this book from when it was published because I was not ready to say goodbye to Leila and Vlad. The only couple to measure up to Bones and Cat. There is not one single thing I do not love about these characters. They are so rounded, but also so clearly etched in who they are.
Anyway, this last chapter in the series surpassed all the other, in my opinion. It was fast paced, romance-laden, dynamic, and it pulled at all my feelings.
It was pure perfection.
Leila and Vlad’s relationship is stronger than every, devoid of all the doubts of the first two books. They are an item, they would die for each other, as they prove more than once in this book.
I am absolutely amazed at the gem that Frost produced with this one. Out of all the magical creatures in her world, faes, demons and witches are my least favorites. I’m a sucker for vampires and ghouls. So when at first the focus was on mainly magic I was like: “mmmmh”. But then Ian came into the picture, bringing his usual comical relief, and the scenes started rolling like in an action, fantasy movie and I was 100% digging it. There were indeed some hilarious scenes
concerning physical metamorphosis and Ian.
Ian sighed. “Always straight to business. how you stand it, poppet, I’ll never know, but I suspect that fiery tongue has something to do with it. Ah, he’s giving me that I’ll-kill-you glare again. How many times must I tell you not to kill anyone tonight? It’s like a sickness with you, isn’t it? Have you ever gone a whole day without committing murder?
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Ian gave me an aggravated look. “Can’t shag your sister, can’t shag your friend, can’t shag you, can’t shag Vlad. If I wanted to be this sexless and miserable I’d get married.”
Something I adored about this book, which was not as present in the other instalments, is how much we get to see Vlad’s vulnerable side. Leila’s life has never been more in danger and this gave Frost a chance to show us all how deeply Vlad cares about her. How desperate he can get when the love of his undead existence is threatened. Vlad was the character that most revealed himself in this book. He had always been rounded, but because of his naturally guarded personality, it had always felt like he’d been holding back something. Well, in this book he gives it his all.
I will not go into the details of the narration. What I will say is that it was full of twists and turns, with more than one enemy and enough secrets and plot twists to make you gasp. I was flabbergasted at a certain point!!!
As for the writing style, it was as usual amazingly written. Witty, fast-paced, on point.
PS.: Vlad and Leila are also hot as hell! As if we could expect anything but by Mr Tepesh, the pyrokinetic.
“That’s love for you,” I head Ian say. “Glad I’m too corrupt to fall victim to that form of intelligence lobotomy.”
“I hope you fall head over heels for someone who insists on monogamy.”
And this is exactly what I hope for Ian’s book, which will be the next spin-off. At first I hadn’t been convinced about Veritas. I never liked the Law Guardians, they always seemed too stiff and uptight. But seeing her in this books, and realizing she may not be exactly what she seems makes me curious about her.
Of course you can give 1.000.000.000 stars to your favorite author and favorite series Talia 😉
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Then I think I will! 😉
Just this morning I saw the cover reveal for Ian’s book and I went into full-fangirl mode. His book will be out in October so it’s not even that far away. Aaaah!
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Yassss!! I am obsessed with all Frost’s series/books in the Night Huntress world! And I’m dyingggg for Ian’s book omgg
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Me too! It’s so nice to meet another Frost’s lover. I have so high expectations for Ian’s book. Cannot wait to get my hands on ittttt.
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OMG, I don’t know why this ended in the spam! I’m so glad to meet someone who’s also obsessed with her books. She is my unicorn author!!!! I knowwww, we’ve been waiting for Ian’s book for basically a decade. After what happened in “Into The Fire”, I’m even more excited about his book!!!!
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I’m not spam I swear!! Haha yasss I literally searched for blog posts talking about Jeaniene Frost so I could search out people who are as obsessed with her as I am so we can freak out together!! I feel like so many book bloggers I come across focus on YA and I was like how is no one I know losing it over all the Night Huntress & co books?!
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I know, right! I mean, her books are quite famous among PRN lovers, but the author herself is not among readers in genera. It could be that it’s because she’s a quite private person. Personally, I take every chance I get to share my love for her books!
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yeah i’m basically always shouting about her from the rooftops! she’s fairly active on twitter and i love seeing stuff about her relationship with Ilona Andrews, the couple that does the Kate Daniel series.
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Oh, yes, I follow her on twitter too! Unfortunately, I tried reading the Kate Daniel series, but could not get into it 😦
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Oh, yes. I follow her on Twitter! I tried the Kate Daniel’s series but unfortunately couldn’t get into it.
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