Spark of the Everflame (The Kindred's Curse Saga, #1)

Written by: Penn Cole

Goodreads Avg. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.2

My Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spice Rating: 🌶🌶

This book is very mild, not a lot of spice or sexual content but it picks up as the series goes!!

Genre: Fantasy Romance

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Please note for the spice guide that the page numbers are based on the paperback copy. Page numbers may vary between copies.

Review and Spice Guide by: Grayce

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My Review:

I am still just as obsessed with this book the second time as I was the first!!

I am so amazed at how many small things I picked up that mean something huge later that I didn’t notice the first time!!

The development of Diem’s character in this book is so crucial to the rest of the series and I love love love how it was done!! I am listening to it during my re read and the narrator does an incredible job and making you feel how Diem is feeling.

I love the pace at which this world develops. It’s not overwhelming and it’s not too slow! I am loving paying attention to more of the world this time so I’m fully ready for the fourth book.

The romance in this one is so full of tension and emotion and it’s so good! It gets a two on the pepper scale.

This book fits into the new adult category. There are some swears in this book and a few innuendoes, because I’ve already read this series I can say that both do get higher in frequency as the books progress. The main character is a healer so there are graphic descriptions of Injuries and violence that might not be suitable for some.

This series is not yet finished but will be as soon as the fourth book releases!

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Spice Guide

(Drop-down contains exactly where to skip—down to the sentence—and any important information missed. It may include spoilers)

Moderate Spice Scene - Physical Book: Chapter 7, Page 90; Audiobook: Chapter 7, 13:30

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Skip after He laughed, his breath tickling my neck

• Diem remarks how much her and henri have changed the past few months and how they weren’t the same people they used to be. She isn’t sure where that leaves them now.

• She keeps thinking about prince Luther and feels the need to burn him from her memory.

• Diem tells henri to take the contraceptive tonic and he puts up a slight fight.

• Diem remarks that she’s using this as a way to distract herself from her worries back home and after, the flames inside her refused to die and her frustration grew. She wonders how long she has until the fire within her burns her alive 

Continue reading at the beginning of Chapter 8

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Steamy Scene - Physical Book: Chapter 29, Page 380; Audiobook: Chapter 29, 18:48

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Skip after “but if you do, give me one favor before I go”

• Diem remarks she’s never been kissed like this before and it scares her

Continue reading on Physical: Chapter 29, Page 381; Audio: Chapter 29, 20:35 at “Adrenaline set my veins alight”

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