Emoji Review by Rebecca Dixon
I finished reading โFlames of Chaos,โ by Amelia Hutchins and all I gotta say is WOW ๐คฉ WOW ๐คฉ WOWZERS ๐คฏ (FYI, Iโm not affiliated with the author, not in the book biz, reading is just a HOBBY, and Iโm just a regular reader that is super passionate ๐ about spreading the word on GREAT books!) There are NO spoilers ๐๐ป!
Ok guys ๐๐ป!!! I have been seeing people rec this book and letโs be honest โ๐ป, Amelia Hutchins is a FORCE ๐ฌ to be reckoned with when it comes to Fantasy ๐งโโ๏ธ & Paranormal Romance ๐(dannnng her steam is so hooooootttttttttt ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ!) So I pretty much KNEW it was going to be GREAT ๐คฉ! And I was NOT disappointed ๐๐ป! Likeโฆ imagine if Stephanie Hudson & Nikki St Crowe/Kresley Cole/JR Ward had a baby ๐ถ๐ผ, it would be Amelia Hutchins kicking butt ๐คบ & taking names โ๏ธ ! (Oh my gosh is that weird ๐ณ? That is weird, right ๐ฌ?! Why the heck did I write that! Doh ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ! Forgive me Amelia, but Iโm just trying to say YOU ROCK ๐คฉ with that FANTASY ๐งโโ๏ธ & STEAM ๐ฅ girl! So yeah, errrโฆ umm.. awkward moment ๐ฅด โฆ pressing on ๐ โฆ)
So the story ๐๐ป!! OK โ so the story kicks off with sister witches (they are all always born as a set of twins ๐ฏโโ๏ธ and can be different witch combosโฆ werewolves ๐บ, sirens ๐งโโ๏ธ, succubusโ ๐, how freaking COOL ๐ is that?!) Yeah, so it starts off with all of these sister witches ๐ช returning to an immortal city in the human ๐ฉ๐ป realm in search of the FMCโs missing twin sister. The immortal city ๐ is the gateway to the 9 realms ๐, where the Witches bloodline ๐ฉธ sets the rules for entry. These gals have been away from it all for a while and things have changed in a BIG way (in the form of a freaking POWERFUL ๐ช๐ป hunk of a KING ๐ & his band of HOT ๐ฅต merry men taking over the immortal city!) Before our girl can even enter the city, a cascade of black SUVs ๐ storm in and make it MORE THAN crystal ๐ clear that these B!TCHES (oops WITCHES ๐) are NOT ๐ซ welcome back! And just as the KING & our girl lock eyes ๐ (w/freaking sizzling heat ๐ฅ, I tell you!)โฆ yeah and just as we start to think ๐กour girl is about to be tossed out on her hiney ๐๐โฆ we realize the force to be reckoned with just may not be the KING after all ๐ฒ!! โฆ But something unknown and FIERCE ๐๐ป brewing within her! (Rattle! Rattle! Rattle!)
Mannnnnn, I gotta tell you ๐๐ป! This book is an enemies-to-lovers trope on STEROIDS ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ! Itโs so so so so good ๐๐ป. And like, when I started itโฆ I thoughtโฆ huh ๐ค, I wonder if it will be a typical enemies-to-lovers? But OH MY GOSH ๐คฉ! This is the furthest from predictable and the HEAT IS OFF THE CHARTS HOT ๐ฅ HOT ๐ฅ HOT ๐ฅ HOT ๐ฅ! Like a GOOD portion of this I was thinking ๐ญ โฆ WHOA ๐ฎ this is a smokin’ HOT ๐ฅต Paranormal Romance! And then, like, it just got so FIERCE ๐ช๐ป with the FANTASY ๐ง๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ. This really is an epic Fantasy story with multiple realms ๐, creatures ๐น, wars ๐ก on the horizon ๐ โฆ itโs just so so so GOOD ๐๐ป. And the mystery ๐ element is so GREAT ๐คฉ too! I ๐ฏ LEGIT needed to know what the HELL happened to her sister ๐ฉ!!! And I am SO HAPPY ๐๐ป! SO HAPPY ๐๐ป! To tell you that YOU DO FIND OUT in THIS BOOK ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ! Praise the book goddess ๐(errrโฆ aka, Amelia ๐) for not leading us astray on this! And ohhhhhhhh ๐ when you find outโฆ.. likeโฆ.. WOW ๐ฏ. WOW ๐ฎ. WOW ๐ฒ. WOW ๐ต. JUST ๐ค๐ป. WOW ๐คฏ. SHOCKING ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ! (ehhhh probably should mention there is a tiny itty bitty bit of horror ๐ฉธ๐ช ๐ง here to show how EVIL ๐ฟ one realm can beโฆ but it’s tiny ๐ค๐ป! Just press on if you donโt like that kind of thingโฆ itโs so worth it ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป!)
And LIKE! I have to say too that usually with PRN/Romance Fantasies Iโm RAVING ๐ about the MMC firstโฆ and donโt worry ๐ โฆ I definitely will here in sec! But this FMC IS SO SO BADA$S ๐คบ. She is so INTELLIGENT and she takes NO CRAP ๐๐ป from anyone! Especially our boy ๐! And sheโs FREAKING funny at times! Like, I just have to give you a tiny snippitโฆ so so funnyโฆ๐ ๐ ๐ โฆ.
โClimb on, it wonโt fu@k itselfโโฆโฆ.
โWhat the fu@k, Knox? Why are you naked? Why am I naked? Stop touching that thing, for fu@kโs sake โฆโ ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
So yeah, so funny ๐! And OMG the pineapple ๐! Man, if you read it, youโll KNOW ๐ + ๐ฉฒ! LMAO ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ. Andโฆ OH MY GOODNESS the stuff that goes on in conjunction with the rattle ๐ momentsโฆ like I canโt say particulars, cuz spoilers โ ๏ธ! But the bluntness of the lines in those moments (you lack brains & are a sh!t male provider ๐คฃ๐๐คฃ!) LMAO ๐คฃ โฆ like LMAO ๐คฃ! I laughed so HARD! I totally DID NOT expect that with this book! ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
And yessssssssssโฆ.. last but not leastโฆ. OUR BOY ๐ฅต! Man Iโm so conflicted with this guy! No question, he is SMOKING HOT ๐ฅ. But he is a PROPER enemy ๐ฅท in an enemies-to-lovers trope! So one moment, Iโm OBSESSED โค๏ธโ๐ฅ with him and the next moment Iโm like WTF ๐คฌ. Why did you do that you ALPHAHOLE ๐ก๐ก๐ก! And itโs just so PERFECT ๐๐ป! The dirty talk OMG ๐ฅ. OMG๐ฅ. Justโฆ WOW ๐ฅต. This is NOT fade-to-black! Nope! But itโs also not EROTICA (like itโs by no means completely smut!) It really is perfect for the kinds of books I like because there is a KICKA$S ๐คบ FMC WITH A HOT ๐ฅต MMC, lots of great steam ๐๐๐ถ, but also a HUGE Fantasy non-romantic plotline that has you on the edge of your seat! Jumping up and down ๐๐ป! Hooting ๐๐ป & Hollering ๐๐ป!
Annnnndโฆ the ending of this bookโฆ the ENDING ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ! GOBSMACKED! SO DRAMATIC ๐ญ! SO GOOD ๐๐ป. SO SATISFYING ๐๐ป. It really reminded me a lot of CC (hereโs looking at you SJM fans!)โฆ I mean, itโs NOTHING like CCโฆ. but itโs similar in the fact that it sneaks up on you! You enjoy the beginning of the book, yes, but by the end of the book it is just so EPICALLY EXPLOSIVE ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฅ and you are like THANK YOU ๐๐ป THANK YOU ๐๐ป THANK YOU ๐๐ป Amelia for writing this and THANK YOU TO ALL THE FB GROUPS for recommending it! I am starting Book 2 today and I LITERALLY CANNOT WAIT ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป.
So if you LOVE enemies-to-lovers trope that is amped up to itโs MAX, a SASSY takes no CRAP ๐๐ป, tell-it-like-it-is HONEST โ๐ป FMC, a HOT/COLD ALPHAHOLE ๐ฅต that SCREAMS SEX ๐ถ for DAYS, a FANTASTIC FANTASY ๐งโโ๏ธ plotline that has you on the edge of the seat needing the second book STAT ๐จโฆ give this a shot! Itโs only 99 cents on KU and it may just be the PERFECT ๐๐ป๐ amount of HEAT ๐ฅ & FANTASY ๐งโโ๏ธ for you!