*I received a free copy of Sapphire Flames from Avon via Edelweiss. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review, which is honest and unbiased *
Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews Series: Hidden Legacy #4
Published by Avon on 27 August 2019
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 352
Format: eARC
Source: Edelweiss
In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, and the Head of her House. Catalina has always been afraid to use her unique powers, but when her friend’s mother and sister are murdered, Catalina risks her reputation and safety to unravel the mystery.
But behind the scenes powerful forces are at work, and one of them is Alessandro Sagredo, the Italian Prime who was once Catalina’s teenage crush. Dangerous and unpredictable, Alessandro’s true motives are unclear, but he’s drawn to Catalina like a moth to a flame.
To help her friend, Catalina must test the limits of her extraordinary powers, but doing so may cost her both her House–and her heart.
Sapphire Flames brings all the magic, the fights, the intrigue, the romance, and the tension I have gotten used to with the Hidden Legacy series!
While I would have loved more Nevada and Rogan, I have to say Sapphire Flames still blew me away. Catalina is definitely a worthy heroine, and I loved how she wanted to take care of things herself. Just so that Nevada and Rogan could have a little alone time. The way the Houses tried to move in on her, and take her out made for a lot of action.
In Sapphire Flames, I loved how Alessandro tried to find more with Catalina. She resisted all his advances, though, because she knew that people found themselves attracted to her because of her magic. And she’d rather be alone than be with someone who was somehow forced to be there.
The overall story arc for the series continued in Sapphire Flames, but Catalina still got her own storyline as well. And the way she resolved her problems made me love her just as much as I love Nevada.
Fast paced, action-packed, and still romantic, Sapphire Flames ticked all the right boxes for me. I can’t wait for more in this series – or anything written by Ilona Andrews, really. Always excellent writing, with a universe that makes sense, and paranormal sightings galore, they are my top go-to author when I want to be amazingly entertained.
If you want to know more about this series, you can find my reviews for Burn for Me, White Hot, and Wildfire right here on the blog. They were all five star reads for me.
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Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
I’m back! I have yet to read anything by Ilona Andrews, but this sounds like something I would quite enjoy! Love your review, I guess I have to start catching up with this author’s books!
Welcome back, Fran! I think you’ll love Ilona Andrews, their books are SO good!!
I did miss Nevada and Connor in this, but love the moments when they were mentioned. That framed photo of Alessandro that Nevada made was the best! 😀
I’m really glad you enjoyed this as much as I did, Lexxie! 🙂
I don’t think I have read an Ilona Andrews book I didn’t love, Nick. LOL that framed photo still makes me chuckle.
Gahhh! I need to pick this series up! I have yet to read anything by this writing duo. I know I should change that soon! It sounds amazing! I love when a story is fast-paced and action-packed with romance thrown in it!
Genesis @ Whispering Chapters
Oh my, Gen! You are in for a treat, then. There are many books, and you could just sit down and bingeread series 🙂 I’m almost a little jealous, to tell you the truth.
I just saw this review at caffeinated review too! glad you both like it!
I need to check out Kim’s review, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Ailyn.
The romance in this one is definitely a challenge because of her gift. Sounds great and I’ll be getting around to it soon. 🙂
Exactly. She is so afraid people won’t like her for her… I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did, Sophia!
Yes, yes! I loved this one and was so glad to see the authors did a great job transitioning from Nevada to Catalina.
They really did great, and I love how they are able to use a different perspective and still make it awesome 🙂
So glad you like this one too. It was indeed a great read.
Totally Addicted to Reading
I think most people I know who have read this one really enjoyed it. Which is great news – as that’s a way for us to get more books.
I loved the first three books in this series and just finished the bridging novella so I’m looking forward to more Catalina! Sadly , even though I got my pre-order of SF this week, I couldn’t read it because I was so busy and drained. 🙁 Fingers crossed I get round to it this week! Your review has made me even more excited to read it.