Brimstone by Callie Hart
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brimstone — 5 Stars (because KINGFISHER SHOULD HAVE COME WITH A DEFIBRILLATOR)
I went into Brimstone READY for more feral Kingfisher chaos.
The menace.
The problem.
The stab-me-and-I’ll-say-thank-you energy.
And Callie Hart said:
“Cute. Here’s CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT that will emotionally waterboard you.”
Because the Kingfisher we met in Book 1, ya know that terrifying, arrogant, sharp-tongued menace?
Yeah.
He’s still here… but now he’s also a whole new flavor of devastating.
Soft edges??
Balanced partnership??
Actual FEELINGS??
I did not consent to this transformation, and yet here I am, feral for it.
Meanwhile, Callie unleashes enough worldbuilding to qualify as a full college course.
People. Places. Magic. Oaths. Cures. Ancient Beings. New Powers."
I swear half this book had me flipping pages like,
“Okay okay… I THINK I understand but also maybe not??”
She really said, “Hope you brought your thinking cap, bestie, because if you blink, you’re going to miss a whole magic system.”
Carrion, meanwhile, decides to level up from slightly unhinged cinnamon roll to walking existential crisis.
AND that plantsinger moment.
Excuse me??
I was reading like:
“I do not 100% understand what just happened but I KNOW it was important and also insanely cool.”'
Then the ENDING.
THAT.
ENDING.
Callie Hart really slammed the door shut mid-sentence like:
“Anyway, figure it out. See you in Book 3. Good luck.”
Five stars because this book had me confused, exhilarated, emotionally compromised, and screaming for the sequel.
xoxo
