Everlasting Fire

Infernal Regions for the Unprepared #3

by Maya Daniels

An undead heart can still bleed if wounded by the right weapon.

Lost in bloodlust, Brooklyn doesn’t recognize a friend from a foe. In her case, truths come to light will be her undoing.

Dominic is left to pick up the pieces of a woman he’s grown to respect. While she murders her way across the city, he’s busy looking for a cure. Sometimes, though, you can’t fix what’s irreparably broken unless you take drastic measures.

He will use Alice to bring Brooklyn back to herself.

The panther shifter knows Brooklyn’s humanity won’t let her kill her friend, but if the plan doesn’t work, he will do more damage than the Syndicate ever could.

And it might mean the end to everything, including Brooklyn’s life.

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Genres: Paranormal, Vampires, Urban Fantasy

250 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 30, 2023

About the author

USA Today Bestselling and multi award-winning fiction author, Maya Daniels shares her skillful and creative storytelling with audiences from around the world. Semiramis is her first published trilogy. Marrying her investigative journalism skills with her knowledge and passion of the esoteric, she spins compelling stories of magic, truth, romance, and adventure. She lives with her magick sprinkled familiar, a cat named Odyssey, in Southern California. When not reading all about the arcane, eating chocolate, or writing her next novel, she is busy with her Reiki healing practice.

Reviews

[Sweet and Salty Reviews by DD · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed it but only experiencing everyone’s POV but Brooklyn’s left it a bit short for me.

Can not wait for book 4!!

Happy reading,
DD🥂

[Penny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so excited to see that this author was putting out a new book as I had just pretty much discovered her before she took a writing hiatus. I eagerly dived back into this world to see Brooklyn, Alice, Dominic, et al again. It didn’t take long before I was immersed in this fun world again. Poor Brooklyn is right back at her beginning when this book starts, and that begins her long fight back. However, she it isn’t long before she’s in trouble again. This author has a great way with words, and this book kept my attention from beginning to end. I can’t wait to see what happens next. Highly recommend.

[charlene ✿]

what the hell is going on in the House of Commons because I just peaked at all the chapters and al the povs are not Brooklyns but Dominic’s and Alice’s. I’m sorry to this man and this lady but I’m not here for there internal monologues I’m here fore Brooklyn and Brooklyn only. i might wait until the next book comes out to read this one.

[Andrea Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everlasting Fire
3 Stars 

This is a fun, fast-paced urban fantasy. It held my attention most of the time. I love world-building, interesting characters, and a cool universe. This book continues where Book 2 left off. In Everlasting Fire, Book 3, our trio isn't working as well together. This puts them at odds with the big bad, and they land some blows. However, the book's ending was a money grab! Plans for book 4 are to destroy everything that was built in books 1–3. No, thank you.

I almost DNF the first book due to the author's repeated misspelling of the name Isaiah. I'm disappointed it wasn't corrected in books 1–3.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this series until it's complete. I don't like supporting authors that use cliffhangers to draw an audience. It upsets me and ruins the reading experience. The first book, Black Hand, is a solid read, but the writing declines in book 2, and book 3 is a waste of time. (Think about the movie Matrix with Keanu Reeves.) I wish I had stopped with book 1 and am not interested in book 4.

[Evelyn Dotson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you ready for the next part of Brooklyn’s and company's journey? This book will knock the others right out of the park~ The brilliance that Maya brings to her books continues to make her one of my favorite Indie authors~ Everything constantly evolves, more action, more snark, more of everything~ Most of all, her characters are totally relatable making you feel as if you are a part of their world. In this book, I actually found myself moving in my chair and yelling out loud. The ending definitely had me almost in tears…how will you react? Maya definitely understands what the readers want and what it takes to keep them hooked~ After a long hiatus, her writing has grown exponentially~ If you were not immersed in these characters in the previous two books, trust me they will ENCOMPASS your mind, and world in the third~ Brooklyn is back where she started, which is not a good thing. Being back in the pit, will it finally send her over the edge? Dominic, Alice, and Samir will do everything in their power to get Brooklyn back~ This book takes on a much more serious tone with the characters having lived through the experiences thrown at them. They are much more somber and desperate to retrieve Brooklyn from the enemies. Those same enemies once again underestimate Brooklyn. When she goes on a rampage of blood lust leaving bodies in her wake not recognizing the enemy from foe. This is a side we are not used to from Brooklyn, and she is out of her mind and very dangerous to everyone. Although, Dominic is her chosen and possibly fated, games and manipulations will make him not think very clearly where she is concerned. Something very weird transpires between Samir and Alice. Alice will have to go somewhere to receive the help she needs…but at what cost? All of this to help Brooklyn…will they be able to help her without any of them paying the deadly consequences? Another great read from author Maya Daniels~ The character growth in the third book fits the scenario perfectly. The author did a fantastic job bringing some of the secondary characters into play in this book by bringing them to the forefront.

[Beba Andric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow did this book start off with a bang! After the very distressing, gut wrenching ending in book 2, I was expecting to be eased slowly into book 3, at least in the beginning, but boy oh boy was I thrust right into a maelstrom! So fiercely powerful, I was sucking in shallow breaths trying to regulate my heartbeat, gasping for air! I could hear my heartbeat thundering in my ears as I was spurring Brooklyn on with, "yes!" "you go girl!!" "go Brooklyn, go!!" Kudos to Ms Daniels for managing to reduce me to a boneless lump in a few chapters!

Alice, oh Alice, what a character! What incredible growth throughout this series, extremely credible growth and absolutely magnificent! She's like the underdog everyone roots for, not that she's an underdog by any means, she takes on a fierce shifter, an ancient Atua (a vampire of sorts) a witch and the sass! I just love her sass! And the way she riles Dominic up, well she had me giggling! Samir, Dominic and Rowan are barely able to contain themselves, tempers flare and the only one able to put out the fire is one they are call "human", yep, non other than Alice! To me, that's already a superpower right there. And something is brewing between Alice and Samir, very interested to see where that will go.

Something bad, really bad was done to Brooklyn so now the 3 of them are trying to find a solution, so desperately. Dominic is climbing the walls from worry for someone who's supposedly an enemy, yeah right.....I loved his inner struggle, I loved his honourable nature, his need to protect, his need for justice. Plans are laid down by the trio to help Brooklyn, but do plans every go the way they should? Well of course not! What ensued is a fabulous fast paced action packed read which I consumed like a glutton!

Although these books are my introduction to Ms Daniels, I have become a fan of note! I'm ready for the next book, heck, I'm ready for ALL her books!

[Rosalind Bath · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant.. Maya Daniels has a great way with words and brings them together to create a great book!
This book continues Brooklyn's story. All our favourite characters are there.. don't you just love Alice!!? Dominic finally acknowledges what Brooklyn is to him and hopefully it's not too late.
Pick this book up and settle down, in a comfy place, with snacks.. cos you're not putting the book down, until you finish. You won't regret it!

I recieved a copy of this book, in return for an honest review.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely LOVED this series!! I practically consumed it!
I enjoyed Black Hand, the twists, the characters and the world building drew me in. Lower World made me fall in love with Brooklyn, Dominic and Alice as they fight to stay alive and try to defeat a common enemy. Everlasting Fire, Wow! It brought everything together, the action and the banter was perfect! - if I wasn't biting my nails, I was laughing out loud! I can not wait for the next book!!

[Lattes_n_literature · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s always a good sign when you finish the last page and immediately start looking for the next book! I practically devoured this book.

As with the other books in the series, the storyline keeps you turning pages! It’s fast pace, action packed, and filled with plenty of humor which makes this a perfect read.

Each character is uniquely written and well developed but Alice continues to be my favorite

I’m looking forward to the next book in this series

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

it’s about time!

I love Alice! Omg and to find out she is what she is…. Boom. And then the love spark ugh I can’t. I love this series so much. I’m excited for book 5.

[Alex · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars

Nothing happened. Dominic's POV is just "oh my god I'm so horny and I'm so incompetent bc I can't save my mate." Alice's POV is better, but I do not understand where tf her liking Samir came from. They are so drastically different with quite literally nothing in common. No chemistry at all. But surprise! They like each other now, I guess. It just felt so lazy. And even all the stuff she did in this book with the sanctuary and the rituals, none of it turned into anything?? So it was just a complete waste of time?? Unless it's going to be useful in the next book, in which case I'd point out that this book was pointless.

There were also a lot of typos and confusing things. How many times can we misspell the name Isaiah in this series?? Because I genuinely think we've misspelled it more times than we've spelled it correctly. It also seemed like the author just leaned what the work Machiavellian means because we used it to describe multiple characters, even when it felt like a complete tonal shift in the dialogue. And then Alice. What in the fuck was she talking about when she said "It took me back to my dad's safe house the night the Syndicate attacked us en-masse, destroying everything." What????? I thought that was Dominic's backstory. Why did the Syndicate attack Alice. When did that happen. Alice didn't even know what the Syndicate WAS?? She was human??? With no knowledge of this world?? Like I'm so confused???

At one point when Dominic was being horny for his 'mate' (who isn't herself, btw, so it's honestly gross that he's so into her when she's like this), he's talking about his dick being hard and compares it to an arrow. "A very red and angry looking arrow, if I was being honest with myself." WHY IS IT RED?????? Very red???????? I know in the first book we described his skin as having a reddish tone, but I didn't think you meant that his skin was actually red. I honestly don't even know how he's supposed to look, and now I'm even more confused. Regardless, I did not need this imagery.

Also, the stakes kept being framed as sooooo high, but they weren't. Getting captured by the Syndicate and going to the cages was supposed to be the worst thing that could happen to someone, but they rescued Brooklyn in a few days with literally no issues. What was the point of her letting herself get captured. "So her friends could get away" no. Thats bullshit. The syndicate is hunting her regardless like?? If anything, they're MORE pissed off now?? And the whole bloodlust thing, you cannot sit there and tell me that she's a mindless animal when she's fully capable of having conversations with people??? And the ending. So stupid. Can we stop with the cheap cliff hangers?? Because you're just ending the book at the climax. It feels so incomplete. The whole "what have I done wahhh I'll never forgive you Dominic" was dumb and out of character. She wouldn't have blamed him for that. She only would've blamed herself. Also why did she snap back to herself after she bit Alice like I'm just so confused about this entire sequence of events. And why would you have Dominic clearly say it was impossible for someone to catch Alice in time, just to completely contradict that and have Samir immediately save her??? This was just so frustrating.

[Evelyn Dotson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you ready for the next part of Brooklyn’s and company journey? This book will knock the others right out of the park~ The brilliance that Maya brings to her books continues to make her one of my favorite Indie authors~ Everything constantly evolves, more action, more snark, more of everything~ Most of all, her characters are totally relatable making you feel as if you are a part of their world. In this book, I actually found myself moving in my chair and yelling out loud. The ending definitely had me almost in tears…how will you react? Maya definitely understands what the readers want and what it takes to keep them hooked~ After a long hiatus, her writing has grown exponentially~ If you were not immersed in these characters in the previous two books, trust me they will ENCOMPASS your mind and world in the third~ Brooklyn is back where she started, which is not a good thing. Being back in the pit, will it finally send her over the edge? Dominic, Alice, and Samir will do everything in their power to get Brooklyn back~ This book takes on a much more serious tone with the characters having lived through the experiences thrown at them. They are much more somber and desperate to retrieve Brooklyn from the enemies. Those same enemies once again underestimate Brooklyn. When she goes on a rampage of blood lust leaving bodies in her wake not recognizing enemy from foe. This is a side we are not used to from Brooklyn, and she is out of her mind and very dangerous to everyone. Although, Dominic is her chosen and possibly fated, games and manipulations will make him not think very clearly where she is concerned. Something very weird transpires between Samir and Alice. Alice will have to go somewhere to receive the help she needs…but at what cost? All of this to help Brooklyn…will they be able to help her without any of them paying the deadly consequences? Another great read from author Maya Daniels~ The character growth in the third book fits the scenario perfectly. The author did a fantastic job bringing some of the secondary characters into play in this book by bringing them to the forefront.

[Tiffany Bumgardner · Rating 1 out of 5]

First Three Books Review

First, the blurb sounded like a great premise but then I started them and well they aren’t great. They are terribly slow, repetitive, and often long winded on stuff that really doesn’t matter.

Second, they are short and easily forgettable. I can’t much remember what was the point of book one and two. I can say book three was a waste of words and offered literally nothing to a series plot.

And it was this third book that lost me as a reader. Who wants to read about everyone chasing their tails the entire time in something that had nothing to do really with the overall plot?

Three books in and fmc still isn’t the badass assassin the blurb made her out to be and everyone is constantly doing stupid stuff instead of talking, planning and being somewhat efficient and effective.

There’s no character development and plot is as slow moving as molasses. I only read these three books because they are under 200 pages, but honestly they aren’t worth it, there are better books out there, these need a lot of work.

[R S Hines · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this series. Alice is a bumbling adorable sidekick to a kickass FMC. I stumbled across this series, and even though I don’t normally read an unfinished series, I accidentally started this one and got caught up in it. Dominic, Semir, Alice and Rowan are desperate to save Bee from herself after succumbing to bloodlust from poison and tainted blood. The Council is desperate to kill her and her friends to keep their secrets. After tearing through dozens of guardians, she is captured by her friends, but at what cost? She injures Alice, her best friend, which will destroy her when she finally gets back to sanity.
Unfortunately this is where we are left hanging. The next book isn’t until April 2024 which probably means I’ll never read it. Still, for the first three books I definitely give it five starts for capturing and holding my attention from the start.

[Rhonda Almodovar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold…

Well I thought that this would be the last book in the series but I got punked by Maya. It happens…Brooklyn is on her quest for revenge against the Syndicate AKA The Black Hand (although no one dares say that moniker to their faces). Alice’s witchcraft skills are expanding. Rowan is a new, welcome addition to the series. He’s a witch as well, that’s been helping Dominic on his own quest for revenge. Samir has also been helping him unbeknownst to Brooklyn. She’s infected with ancient blood that’s incited bloodlust in her & she doesn’t know friend from foe. Let the games begin…
I highly recommend this series. I’m on to the next book in the series. I can’t hardly wait to read what happens next.

Que "For You" by STAIND.

[Janette · Rating 5 out of 5]

An Absolutely Wonderful Read!

This book was so amazing, I had a hard time putting it down when I was reading it at work. I didn’t want to go back to work from reading this on my break. Lol, I didn't expect a cliffhanger, but I'm extremely excited to read the next book and can't wait to see what happens next! Each book in this series keeps getting better and better! I love the way Maya wrote this. Not once did we know what Brooklyn was thinking, and it was so refreshing to have the mystery of it. Maya did an excellent job with this one!

[Jodi Kimball · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dang!!

Holy cliffhangers, Batman! We gain a few more members to the rag tag bunch of heroes. Brooklyn had sacrificed herself to save her friends and ended up back in the cages. There’s a battle, gladiator style, poison, shamans, and a few chuckles too. Great read, I can see how some may not like the story because it doesn’t seem to flow with the previous story arc as a whole, but there is so much character development for the side characters in this book that I feel it’s important.

[Sharon Hendrix · Rating 5 out of 5]

O.M.G

Holy mackerel! It wasn’t bad enough the Brooklyn gave herself up to the butt munching Syndicate to save Dominic and the rest of our fearless group. Now all hell has broken loose because of the tainted blade they managed to slice her with during the free for all.
I’m going to be sitting on pins and needles until book 4 comes out…I’m going to miss reading about my favorite couple!

[JW USA · Rating 2 out of 5]

part 3 cliffhanger

This is the 3 book but really is it the next third in one novel. These are short episodes always finishing on cliffhangers which I think is a lazy plot device. This episode has torture, betrayal and is grim. But the shortness of the ‘books’ means it’s a struggle to connect with the characters. I tired for three but no more for me.

[Alyssa Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

this one’s slow af

This book was drug the heck out. This was a bit painful to make my way though. Our “heroine” is constantly needing saving. Over and over again. Let’s show some character development maybe? Here’s hoping the next one redeems this.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy moly
And the roller coaster continues! As Brooklyn fights with her own mind her friends come together to bring her home. Some new faces are appear, with the growing bonds that tie this crazy pack together. Saddle up y’all!

[Bex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not enough pov chapters from the main character in the series. It focuses more on Dominic and Alice. That being said, I still really enjoyed it. It's such a short book that I didn't really feel Brooklyn's absence for too long.

[Jennifer Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite author

Im glad shes writing again. Love this author. Love all of her books.

Great stories with great characters. Love Alice. Lol.

[Leo Alvarez · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ok effort.

The characters are mostly 2 dimensional. Men are written as idiots. Not very funny. First 2 books were a bit better. Gave up on this series halfway thru this book.

[Laura Donaldson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

[Curly's Ramblings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining

Plenty of battles, an foreseen twist, and a chase. The story ends on another cliffhanger. Looking forward to book 4.

[Christy Sassmen]

wow, such a great series loved loved it. highly recommend.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I probably would have gone 4 stars on this one, but I fricking hate cliffies with long waits. grrr....

[LooseBoots · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Such excitement in a book. Fantastic characters. You can’t fail to be drawn into the story.
Let’s hope the author writes fast after dropping us in it.

[Kebaklgmail.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

Enter a world where vampires, witches and shape shifters dont get along … or do they? Lots of action and lust!