Spark of the Everflame review

 Book: Spark of the Everflame

Author: Penn Cole

Pages: 400

Date(s) Read: March 13^th, 2025 to March 20^th, 2025

Date Published: June 1^st, 2023

Rating: 5/5

Genre:  Fantasy

Characters: 5/5

Writing style: 5/5

Story: 5/5

Ending:  5/5

Cover: 4/5

Format: Hard Cover

Date Bought: February 22^nd, 2025

Book Cost: 17.48

Review:

Spark of the Everflame was a fast and fun romantasy that I finished the last 50 percent of in one sitting, my attention was completely rapt.

 

Diem Bellator is a healer, she's been trained by the best, her mother. When her mother disappears suddenly Diem is thrust into the role of palace healer for the upper class, giving her access to a world full of intrigue and opportunity. While Diem grapples with the path she's on she falls in with a rebel group she is excited to help until she discovers the real cost of war. As Diem investigates her missing mother she learns some very hard truths about herself and begins to see a different future for herself than the one she's always envisioned.

 

Spark of the Everflame has robust, strong world-building. The setting of the opulent upper class lording over the downtrodden may not necessarily be new ground tread but it makes for an entertaining read. The author poses interesting moral questions for our heroine regarding whether the ends justify the means which is not something romantasy usually tackles. It makes for interesting moral quandaries Diem is forced to confront, especially given her role as a healer and her desire for justice. How far is too far though?

 

The characters in Diems world aren't particularly unique and play on traditional old romantasy tropes but that doesn't make me any less invested in the possibility of romance with high-born Luther or her changing relationship with the boy next door. Diem herself is a brash and impulsive character but she's full of compassion and empathy that really make her a memorable heroine.

 

This book doesn't bring anything new to the world of romantasy but it doesn't need to. It sticks with tried-and-true tropes that work well for a reason. Spark of the Everflame may not rock your world but it will thoroughly entertain you.