I was lucky enough to to get this ARC of Blaze about 2 days after I finished Haze, and I didn’t have to suffer a long wait. Not that Sarah was going to leave us with one anyways. Blaze is book 2 in Finn and Lena’s story and book 3 in the Ardelean Bloodline series. (Don’t skip straight to Finn and Lena’s story, there’s much needed info and plot in Cade and Thalia’s.) 

This book picks up literally right where Haze left off with Finn still trying to get Lena to see the bigger picture of them and Lena being closed off due to past traumas, but now everything Lena has fought for in her life, all of the dreams she had worked towards have all crashed around her. With nothing else to protect Lena takes matters into her own hands, and she does so at the risk of Finn’s wrath and punishment, if you catch my drift. 

The best part about this book in my opinion was finally seeing Lena ease into herself and go after what she want’s and realizing her family is still going to love her. I struggled to like Lena at first, but once you push through that wall Lena is one of the most endearing characters in the series so far. Finn has always put his entire self out there for Lena, but it really felt in this one we get to see Lena put herself out there for Finn. 

All in all Sarah is crafting a fun and gripping world of shifters that I personally struggle to find often, and the stories she’s telling of this family finding who they are and who helps them feel like themselves. 

To no one’s surprise I’ll be picking up book 4 as soon as I can get my greedy hands on it.