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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Death, War, Grief, PTSD, Trauma, Torture, Blood, Death of loved one, Sexual content
City of Smoke and Brimstone
by Kayla Edwards
Book 4 in House of Devils
The series stakes finally crack open. If you have read the first three, this is the payoff entry where Yveswich actually starts to fall.
goodreads 4.36/5 12,591 ratings
storykind_community 4/5 1 rating
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Length784 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Enemies to lovers
- Possessive / claiming
- Obsessed
- Morally gray
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
- Demon lord
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Dirty talk heavy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Protective love interest
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Found family feels
- Found family
- Possessive/protective
- Marking hickeys
- Praise kink
- Wall pinning
- Tension
- Longing glances
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Demon romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Demons
- War front / rebellion
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- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Vampires
- Paranormal
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Forbidden love
- Soulmate/destined bond
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Intense
- Heavy
- Atmospheric
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- General badass
- Fast-paced
- Warrior/fighter
- Epic
- Survivor
- Dangerous
- Character-driven
- Tense
- Cinematic
- Thrilling
- Emotional
- Haunting
- Protect at all costs
- War-torn kingdom
- No one is safe
- Bonds forged in war
- Court of shadows
- Slow descent into darkness
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 784 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book