Battle with Fire: 11 (Demon Days, Vampire Nights) Paperback – 10 Sept. 2021

This review is for the whole series, all 11 books.I try to make sure that all the books in a series are published before I start reading because having to wait months between books is detrimental to the flow of the story. I have sometimes read a series that started well and then goes downhill because the author has tried to extend too far and therefore downgrades from excellent to mediocre. I wondered about this, 11 books? Was it worth it? I have read many K.F.Breene books and have enjoyed them all so here we go.The whole series was brilliant. So much depth to so many characters and I was fully invested in all of them and the way their lives became entwined. Events unfolding were fast paced and exciting, descriptive and logical as we moved towards the final instalment. Emotions and humour were perfectly balanced (loved Penny's creative swearing) and the powerful love scenes were woven perfectly, demonstrating the depth of feeling involved. I could wax lyrical for a long time but would send the reader to sleep so instead, thank you K.F. Breene for thoroughly entertaining me and allowing me pure escapism for many hours.

Oh my dayz, what a wonderful end to the series. Loved this book, loved the series, loved the characters. I found myself in a strange position of wanting to read this book all in one go to find out what happens in this final instalment of DDVN, but at the same time wanting to read it slowly 1. To savour every moment and 2. So it didn’t end too soon! And now it has 😭 but it’s been a hell of a ride 😁 pun intended 😘 Pretty much all of the characters have wormed their way into my heart over the course of the series - obvs Reagan from the get go, then her adopted family, then most of the other side players. Except Garret, of course 🤷🏼‍♀️ And I’ve loved the relationship between Reagan and Darius 💖 Not sure if I mentioned it 🤔 but I love this series and Battle of Fire is the perfect end, even tho it’s sad saying goodbye to them, I’m hoping it’s only au revoir and queen heinous will slip in a cheeky extra spinoff book - or several . . . This series is special, as is it’s author 🙏🏽💖

A great end to a fab series of books. Let's hope there will be more to follow these worlds in the future

Wow fanbloodytastic. What a rip roaring ride. Highly recommend excellent fun and great twists and turns. Stella characters will make you laugh and cry. Enjoy I did just cancel all your plans when you dive into this brilliant world.

After 10 books, some good, some okay, this is the one that ties everything together and closes the story perfectly.A great battle, surprises for all, and the happy ever after that you expect from a paranormal romance.

Battle With Fire book 11 Demon Days, Vampire Nights. Absolutely fantastic series, I'm almost sad that be read the last book, except I'm hoping there will be more.

I'm so going to miss these characters, I feel like I know them all . There's so much more that can be wrote about them. I'm really hoping that it's not the end , I've thoroughly enjoyed reading them all . K. F Breene is a brilliant character builder and story teller.

What can I say beside I wish there was more. Reagan and her friend group was perfect and daddy lucifer was my fave. Very well written book with fully developed character that made you feel a personal attachment to each.

I've read this series a couple times now. I just love Reagan as a character. I hope that we do end up getting more from her one day.

The battle between the Underworld and the Elves is finally here and holy moly did it deliver. In the words of Reagan: "Someone had to stand in the way. We had to stand in the way. We had to be the ringleaders for a different, better future". This was the culmination of a terrific set of novels and a fabulous finish to one of my all-time favourite series and rereads. While I felt heartsick starting it and found myself reading over passages towards the end to put off the inevitable, this series holds a special place in my heart as it kicked off my K. F. Breene addiction way back when and I’m so grateful I picked up Book 1 years ago when my first Kindle was still giving me book recommendations because I was too stupid to know how to turn them off from my Home Screen. Where to start? There was a lot to tie off in this book, seeing as it wraps up Reagan’s story, so while some of the usual suspects (and some personal favourites) like Cahal, Lucifer and Steve didn’t feature as heavily as they may have in the lead up to this book, there was definitely more of some other characters that were due to take their moment in the sun. Or the moon, since one of them was the delicious Darius, and considering no female with a beating heart wants him to burn to a crisp, that dude needs to keep out of the sunlight.Revealing a massive clue in the title (yes, this is sarcasm), the book obviously focusses around the inevitable battle for the Realm with Reagan and her merry band stuck in the middle and still not entirely positive what direction their path will take. There was great lead up into this and even better follow through. I was worried that the actual events leading up to said battle and the event itself might be done quickly, because let’s face it, even the best authors and books will often have a key element over and done with even after heaps of build up. I’m happy to say this didn’t happen here. The reader started the journey with Reagan and we absolutely got to finish it with her. All of the characters I’ve loved so hard make an appearance, even if it was only for a moment as I mentioned above, so it really was like saying goodbye to old friends. If, like me, you’re a chronic re-reader of books, you’re going to love parts of this one as there are bits and pieces that popped out that I think I might have missed or forgotten about if didn’t revisit this world so frequently. I’m talking things from the early books as there are times were we get to take a stroll back to the beginning. As a huge nerd myself, this made me squeal a little and provided even more closure to some questions I’d had floating around, none of which I’ll bring up here in case there are some other closet geeks wanting their OMG moments.For fans of these books, it'll have everything you love: humour, suspense, action, some smexy times and romance and a few twists to keep you on your toes. There were some smooshy scenes between Darius and Reagan that were beautiful and will show most men as lacking lol. The book kicks off with a bang (literally) as Reagan tries to solve the age-old question: How do merpeople get down and dirty? Thank goodness that was solved and sleepless nights wondering about it put to an end. While this is one of the few books where I adore all of the characters (with the possible exception of Penny's mother #sorrynotsorry), Reagan and Darius, as always, were the standouts for me. The former's special brand of humour and the latter's smooth and deadly charisma and dedication to his love make the book shine. One of the things I love about this author is that she gives her characters their own quirks without making the jokes seem tired and overdone. Reagan continues to be the perfect blend of brash and vulnerable, stirring everyone within an inch of their life and adding her own colour to the pages that keep you turning well into the early hours of the morning.Most of the book is set in the Brink or in the Realm, with smatterings at Roger’s and in the Underworld. There's fighting, premonitions and uncertainty with no one's path set in stone and the reader kept on their toes to see if everyone survives. Old secrets creep up from the past involving the vampire we love to hate (unless you're me and you just love to love Vlad). One of the things that I’d mentioned about the previous two books is that some of the chapters were from other character’s points of view, namely Penny and Charity, with a splash of Lucifer. While this still happened in Book 11, there seemed to be a lot less of it. This meant more Reagan which is always a winner in my book. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the chapters that were from a different perspective, particularly seeing Penny and Reagan’s beautiful and chaotic friendship from the former’s point of view, but this world absolutely starts and ends with Reagan for me and I was really pleased that while some of the other characters got a solid wrap up (probably could have had a bit more on Charity, Devon and the Shifters, but no biggie), I walked out hand and hand with Reagan, my main woman crush. There was a teeny bit towards the end involving a threat to Reagan that I found a bit of stretch and didn't quite gel with her superhero-like and immortal character (I won't ruin it), but that's just my take on it and it didn't influence my love of the story at all.Was there closure? Yes. The author didn’t weigh the book down with copious amounts of ‘what happened next’ but there was just the right amount of happily ever after written in a way where readers can still fill in some of the tiny gaps on their own. Like, will Cahal get his own series and fall desperately in love with me? Yeah, probably (holy jeebus, he's a hot book boyfriend and was dynamite any time muscle was needed - hot tip: there's definitely room and a solid lead in here to give him his own series). Were there tears? Yep. I hate crying in books and I’m not entirely sure if I was being dragged under with the solid writing and excellent characters or if I was just an emotional mess because even as an adult I can’t come to terms with the fact that one of my favourite authors can’t just keep writing books in my favourite series until she or I drop dead, so let’s go with blaming the author and keep my heart cold and shrivelled lol.So while a part of me might remain a teeny bit bitter that this series isn’t going on forever, the last book definitely paid homage to the journey fans have been on and finished off as it started – taking names and kicking butt. I loved it and am sad Reagan’s story is over. On a positive note, Battle with Fire will slide in perfectly beside all the other DDVN books in my Favourites folder in my library and will be reread often. Let me finish by unashamedly begging the author to pick up one of the other characters’ stories and delving into the world again and writing a few short stories here and there on our favourite heroine so we get to check in on Reagan, Darius, Cahal, Penny, Emery, Charity, Devon, Roger, Vlad, Steve and his big…roar… and Lucifer. Honestly, I could go on and on, I love this series so hard.

Loved every second! Was trying to read more slowly, but was just impossible!! I hope that miss K F Breene will write more books in this series!For me was a perfect end!

I know this is the final book in the series but seriously I really wanna see all the other characters like Cahal or Marie or even Lucifer to find their happily ever afters.And I wanna read more about the drama that's bound to happen when the vamps finally move to the Underworld...It'll be fun reading about Reagan managing everyone...and possibly starting a family with Darius.Lol..I can't get enough.

Loved this series, even if it took me a while to finish it, probably because I didn’t want it to end!! I only regret that we don’t get to see a happy ending for all the other characters in the epilogues but I suppose that it’ll give us some awesome spin offs!!I highly recommend all of KF Breene’s series