Sweet Child

Heart of Hellfire, Book 1

De: Brie Tart

Narrado por: Amanda Garrison

When secrets kill, she gets even.

A murdered mom, a weird ritual, and her childhood apartment up in blazes—that night still haunts Helen Carver. She always watched her uncle, safe on the sidelines, as he chased empty leads trying to figure out what happened. Now grown with a daughter of her own, she’s tired of watching and ready to help...right as he goes missing. As she retraces his steps, Helen finds a strange hidden society. Its glowing beings attack her with impossible speed, magic spells, and archaic weapons. Everybody has secrets. Anyone could be a threat. But one thing becomes crystal clear: The mystery around her mother’s murder now threatens her kid. Nobody touches Helen’s little girl.

Sweet Child is book one in the Heart of Hellfire series, which features one badass mom and her machete against a whole fae underworld full of secrets, danger, and magic. For anyone looking for action, mystery, and snark (with a surprise sweet, slow-burn romance), this urban fantasy has plenty.

Content warning: This story contains explicit gore/violence, medical/surgical torture, an arson attack, death of a family member, sexual references, and cursing/rude language.

©2019 Brie Tart (P)2022 Brie Tart

Great story and narration!

Heck of an adventure with lots of things I never saw coming. Great Narration!

Excellent world building

This modern fantasy book is a fun read that does a great job working in the fae lore into a modern urban world naturally and without the long winded... "and now we explain everything moment" that other fantasy books suffer from. The main character Helen/Hellfire is likable while maintaining an edge that doesn't go too far that her humanity is lost. While I appreciate the trigger warnings, they sounded so severe that it almost scared me off. But I'm happy to say that I didn't find any overly gratuitous content in the book that would make me consider it beyond a PG-13 level. The torture scene being the most graphic was no more graphic than Voltaire's Candid and never forces the hero into a place where they have to betray their very nature. I also like that the book stands on it's own while leaving just enough setup for book 2. I thought the narrator did an excellent job with the voices and keeping them consistent and the reading was done at reasonably brisk pace. The only voice that took me a bit to warm up to was the kid voice, it came off as uncomfortable at first, but after a couple of chapters it felt natural to me. I hope they continue to release the rest of the series as audiobooks. Highly recommended.