Forged in Flames

Made of Steel, Book 2

By: Ivy Smoak

Narrated by: Elizabeth Hart

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's Summary

It's hard to be consumed by revenge when my heart feels like it's breaking in two. A part of me is still in love with Miles. I think I always will be. He embodies everything I thought my life could be. Every hope and dream and wish. But I'm not the girl he remembers.  

And I'd be lying if I said I haven't started to fall for the New York City vigilante. He's the only other person who knows what it's like to live behind a mask. There's a darkness in him that mirrors my own. He embraces my broken soul.  

But I'm tired of all the secrets, masks, and lies. I don't need a man to save me. I'm the superhero of my own story. And all I need to focus on right now is Don Roberts - a monster far worse than I ever imagined - before he unleashes the Mafia on this city and ruins any chance I have at a new life.

©2017 Ivy Smoak (P)2019 Tantor

Dumb heroine

Why , oh why fid I put my faith in an author to brighten up her FMC . This FMC is then most clueless , dumbest FMC I’ve ever read ! Omg. I thought book one was bad? This one she’s worst. She sits there and says she’s mAde of steel , she is done being clueless, her turn to call the shots, but all she did was get more stupid! Geeze... I never thought a character could be this bad! Don’t waste your time on this book. U can get the same common sense from an infant .

LOVE!

I use audible for my commute to work twice a week. It makes the time go by. I find myself so involved in the story I literally react to parts being told.

its okay

I'm not sure how I feel bout those series sleeping with 3 different guys but has a weird flash/spiderman thing going idk

So frustrating

The main character “Sadie” sucks honestly. She is so whiney and constantly changing her mind. She is constantly pushing people
Away and in my opinion leading them on. One minute she’s in love the next minute she’s not only to realize in that same second she may actually be in love. It drove me crazy. If your looking for something to frustrate the crap out of you then this is it.

Great Narrator poor Character

This book had a lot of potential however it's a very frustrating story and Summer may be the worst character ever developed. Very disappointed.

Suspenseful.

💜 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝔹𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝔸𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕠 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 💜

Forged in Flames by Ivy Smoak, book two of the Made in Steel trilogy. I've been trying to figure out what to put for this review but I'm still not sure. I was going to just copy my review of book one but I didn't want to do that either.

❝𝑆𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝐸𝑙𝑖, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑉? 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐴 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑙𝑖 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑉 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠.❞

Although I liked the plot of book one and two and think the books had a lot of potential, I feel like the author has just had one too many genres and everything has gotten way to twisted and confusing. The most frustrating part for me is that the identity of the vigilante has STILL not been revealed but I know without a doubt exactly who it is and if Summer/Sadie really "loves" that person, I don't understand how she can't "feel" that it's him.

As for the audio, Hart has done a great job of differentiating the female and male voices but again there are a couple of male characters with dialogue and those voices were very similar so if I zoned out for a minute or two of listening I would have to rewind to make sure I knew exactly which of the three guys that Summer/Sadie was talking to.

I've made it this far, and again I do actually like the plot so I'm going to continue on to book three and the conclusion of the Made of Steel trilogy.

Where is this heroine's heart?

This heroine is unbelievably terrible. She is stupid, dependent and a slut. How could she sleep around with the men characters? I kept listening just because I wanted to know what's behind the present and who these characters really were.

i seriously wanted to love this story.

This was a ridiculous at times story that was drawn out over 3 books for nothing but a waste of reading, listening and money. The story was so dumb at times. It had sweet parts and the mystery but it was boring and redundant.

Stupid and far fetched!

Stupid and extremely far fetched, with one of the biggest idiot heroines! The only reason I’m not giving this one star, is because it hooked me enough to want it to get better and hope that the next book would, so I read the entire series—like a dumbass! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Survival, Loyalty, not giving up

Amazing Characters unwavering loyalty and young love surving all the ups and downs lives threw it all. The author detail puts you in the moment. Autible voice choice the Author made was a great choice. Its a voice of someone thats been through so much fragile but strong. Great series!

Male voice a real turn off

I really like Ivy’ books, they always have a bit of a dark undercurrent and of course smoking hot. The narrator for the male voices in this novel however was a real turn off, so much so I just couldn’t listen anymore. I have the book and will read instead to find out what happens to Summer. So sorry for the negative feedback just ruined the whole storytelling for me.