Flameout by Keri Arthur (Souls of Fire Book 3)

This is a review of Flameout by Keri Arthur. This is book 3 in the Souls of Fire series. The series is ongoing. This series needs to be started with Fireborn and followed by Wicked Embers before reading Flameout as the stories pick up where the previous ones left off.

We open with Luke’s grave being open and it is revealed to be empty. Emberley and Sam have their confirmation that Luke is the leader of the Red Cloaks and that it is not his body in the grave. Luke was taunting them at the cemetery. They thought he was there and he wasn’t. He tricked them using a microphone and speaker system that was hidden and triggered when they opened his coffin.
Emberley was unable to use her powers temporarily until she destroyed a spell that was hampering her magic. Emberley and Sam are ambushed by cloaks and vampires both in the cemetery. They defeat the cloaks and release the vampires.

Emberley and Jackson are still searching for the missing research notes that have to do with the Crimson Death virus and the red cloaks. They have hit a stall in their quest and aren’t making any progress on this front.

Emberley and Jackson are asked by the Shaman from book two to meet with a local witch. The witch tells Emberley and Jackson that three witches belonging to her coven are missing and asks them to find the witches. The witch feels that the three missing witches are still. Emberley and Jackson embark on a quest to save the witches. They find the witches but the news isn’t good. One of the witches is dead and the other two have been turned into Red Cloaks and are feasting on her remains. Emberley manages to fend off the red cloaks and sets fire to the bodies of the witches. She then takes the ashes into herself and returns the remains to the coven leader so she can ensure a proper burial for them. Luke continues to work on a way to keep Emberley from using her magic.

The book ends with a really big battle and one heck of a cliffhanger. You will have to read the book to find out what happens. I can’t spoil the story in this one.

My recommendation: This is just the bare bones of the book without giving away too many details. Pick up the book and read it after reading Fireborn and Wicked Embers first.