Helfyre (Agía Sahnta)

If you are into dark fantasy with added spice you are in luck. This book is it!Amazing world building, character exploration and some development. This story takes you on a wild ride. I already have a queue of friends waiting to read once in ready to share the love.Murs is an amazing writer!

Before I was lucky enough to have this ARC dropped on my Kindle, I knew it would be good. Murs teased us for months about what to expect which obviously made my anticipation grow. What I did not expect, however, is truly what a debut masterpiece this turned out to be.I won’t go into heavy detail but there are a few things I’d like to highlight:Characters:Well hello Arioch and Aheia!Ari - everything we love in a morally grey MMC and more. Ari is no sugar, lots of spice and not much nice and hot damn is it more than I imagined.Aheia - what I love our our girl ks that she js a pure firecracker BUT also not afraid to show us her emotional sides. And not just us, there are a number of times where her vulnerability is front and centre. It was so refreshing to see a strong FMC that isn’t afraid to also showcase a very real side of her. It made her even more relatable to me and I am now the president of the Aheia fan club.Lúc - dear, sweet baby Lúc. I love you so much. I have so much more to say but I don’t want to give spoilers! Just trust me when I say you will love him too.The island of misfit toys - Ari is the King here and again, please trust me when I tell you these misfit toys are delectable, savage and all around a group of people I would happily hang out with (but also want to know more, Murs!!)The writing itself is…. Inspiring, refreshing, unbelievably good. I have read many (MANY!) traditional published authors that could never hold a candle to the word wizard that Murs is. It’s beautiful, haunting, funny and will crawl under your skin like a parasite you’d happily welcome.I am in absolute awe of this story. The world, the characters, the language (and you bet your ass our girl gifted us with a pronunciation guide, glossary and other guides we consistently wish for at the beginnings of books).I want to end this with one particular quote that struck me at my core:“It was all too much, and if she kept the darkness wrapped around her, she could pretend it was simply one of her dreams.”Never, in my entire 22 years of struggling with my mental health, has any one sentence described it for me personally. I can never thank you enough for that Murs.

This is the book which made me fell in love with dark romance❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥.I mean who can not love Arioch and his shadows🖤. We are all broken more or less in a way or more. And Aheia is not only a goddess but a true warrior🤍. She fights for her rights, visions and freedom.It's so weird that it doesn't matter how broke we are, we will always find a person in our lives who will understand it all, and will always be beside, protect us no matter what.❤🖤🤍

“𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏, 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒂. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘.”ARC review of Helfyre🔥Spolier Free Review🔥This book has been highly anticipated for me, following Murs’s journey on her Instagram account from drafting to editing this writing process has been a rollercoaster. Murs should be so damn proud, she is an absolute inspiration. This book goes to show you don’t need to be a huge author and you don’t need to have a publisher to write a fantastic fantasy dark romance. Well done!Helfyre, what can I say. This book has it all, enemies to lovers, found family, violence, sm*t, multiple POVs.The author has created not only a new world but religion, language and creatures. I am in love with this new world the author has created. There was a beautiful balance of world building, character development, plot and smut and the authors writing was exactly what these characters needed.I love Aheia, she is so damn fierce and at the same time vulnerable. Her inner dialogue was everything we needed.Arioch is a force of nature he is dark and sexy and oooh the things he says could drop anyones pants and beg for more.All the side characters were great. Special shout out to Lúc and Shiron. They both stole the show for me and I was happily surprised when we got some of the other characters POVs which really helped get to know them and I loved they each had their time to shine.This book made me laugh, cry, induced a heart attack. The ending was phenomenal and Murs you best get your ass working on the second book because I won’t last long on a cliffhanger like that!🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿/5🗡🗡🗡.5/5🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶/5🎭🎭🎭🎭/5😈😈😈😈😈/5

Great story and characters, just the right amount of dark for me. Look forward to reading the next book! Hopefully soon 🤞

This book has everything I love. Enemies to lovers, strong FMC, LGBTQ representation, smut, fighting, an intricately woven story with depth & history & language & magyck. I loved this book and that ENDING - I cannot wait to read the sequel!!!

This book had so many elements that I enjoy in literature, but so many twists as well, I loved the open and organics growth and interactions. Thank you for all your hard work as an author I can't wait to see what happens next

I love this book so much. The writing is so good everything flows together and reads at a really nice pace. The plot is very clever and things happen that you don’t expect so good!!Can’t wait for the second book, just wanna read it!!!