Hellfire and Brimstone (Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc., #7)

by Angela Roquet

The end is nigh...

Lana Harvey is on top of the world—the underworld, that is. With the war fallout tapering off, she finds herself reduced back to mundane soul harvesting. It’s not a fancy gig, and the pay isn’t thrilling, but that hardly matters now that she’s shacking up with her retired demon consort, Beelzebub.

The afterlives have stabilized, and all seems well, until an average day on the job crosses Lana’s path with not one but two ghosts she thought were long gone. The startling revelation rips open old wounds and sends her on a quest to discover the truth behind her mentor’s mysterious death, and what it could mean for the fate of Eternity.

• ISBN10: 1951603001
• ISBN13: 9781951603007
• Publish Date: 9 September 2021 (first published 20 October 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Violent Siren Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 220
• Language: English

Reviews

[kalventure]

1) Graveyard Shift ★★★★
2) Pocket Full of Posies ★★★
3) For the Birds ★★★★
4) Psychopomp ★★★★
5) Death Wish ★★★★
6) Ghost Market ★★★

“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.” —Buddha

Hellfire and Brimstone is the final installment in the Reaper Inc series, and while I will mourn the loss of adventures in Limbo City I respect Roquet for sticking with a well balanced story arc and ending the series on a high note. Everything was tied up nicely.

This book delves deeper into the happenings prior to the series start, opening old wounds and causing Lana to question everything that she has known. She doubts that she will have the strength to see everything through, but in the end she kicks demon booty (of course!).

Often times I find that authors drag on the story to keep a good thing going, and it seems rare that authors have a decided story arc. I was just as engaged with the series in Hellfire and Brimstone as I was with Graveyard Shift. Each installment of the series delves deeper into the characters, their relationships, and the impending war in Eternity.