Fire & Brimstone (Neighbor from Hell, #8)

by R L Mathewson

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After the last couple of NFH books, I was a bit worried about starting this one. They were fun and everything... but they really weren't all that great. But I really needed a fun book, and no one writes fun like Mathewson, so in I went.

And guess what? Fire and Brimstone is a complete return to form for Mathewson and the delightful NFH world, making this my favorite story in the series (alongside Zoe and Trevor's book).

First of all, Lucifer and Rebecca had palatable chemistry together that blossomed into an adorable relationship (or rather, was already kind of adorable even when it was purely antagonistic) and of course - many laugh out loud moments. This couple, and the gang around them, just put a smile on my face.

Their story was fairly angst-free, but by no means boring or even remotely close to that. They were entertaining as heck, and they definitely made each other better... although we kind of figured that out from the get go haha

The only issue I had with this book and prevented me from capital L loving it was Rebecca's backstory, because it simply made no sense.

I can totally see her being misdiagnosed and considered a hypochondriac in her childhood when Coeliac wasn't all that known, but do you really expect me to believe that in our modern times with all those doctors that she saw, none of them did the needed checks to find this disease until Aiden? Who happens to be Lucifer's brother?

Very convenient, Mathewson. Too convenient. Especially considering the book itself acknowledges how gluten free products have gone a long way and how a lot of restaurants and shops have them? Coeliac is not an obscure condition!

And, excuse me, you dumb parents, did you really just say Coeliac doesn't exist???? Are you fucking kidding me?

Now that that rant is over, I'll end this review by saying I really recommend this series. It is SO much fun, and we all need fun in our lives :)

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Original Notes
After the last couple of books that were good, but not great , this is certainly a back to form for Mathewson and the delightful Neighbor from Hell series! This was probably a tie on my favorite story from the series - duking it out with Zoe and Trevor's story.

Lucifer and Rebecca had palatable chemistry, an adorable relationship and many laugh out loud moments. They, and everyone around them a smile on my face.

The only complaints I have is that Rebecca's backstory doesn't really make sense. I buy that in her childhood Coeliac wasn't known yet so people thought she was faking it, but as the book said itself gluten free products and all that has come a long way and this is a well known condition nowadays. For none of the modern doctors she went to but Aiden to find this and for her parents to claim such a sickness doesn't exist is absolutely ridiculous...