Lick of Fire - Clara Elroy (ARC)

 Lick of Fire - Clara Elroy

ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest opinion.

 

Lick of Fire is the third book in Clara Elroys City of Stars series but can be read as a standalone since all of them follow a different couple but I would recommend reading the first two books in the series, for a better reading experience. This book focuses on Ares and Serena.

 

Ares and Serena know each other since their childhood but after Serena’s father got arrested and everything else in her life went south she disappears and they don’t see each other ever again. At least Ares thinks he won’t see his former crush ever again but when he is forced to meet a client at a house he wants to sell he was thrown back into his past. Are the two of them able to bring the flames that were once extinguished back to life, or are they so shaped by their past that they can't leave those things in the past?

 

Serena is such a great character and I was seriously surprised by her. She is so strong and I liked how she dealt with her past trauma and her feelings and how she stood up for herself and refused to be taken down by it. And don’t let me start with Ares, he is definitely my favorite of the three book guys and I can’t put in words how much I enjoyed reading their story. They were really honest with each other which was so refreshing to read and also helped them communicate and avoided any more things that would endanger their relationship, so I was really happy that they talked with each other even though it wasn’t always nice.

 

I’m so happy how the story of Ares and Serena turned out and it was so great to have the other two couples in it as well. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series and I hope that we will read a lot more about their future.

 

4/5☆