Embers is not a standalone. This is the conclusion to the Inferno series. It is highly advised to read Inferno, Cinere, and Sparks first. I swore to myself that I would never love you.I promised my children that they wouldn’t suffer for my sins. But it’s so hard, Daddy. It’s hard to not love the man that gave me life. It’s hard to not love the man that’s taken care of me the only way he knows … taken care of me the only way he knows how.
I know it’s not your fault, and maybe one day, I’ll find out why you became a monster. While we still have time left together, I want you to know that I forgive you for everything you’ve done. I want you to know that I do love you, even if not in the way you would have hoped for.
It’s almost over, Daddy.
Close your eyes and go to sleep; I’ll be here with you, holding your hand and letting you know that everything will be alright. Because it will be, won’t it? That’s the promise that you made to me—that no matter what happens between us, everything will always turn out okay.
I know you don’t care much for anything you can’t control, but sometimes life folds its cards and we have to go when it’s our time.
Please stop fighting it, Daddy.
It hurts me to see you suffering so much. I’ve done my best to take care of you, but it’s time to go. Hurry along and know that we’ll be behind you shortly because I can’t live in a world that doesn’t have you in it.
I love you, Daddy.
Always and forever.
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This was a gut-wrenching conclusion to Pater’s story. Yolanda Olson’s skill as a storyteller is inimitable.
Book 1 brought us into this depraved world with Jocelyn’s POV.
Book 2 showed us the depraved mind of Pater.
Book 3 showed us Luke – before he became Pater, from his mom Taylee’s POV.
Now we’ve hit end-game and Darby will do anything to protect her children. She is the mother that Jocelyn tried her best to be. Darby knows that Pater’s days are running short but the stubborn old goat won’t lay down and die.
There is so much I want to say, but I don’t want to spoil the story. This is one that you are best going into blind and savoring every last moments with one of the worst father’s you’ll ever met.
No words… none! I’m stunned, gutted, speechless and blatantly WRECKED!!! After each book there were no happy words, no HEA’s and I knew, just knew that this final book would destroy me but I didn’t realize how much. I wanted to cry for the heartbreak I felt, at the losses Darby endured but no matter how many blows she took she refused to go without a fight! If you’re looking for smiles and rainbows this is not the book for you because you’ll get nothing but a dark, taboo story that will hold you captive until the very end!
I’m in shock. Torn to pieces. Heart obliterated. I read this book in one sitting cause I couldn’t put it down. This author can make me feel everything. All the emotions. I will never forget Pater and the Greene family. They have lodged themselves firmly into my nightmares.
What can j say about this book is wow. I am sad to see it end. I really enjoyed Daddy even though he was evil and twisted. I didn’t see that at the end at all. I really hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
My Review
Embers.
By Yolanda olson.
Book 4 a Inferno novel.
Darby, Now has Children.
Her Love for them…. is so strong she would do anything for them…..But Then There’s DADDY..
He doesn’t care about anyone but himself..
If your Looking for a happy ending with DADDY….. he makes it difficult… everything is done how he wants it done… so what DADDY wants DADDY Gets…. Darby puts blame on her mom. For things..
Later finds…. her mom wasn’t the Person she thought she was..
I have read this entire series
Its Dark and Twisted. Not For Everyone.. but Me I Like To Read A Bit Of Most Everything.
I’m Definitely A Fan Of This Authors….
Now on to Book 5.
INCENDIARY..
Thank you Yolanda Serrano
Talk about coming full circle. I kept rooting for Darby. I kept crossing my fingers…. I should known that there were going to be some crazy dark twist. Darbs… she was such a special girl. She loved her family. She wanted to protect her family. But you know, it is hard to protect yourself from Daddy. There are parts that reminded me of Jocelyn and what she previously endured. Other parts were new and kept me right on edge. Don’t start the series with this book. Remember start with Inferno and take the crazy journey from there.
This book tore my heart out. I was hopeful that Darby would survive and Daddy would die leaving her and the children to live a semi normal life. Darby had one hell of a backbone to stand up to Daddy and she was such a loving and caring mother. Her children were everything to her. Definitely not the ending I thought would happen. Thank you Yolanda and all the Inferno authors for the best series I have read in a long time.
A sucker punch in the feels. Just when you think you got it all figured out, boom you’re knocked out for the count. Pater is just a kick you in the crotch spit on your neck fantastic type of father. I’ve read other stories by Yolanda Olson, but this is a truly scary take on a horror story. Because it’s the true life type of horrors that happen and the real monsters that are untouchable. I think it’s the very plausible reality that makes these stories so emotional. Because in real life sometimes the monsters win and, try as they might, the good guys fail.
What an amazing pulse racing ride it’s been with the Greene family. And this series is a true testament to Olson’s artisty that she can evoke such raw and real emotions from her readers. Luke Greene is a man who I will forever love to hate. 5 feels ripping stars!!
This is the last book in the inferno series. What can I say in some crazy messed up way I missed psycho daddy Pater, we meet Darby again several years later. We see what has happened to her since Jocelyn died. What her life has been, the book was soo good. And that ending was so unexpected..I’m sad to see the series has ended. Great book. 5 star review
The end I was anticipating
I was reading another book and while I was in the middle of it I placed it down because Author Yolanda Olson brought to my kindle The End.
I’ve followed this series from it’s prequel to Embers so if you’ve just stumbled on this go back but bewarned this is a journey best taken with a bookfriend because as the name of the 1st book it is a window to an INFERNO.
Having read this entire series, I thought that the conclusion, the one bringing it to an end, would be one I could easily read.
I was wrong as every four letter curse word I can think of.
I’m haunted by this tale, by the characters, by the very existence of such a book. If you can say that a book such as this is is beautifully written, then this certainly is. It’s hauntingly tragic and a fitting end to the series.
This is the conclusion to a series that definitely isn’t for the faint of heart. Some really crappy things happen repeatedly to the characters. Pretty much the worse things you can think of. Pater has lived his life the way he was shown and I feel for him, well for like 5 minutes then I went back to hating him. This is definitely not a series for people with triggers.
I’ve never been so heartbroken from a book as I have with this one! This series has ripped my heart out and stomped on it in stilettos. I know that this author doesn’t have HEA but I was hoping for a halfway happy ending… but if you have read this series then you know that nothing good was gonna happen to any of these characters. There was a moment where I was about to cry and I swear I hated this author. She did have a heart for one of the characters but the rest….. well read for yourself and see.
Ok, where to start?
The twisted way this family has survived this long makes you want them to have an HEA. While rooting for their survival of the atrocities that have occurred, you can’t help but wonder what would make it an HEA.
Yolanda takes a difficult story and weaves this tale where you want to know where it all ends, how will it all end, but you almost can’t bear to turn the page.
This is definitely not a story for the timid. This story has you rooting for many characters, and anticipating the ending.
Brace yourselves.
Holy hell in a well. What did I just read? Embers by Yolanda Olson brings you back to the infamous Pater and his family with all the horrific good and evilness.
Through out this whole series I was an emotional mess! I was stressed, angry, disgusted and more. I was so drawn into what was going to happen from the very begining to the very end. I read about the family, I felt like a saw Darby grow to the person she is in Embers and watched Pater become how he is. I had to sit back and read about all the things that Pater did and I couldn’t help stop any if it. I almost threw my phone several times.
Embers gave me heart palpitations. Even after all my mini strokes, I could not put it down! Darby shows such, love, compassion and strength even with all that she faces.
I am a tad sad to see Inferno series come to a conclusion as these books spark such emotion. You want to take the wheel of the train with both hands holding tightly, and drive full force into the wreck with eyes wide open.
Note this book(s) has dark and distrubing content
Embers is the conclusion to a harrowing series about one family, the Greene’s.
These books are not for the faint hearted, they are pitch black books and should not be read by anyone with triggers, it is in no way a romance! please be warned.
From the very first book in the series, inferno, i was completely hooked. It was a brutal read that completely moved you. Think of the worst things that could happen in life and this is the tale about it all. It’s the type of books you cannot put down, you cannot turn away from no matter how much you wish you could and it makes you grateful that you never had to live this way because unfortunately it is all too real. why should you read them? Because any book that pulls such strong feelings from me, that makes me forget the world and cry for characters in a book as if they were as real as you and me, gets my vote. Embers is no exception. I hated the author so much after reading this book, it was such an emotional, hard read but that is also why she is my favourite author too. There is no HEA here, at least not one you want. Love the main character or hate him, i promise you, you’ll never forget him.