[ARC Review] Caged in Fire by Amy Thorn
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When we last saw Thanatos and Isaac in Caged in Darkness, Isaac had let himself be captured in order to save Than from the hands of the Damaris syndicate, and Caged in Fire picks up right where the first book ended. While Isaac is tortured physically, violated to the point of breaking, Than and the rest of the Black Death Riders stop at nothing to find their brother. But once they find him, Isaac will not be the same man he once was, and he won’t be the same lover Thanatos started falling in love with in Caged in Darkness. The road to recovery is long and treacherous, but both Than and Isaac, with the support of the Black Death Riders, find that they can ride that road hand in hand.
After waiting just over a month since the cliffhanger in Caged in Darkness, I was so happy for the release of Caged in Fire. I loved that the action picked up right where we left off in the first book; I know that, had both books been available when I started reading Caged in Darkness, I would have immediately downloaded the second book just to find out what happened after Isaac was taken by the Damaris syndicate. Caged in Fire was definitely darker than the first book. While we witnessed a lot of Thanatos’ demons in Darkness, Fire has both main characters struggling with their pasts and seeking retribution, Isaac for what was done to him physically and mentally while being held captive and Thanatos for what was done to his sister. The things that are done to Isaac while he’s held prisoner are graphic and may not be for everyone. These actions shape who Isaac is as a character and changes how he sees the world and interacts with his brothers in the Black Death Riders. The graphic acts are central to Isaac’s character development, but they are graphic nonetheless. The growth we saw in both Than and Isaac in Darkness was just the tip of the iceberg; both men really came full circle in this book. And, while Isaac’s main growth is self-contained within Caged in Fire, Thanatos had a wonderful arc that full spanned both books. The rest of the guys in the Black Death Riders definitely seemed to have less on-page time in this second book, but they were all still fully realized characters while remaining more supportive and more secondary to Than and Isaac’s journey. While exponentially more graphic in nature, I thoroughly enjoyed Caged in Fire and loved wrapping up Isaac and Thanatos’ love story.
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