Bitter Burn (Lyonesse 3) by Sierra Simone-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 30, 2025

I think it’s important that you know this about me, that you understand this: I’m not sorry.

I’d do it again.

After my husband died eight years ago, I made vengeance my only purpose, my religion, my destiny. But to get to my enemy, I had to make myself like him. He had a kingdom of secrets? Then I would make an empire. He had blood on his hands? Then I would bathe in it.

But Tristan and Isolde changed everything. I hadn’t counted on wanting them, needing them; I hadn’t counted on how it felt to watch the two of them fall in love. I’d thought I had everything under control—I’d thought I was safe from my own long-dead heart. I’d never imagined that the wronged husband, the jealous king from my childhood fairy tales, would be played by none other than me.

It no longer matters what I used to believe. My enemy is ready to finish the game, and for the first time in eight years, I have pieces on the board I can’t afford to lose. I’ll burn the entire world to keep Tristan and Isolde safe, I’ll scorch the earth—but as any good assassin will tell you, fire will only get a man so far, because there’s always something left in the ashes. And for the three of us, it’s the cold, bitter bones of the truth: their story begins and ends with me.

And every story needs a villain…

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REVIEW: The final instalment in the Lyonesse series; Bitter Burn is finally here! The series MUST be read in chronological order, this is the conclusion to the series so those that have not read the first two books (Salt Kiss and Honey Kiss) will be very lost. Also, check your trigger warnings before reading, this is Sierra Simone we are talking about and a dark romance to boot.

There is so much to say with this book. It gave me such a burn out when I finished it, it was that good. Mark, Tristan and Isolde create a chaos together that readers can’t get enough. We jump right back into the thick of things. Mark is on a warpath to get back not only his wife, but his bodyguard too and nothing is going to get in his way. For loyal readers to the series, if you know, you know, even with the drama that has happened, Mark wants them back. He also wants his revenge for his husband, Tristan and Isolde complicate this.

Without spoiling the ending of the best series of the year, Bitter Burn is going to take readers through the wringer. With triple POV, a softer version to Mark than expected, Isolde living through emotional hell and Tristan being the most beautiful person a person can be, Ms. Sierra is making her characters WORK for their happy ending. There are aspects to Mark’s personality that are expanded on in the final book that draw his character closer to Tristan and Isolde, and I think that was such a great plot point to finish the series.

I’m so sad the series is over, but what an ending it was. I don’t know how anyone can create something so amazing, that touches so many people, but Ms. Sierra does it better than most.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Salt Kiss
Honey Cut

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sarah

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Tropes: Anti-hero. Age gap. Arranged marriage

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Sierra is a voracious reader of all things including the smuttiest smut, young adult, piles of non-fiction for research, and everything Bill Bryson (especially on audio).

She loves writing the dirtiest things that she can think of, King Arthur, sparkling water, Tarot, coffee, leggings, and learning new words daily.

Her previous jobs have included firing ceramics, teaching living history lessons in one-room school house in full, 1908-approved school marm attire, and working as a librarian for several years—not in that order

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