Chains of Fire is the story of Isabelle and Samuel who from the first book in the series have been promising to be an interesting read. They have a shared past childhood, two past romances, and a whole lot of issues. Namely, a lack of trust and fear of intimacy deeper than sex.Over the course of the book we learn that Samuel once used his mind control on Isabelle, he thought for good reasons, but she felt used and betrayed. So she refuses to allow herself to care for him again because she fears that he will hurt her again. This book throws her and Sam together and gives them no choice but to communicate to survive after an avalanche traps them underground. Sam has a serious ego which gets him nearly killed repeatedly as he tries to escape the situation, this behavior endangers Isabelle because she has to heal him and thus take on his injuries herself and possibly die. He learns to control his tempter in order to protect Isabelle.
They escape but Isabelle does not stick around and runs out of habit, Sam follows and continues to trap her in small spaces for a little fun. And they continue to work on their trust issues. In the end, it is Isabelle who must take the step to trust Sam again after he faces the Devil himself.
The book ends with some questions about that prophecy answered and more questions brought as one of the Chosen heads off to his own wedding to someone we have not met yet, and are not sure we should like.
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