Through The Fire (Fire Company 143 Book 2) by Danielle Brooks is a fast-paced, lighthearted romance novel with some solid character development. When I finished book 1 of the Fire Company 143 series called Smoke Signals, I was excited to learn more about Joni and Tevin, another couple that makes an appearance in the series. I never really considered that Brooks would give us a book about Fire Captain Benjamin Deacon so early in the series, but she did and I'm grateful for it. 

Even though there are some lengthy and wordy parts that I found myself skipping (sorry), the story is well-written, I found myself responding sentimentally to the emotional parts and I found myself laughing at the funny parts. I was engaged in the characters throughout the book (for the most part).

I wish we got to see more about Travis Beaumont's time in Lovey's Bay and I would've loved to see Fire Company 143 work together to get rid Travis/ruin his reputation and send him packing! But maybe we'll get lucky in the next book in the series, if there is one

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That said, I still enjoyed the book and if there are more books in the series, I will definitely read those, too. Lovey's Bay is officially one of my favorite fictitious small towns.