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A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

71 reviews

alidigiacomo's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny relaxing sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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buttles's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I usually enjoy the books in this series because of the cheesy romance but I really struggled to get through this one. This book is about main character, Sera’s, time spent under the captivity of the King of the Primals, Kolis, and it is pretty dark but also very drawn out with a lot of emotional suffering. I read books that are fun and entertaining and 80% of this book made me tense and anxious. I don’t enjoy that kind of reading experience so this has been my least favorite book of the series, but some people might enjoy exploring those other emotions. 
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mayllomi's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

4.0

a good amount of the book was rough to read because of everything Sera goes through but I found all the emotional processing around the traumatic events very relatable and well written  
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taliaalongi's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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astuart89's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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vettechmama3's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I just can't get enough of Sera and Nyktos and their love story. I am obsessed with them. And the entirety of the Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire series. The main characters, supporting characters, banter, tension, gods, dragons, magic, smut- it's all so well thought out. Sera is such a strong and badass leading lady and I adore her wholeheartedly. Dying to read the next book that comes out next week! 
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yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book felt a little like an extended novella. I felt like some parts dragged and there was a lot of lore dump. I do love Sera and the way her anxiety is portrayed. It’s so nice to see a badass fmc with anxiety. I love the way Ash cares for her but Nektas is really a favorite. So mature and reasonable . I wish the majority of the book wasn’t spent with Kolis. I hate him and I’m not a huge fan of books where the FMC and MMC are apart for so long.
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ymloar's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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intensej's review against another edition

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dark

3.0

Sera and Nyktos are being held prisoner by Kolis. Sera reveals to Kolis that the soul of Sotoria is inside her, and she bargains with him for Nytkos' freedom. Sera has to make Kolis believe that she is in love with him. The inner workings of how Kolis created his Revenants is revealed. Callum's identity as Sotoria's brother becomes clear. Sera embraces her power as the Primal of Life and Queen of the Gods and stops the Rot. Towards the end of the book, things started to lean on deus ex machinas too much, especially with the large diamond that will miraculously solve all of Sera's problems by holding Sotoria's soul. I will still read the the next book in the series, but I preferred the first two books in the series more.
 

This book was just too intense for me. I love the Sera and Nyktos relationship, but I didn't care for all of the creepy non-consensual scenes between Kolis and Sera. It was too disturbing.

Content: graphic sexual content, violence, death, sexual assault 
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nonotyoshi's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Full of uncomfortable, stressful dark moments, yet with a very satisfying and hopeful conclusion/ending. Worth sticking through reading 100% 
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