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A review by erikabariteau
A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout
3.0
A Fire in the Flesh - 2.5-3⭐️
This is the third book in the ‘A Flesh and Fire’ series - this goes without saying but I’ll say it anyways, possible spoilers ahead!!
I think making this series 4 books instead of 3 was a mistake. This book is a perfect example of some authors taking the popularity of their books for granted. Don’t get me wrong, this was an entertaining book. People who know the type of reader I am know that I can be entertained and be lead to love a book very easily - but even this was a stretch for me. I think this book couldn’t been 350-400 pages and been as equally as entertaining. There really wasn’t a need for this book to be 630 pages.
This series started off so good. It had all the best bits from FBAA and presented it in a somewhat new way with an interesting FMC and MMC. It had such incredibly lovable side characters and an interesting, somewhat easy to follow world, and a clear villain. With the way this book turned out, it kinda ruined all that good for me. 75% of the book is spent repeating the same scenes over and over, the next 10% was creepy and the last 15% was essentially just an extended smut scene. Harsh to describe the book this way, I know, but it really felt like that for me. There were very minimal revelations in this book and the main question that we’ve been asking (and Sera has been asking - repeatedly IYKYK) for the past two books was no where near answered. There were some parts in the last 15% that was touching, but also felt like an easy cop out. The whole reason that there was so much stress about Sera Ascending was because Ash couldn’t do it due to him not having his heart - but then that suddenly doesn’t matter anymore? Why make that a plot device then? I love the fated mates trope as much as the next girl but common… I don’t know it just fell flat for me here.
So while I enjoyed some parts and was entertained, it’s getting a 2.5-3⭐️ from me. I wouldn’t start this series if I knew it was going to be this way honestly. Will I read the next one? Yeah, but that’s just because I need to finish the series - I made it this far. Also, the fact that there were barely any of the amazing side characters from the previous books in this one? A crime
This is the third book in the ‘A Flesh and Fire’ series - this goes without saying but I’ll say it anyways, possible spoilers ahead!!
I think making this series 4 books instead of 3 was a mistake. This book is a perfect example of some authors taking the popularity of their books for granted. Don’t get me wrong, this was an entertaining book. People who know the type of reader I am know that I can be entertained and be lead to love a book very easily - but even this was a stretch for me. I think this book couldn’t been 350-400 pages and been as equally as entertaining. There really wasn’t a need for this book to be 630 pages.
This series started off so good. It had all the best bits from FBAA and presented it in a somewhat new way with an interesting FMC and MMC. It had such incredibly lovable side characters and an interesting, somewhat easy to follow world, and a clear villain. With the way this book turned out, it kinda ruined all that good for me. 75% of the book is spent repeating the same scenes over and over, the next 10% was creepy and the last 15% was essentially just an extended smut scene. Harsh to describe the book this way, I know, but it really felt like that for me. There were very minimal revelations in this book and the main question that we’ve been asking (and Sera has been asking - repeatedly IYKYK) for the past two books was no where near answered. There were some parts in the last 15% that was touching, but also felt like an easy cop out. The whole reason that there was so much stress about Sera Ascending was because Ash couldn’t do it due to him not having his heart - but then that suddenly doesn’t matter anymore? Why make that a plot device then? I love the fated mates trope as much as the next girl but common… I don’t know it just fell flat for me here.
So while I enjoyed some parts and was entertained, it’s getting a 2.5-3⭐️ from me. I wouldn’t start this series if I knew it was going to be this way honestly. Will I read the next one? Yeah, but that’s just because I need to finish the series - I made it this far. Also, the fact that there were barely any of the amazing side characters from the previous books in this one? A crime