Reviews - To Flame a Wild Flower

425 reviews for:

To Flame a Wild Flower

Sarah A. Parker

4.09 AVERAGE

awamser's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

poppy_jae's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

justjamila's review against another edition

3.0

Alright, I was super pumped to dive into this book, thinking it was the grand finale of what I thought was a trilogy. But man, was I wrong, and not in the best way.

The main character spent like 70% of the book just drowning in self-loathing. It got old really fast. Seriously, it felt like the story was just stuck, and I ended up skipping pages because her endless pity party was too much. The angsty vibe that rocked in the first two books? Yeah, not happening here. It just dragged on and on.

The pacing was also a mess. Just like in the second book, where the main character bails from her safe space and the love interest eventually follows (not until like 60% into the book), this one pulled the same stunt. The love interest doesn’t even show up until about 75% in, and they barely talk until the end. Déjà vu much? It felt super repetitive and honestly, only one of the books needed that plotline—not both the second and the third.

When I hit the epilogue, it was clear there are more books coming. I was ready for a wrap-up, not more of the same stuff. The series kinda lost its spark for me, but I’m still curious enough to see how it ends.

All in all, this book was a letdown. The repetitive plot and the main character’s endless self-loathing made it a slog to get through. Fingers crossed the next book brings back the excitement that made the first two books so fun.

nikitanavalkar's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 Flaming Flowers

The endings of every book in this series are designed to put shock paddles to my heart, beat it into a pulp, and basically put me in a trauma coma. Why do I like to hurt myself so? Ooh don’t open that door. Exaggeration? You go and read it then and see if you remain that cocky