Flames and Flowers by Jaine Diamond

3.91 AVERAGE

dahliak's review against another edition

4.0
Wish this would have been a full length novel instead of a novella.  Matt deserved his own full story.

sookandbooks's review against another edition

3.0
emotional tense slow-paced

tipsymermaid's review against another edition

3.0
Cute follow up story about Ash, Danica, and Matt.
MMF, throuple, Friends to lovers, rock n roll

debbie_thune's review against another edition

5.0
Well, this book is redeeming for Ash. It's written from Matt's POV, which is fine. And honestly, this brings everything full circle, with a HEA that I was aching for, because I felt so many feelings for Ash and all his past heartbreaks. Not that I didn't care about Matt, he's a great character. He's been living his life privately, but not exactly closeted, and I GET it. I actually thought Ash was a little hard on Matt in the first part of their story, but I get Ash's point of view on that as well. As for Danica, Hot Mess barely alluded to her being open to a throuple situation, but I guess it was enough.

I really loved this story and I hope Ash & Danica & Matt have a forever HEA.

guada_reads's review against another edition

2.0
This was such a disservice to Matt's story with Danica and Ash. This shouldn't have been a novella, It needed to be something just a little longer, show a little of Danica's and Ash's conversation and how they felt about letting someone into their relationship, show more of how all tree of them shared some moments, it just felt very rushed, that tiny sex scene was okay, but what happened to the very first time they where together? All those sexy scenes we where expecting from this book? I get that a lot of the book should have been from Matt's perspective, but we needed Ash and Danica POV too
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su5hma's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

michelle_loves_books_x's review against another edition

5.0
Amazing!!

This book is such a great novella! I was sooo hoping that this would happen, and I'm so happy for them
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bookmomster2022's review against another edition

5.0
Confusing. Complicated. Spicy.

anwoolson's review against another edition

2.0
I love this series, and generally love all of Jaine Diamond's books, but I just couldn't get on board with this one. I have no problem with people being polyamorous, and Diamond's steaminess is top notch (though I can't believe there wasn't more of a description of the three's first night together).

What was truly missing for me was the decision making process between Danica and Ash (and Matt, too). This couldn't have been an easy decision to make and I would have loved to read how the whole thing evolved from their POV.

I think this short novel would have been so much better as a full-length novel. Hopefully that's coming in the future...

fablestold's review against another edition

5.0
I adored Matt, Ashley and Danica together. Holy sh!t that ending was hot!