Reviews tagging 'Murder'

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

81 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I found the middle of this book to be quite slow. The beginning was good and the ending really made up for the middle. During the middle, I felt like it dragged and we were going in circles a bit. It was a routine of Poppy fighting with her emotions, threats of stabbings, lots of questions and sex.

I appreciate that many questions about the world were answered but it was a bit boring to have it where Poppy would simply ask and someone would answer.

I love Kieran calling Poppy out and telling her that she’s being ridiculous. I also feel like I was robbed of a threesome scene. They talk about the joining but then it never goes anywhere from there.

The ending was very surprising in a good way and made up for most of my dislikes of the book. I’m excited to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Child death

yera's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Blood

poppybos109's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Torture, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, War, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

xoxo_bookishbabe's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Grief, and War

iggylizard's review against another edition

This book is nothing more than traveling and poorly written smut. More than once there is non-consensual sexual relations. The characters have no development. They’re insipid, boring, and horny. There is no plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Rape

marine2907's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

I liked FBAA, but LOVED KOFAF. Starts off a bit slow since there's some time dedicated to the aftermath of the betrayal of the last book. The only things that keep me from eating this higher is there's quite a few repetitive phrases  and there's still a lot of unnecessary inner dialogue. Cas says something, Poppy spends two paragraphs telling you how she feels, then finally we get the reply. 

But Poppy, Casteel and Kieran are the best and I love their banter. The lead up to the last quarter of the book ramps up then unleashes a whirlwind right up until the end. I am thankful to high hell that I already had the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child death, and War

anryuu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Child abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Racism, and War

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Murder

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t enjoy this as much as the first one, but I did still enjoy it. There are certain parts that felt a bit too drawn out and there are certain things that get repeated too often (gee I wonder what Cas smells like?). But I do mostly like the characters (many more than Poppy and Cas) and I do enjoy the plot. Medium pace fantasy novel with a decent spice level. Interested to see if the third one bounces back for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, War, Sexual content, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, Body shaming, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, and Vomit