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katrinarose's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wow. This had everything I was hoping for in the second book. An expansion of political intrigue, more difficult choices and moral ambiguity, another (great) POV, dragon fight scenes, further character development, and suspense. My heart was actually pounding in the last 75 pages! I absolutely cannot wait to start the final book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, War, Death, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Torture, Murder, Blood, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
aseel_reads's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-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
Not me reading the last 10% in public and trying to contain my shock and stress because OMG PANIC!!! THINGS !! HAPPENED !! so yeah definitely did not see the ending coming, really liked the plot events but the book was a bit too slow for my liking and I kept wanting to think Lee's head, about to inhale the enxy book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War
betweentheshelves's review
adventurous
emotional
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
4.0
For some reason, I thought this was a duology and with that ending, it most definitely is not. Which is a good thing! Munda has created this really intricate world, and there are a lot of great discussions in here about power, power structures, and what happens when societies rebuild after a revolution. Adding the third point of view in this book helped to round out the overall story, and I need to know what happens next!
Also, I was worried I wouldn't remember enough of the first book, meaning I would be lost in this one. But I most definitely wasn't! I was pleased with how the beginning helped to remind the reader what happened at the end of the first book. If you're looking for great YA about dragons, I definitely recommend this one!
Also, I was worried I wouldn't remember enough of the first book, meaning I would be lost in this one. But I most definitely wasn't! I was pleased with how the beginning helped to remind the reader what happened at the end of the first book. If you're looking for great YA about dragons, I definitely recommend this one!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Violence and Death
utopiastateofmind's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Flamefall is a thought provoking and moving story about revolution, change, and oppression. Munda knows how to emotionally wring out every feeling in our heart. We move from the boiling rage of Griff's treatment, to the agony of miscommunication, to the joy of flying. Flamefall delivers Annie, Lee, and Griff struggling to fight for the future. Your heart aches because of their treatment, the ways we are vilified, our emotional blackmail, and the rage we feel in the face of injustice. But it's the ways they fight for the future.
The power imbalance in these relationships of invisible strings and explicit coercion. How do we tackle everything that's wrong with the world? As readers we want them to all rebel and tear down these injustices. But is that truly the way to enact change? Flamefall is a book about doing the right things the wrong ways, of seeing the flaws and mistakes in the causes we fight for, in not accepting the cycle we find ourselves in. Seeing all of these POVs, we are torn between these competing efforts, which, even if they can't see it, more in the right direction.
Flamefall is a thought provoking and moving story about revolution, change, and oppression. Munda knows how to emotionally wring out every feeling in our heart. We move from the boiling rage of Griff's treatment, to the agony of miscommunication, to the joy of flying. Flamefall delivers Annie, Lee, and Griff struggling to fight for the future. Your heart aches because of their treatment, the ways we are vilified, our emotional blackmail, and the rage we feel in the face of injustice. But it's the ways they fight for the future.
The power imbalance in these relationships of invisible strings and explicit coercion. How do we tackle everything that's wrong with the world? As readers we want them to all rebel and tear down these injustices. But is that truly the way to enact change? Flamefall is a book about doing the right things the wrong ways, of seeing the flaws and mistakes in the causes we fight for, in not accepting the cycle we find ourselves in. Seeing all of these POVs, we are torn between these competing efforts, which, even if they can't see it, more in the right direction.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture
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