Reviews

As Flame to Smoke by Eris Adderly

mrsshortcake's review

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Super quick and the story isn’t too deep. The smut is looooovely and really hits the spot if you like men with religious angst. Since it’s so short I’d say it was worth my time, but it’s not mind blowing 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

This does have dubious consent at certain parts (female perpetrated). Played sexy, but it’s still there as a heads up.

prismaticjules's review

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.5

guiltlesspleasures's review

3.25

For a novella that features a demon tempting a priest, this felt quite … vanilla? Well written, though.

vewokie's review

4.0

Very short and quick, spicy read!
Great for a Crescent City hangover.

voxvenati's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

It was fine, but I didn’t really like the dynamic. It might have worked better if they were both real people, with real lives outside of fucking one another that we got to see. They felt very flat as characters. 

The sex scenes were also pretty mild, truthfully. But on the plus side, it’s a quick read and the writing is easy. I didn’t hate it. 

cendi's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

revonue's review

Did not like fmc

sammy234's review

2.0

This book didn't really work for me. I expected the main female protagonist to be more of a villain and she wasn't. I also expected this novel to be a dark romance, but it's more of a taboo romance than anything. And it's just a lot of uninteresting sex scenes with barely any plot.

Not terrible. Just not something I really enjoyed reading.

prernas's review

oops - should've read the synopsis... it looked intriguing though, i was curious

lupinedreaming's review

3.0

It was okay. I feel like this would have worked better as a longer story because I never felt much connection to the characters or totally understood why they were so drawn to each other. 

Some of the steamy scenes were fun, but I personally would have preferred more plot.