Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

63 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Again the banter in this book is incredible!! The chemistry between Casteel and Poppy is incredible and their connection never once seems forced or fake. My issues stem from the world building/plot. It seems like every other chapter something contradictory is introduced and changes everything. I just wish there was some consistency to follow the relationship building thats so strong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, Sexism, Kidnapping, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Body shaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, Animal death, Classism, Death, Suicide attempt, and Violence

beckyremillard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

The first half dragged but the second half was so much better. Wasn’t sure if I’d continue this series but I have to with that ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and War

jen_sten's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, War, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Body shaming, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Bullying, and Child death

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

3.0

I’m invested enough to keep reading. I want to understand! But this book needed better editing. Setting aside the many typos, I found myself rewriting awkward sentences and phrases as I read, which is not a good sign. I can’t rate this highly because I was too distracted by the quality of the writing/editing, but I did enjoy the plot and experiencing the events unfold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

katbsc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I love the concept of this series and find the characters very fun, so I'm still in and will be continuing. An interesting take on the vampire/werewolf story, with spicy sexual tension.
The plot of the story was already not fast moving and it slows majorly in this book.

70% of the way through the book, they are still in the same location talking about doing the same thing they were talking about at the end of the first book.

My struggle with this book is that the FMC/narrator THINKS TOO MUCH. 😂 Her internal monologue is repetitive and long. Towards the end of the book I started just skipping her thoughts and moving on to the next dialogue to cope. But getting to the plot advancement was worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Sexual assault

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

mistress_of_fire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

nataliebootlah'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Take two with Poppy, the gang, and their world of gods and magic. While this was probably 100 pages too long, a bit full of info dumps, and a metric fvckton of angst, I still couldn’t put it down. 

Poppy is held against her will by the Dark One himself, Casteel Da’Neer, and has to decide her fate after learning that much of what she’s always believed to be true is not. This book is full of dark secrets, two kingdoms going to head to head against each other, and the enemies-to-lovers trope going strong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Child death and Kidnapping

mcguiresk2002's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence