Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

16 reviews

midnacine'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I want my own Shadow Daddy :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia and Vomit

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Well. Some of the characters are lovable. Others can rot in the Abyss for eternity. 

I have a lot of conflicted feelings about this book. I think I'd struggle to reread it again, and I hate to say that. However, this book was such a trauma fest. Only the last 15% was somewhat palatable, to be honest.

We deserved that smut fest, tbh.

I really struggled with the fact that it took about 60% of the book for Sera and Ash

to reunite. At least in TWOTQ when they were separated for about half the book, Kieran was with Poppy and we also got Cas's POV on the side. This was just never ending trauma, built again and again on Sera, and that was......rough.

 

There was also SO much info dumping. Like....SO MUCH. I feel like this series is just solid info dumping, so much so that it gets fatiguing after a while. I definitely felt that in this book, and I think the simultaneous trauma Sera endured just made it harder to get through. I really hope someone on insta makes a nice summary infographic on this book, because uuuffffffff. 

MAJOR SPOILER:

The smut fest at the end, though. HOT DAMN. And ASH AND HIS LOVE FOR SERA. I FUCKING KNEW IT. I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT.  The best thing about this book is her ascension and Ash loving Sera. (And Sera hacking Solis to pieces, but who's asking...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, War, Vomit, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Torture

tguccione's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Death, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

dani_reis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

The 40-50 pages of straight smut was too much. The first 70% was so fast paced, and then things got sad and smutty. It did prove that what was done for Soul of Ash and Blood can be done in approximately 3 chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative 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

2.5

I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry for the 2.5 stars (I love you Sera and Ash!!) but I wasn’t the biggest fan of like the first 400 pages tbh. There’s just too much talking:(
The rest was great and all but idk this did feel kind of unnecessary and too loooong.
Best thing about this book was Attes’ character being explored more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Grief, Body shaming, War, and Suicide attempt

opheliaslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts