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A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

24 reviews

louisepea's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, Death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Stalking, Alcohol, Grief, Sexism, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Grief, Animal death, Vomit, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

allisonk9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Death, and Gaslighting

km_kett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

It was really slow with Sera being captured by Kolis and once her and Ash are back together it's like JLA made up all of the missing sex scenes. I skimmed the last portion because of how MUCH damn sex they were having. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

manaledi's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book spent way too long in the first half hitting you over the head with Kolis and the angst only for all the pieces to unroll roughly as expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and War

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really liked this book but I also skipped half of Sera’s internal monologues, which felt like half the book sometimes. I def cried which I haven’t done since Kingdom of Ash. Part of me wants to give it 4* because the parts I loved I really loved, but there was also a lot of “when does this get good again”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Torture

jla's review

slow-paced

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

3.5

I hated the first 60% of this book.   Sera was so TSTL- distracting Ash, escaping very poorly,  being judgemental of situations she was ignorant of. This book could have been way shorter. I really considered just reading a spoiler. Her internal monologue was so annoying, and their dialogue was repetitive.   

My feelings about this book are very similar to my feelings about A Court Of Silver Flames.  I don't buy that she's a badass and a good liar, but constantly having a panic attack. I have anxiety disorder and don't need to read about her nonstop breathing exercises, just like i didn't need to read about Nesta going through CBT.   I'm reading fantasy for an escape. 

At least it was pretty spicy. 

The story of Sartoria finally explains a lot about FBAA.  I wish she had played a larger role and have been more active from within Sera.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

chloep3012's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Animal death, Blood, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Violence, Cursing, Death, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Body horror, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse

zanazy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Daddy Nyktos is back! I loved ASITE but felt let down by ALITF as that book barely moved the plot. This book made up for it in a big way. Sera and Nyktos’ love story is beautifully written and feels real. It is complex, sad, and inspiring and a beautiful representation of love. Nyktos is THE one and only shadow daddy. He deserves all that is good. We get so many new tidbits that I am looking forward to continuing the series to see how it all comes together. Attes is my favorite character in this book, we get to learn more about him and knowing him in this timeline, makes me love his descendant in the current timeline more. Spoilers with my burning questions to follow.

Ok so regarding Ash’s kardia, he and Sera are heartmates which trumps all. He successfully ascends Sera and we see her becoming the queen of the gods and true primal of life. We learn Ash had a vision of Sera when she was born & knew she would become his weakness and had his kardia removed right before he finally brought her to the Shadowlands in an attempt to save her.  Also, Sera was never Sotoria, she was a vessel with her soul and Sotoria’s both living inside her. It’s deeply hinted Attes loved Sotoria and it’s this that makes him pledge himself to Sera. The book ends by successfully releasing Nyktos’ dad’s soul from the star so they can use it to hold Sotoria’s soul instead, as ultimately she is the only one who can truly defeat Kolis. Kolis is a creep and I cannot wait for his death. The twist and surprises were learning Callum is actually Sotoria’s brother and the first revenant. And that Sotoria means pretty poppy and based on what we learn, I assume Poppy is Sotoria reborn and the one who can truly kill Kolis. How that will happen when Cas is her mate… I am curious to see play out in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, War, and Rape

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Addiction, Grief, Torture, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Grief

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

This book is pretty depressing for the first third or half, and kind of a slog. I appreciate that Armentrout isn't afraid to depict the psychological and physical abuse Kolis puts Sera through, and the effect it has on her, but it doesn't make for the most fun reading, and I missed Ash's and Sera's dynamic a lot (although the dream scenes were definitely a good salve). Everything Sera learns is interesting, though, and her slow realization of her own power and will is captivating. The back half or third of the book picks up a lot, and once Ash was back in the picture I basically breathed a sigh of relief lol. It's obviously inevitable that somehow some way he'll love her, and yet the journey to get there was lovely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment