Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

4 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

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

kaydie96's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Cursing, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Rape

Minor: War, Grief, Death of parent, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Alcohol