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18.9k reviews for:
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (1 and 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Jennifer L. Armentrout
4.24 AVERAGE
18.9k reviews for:
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (1 and 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Jennifer L. Armentrout
4.24 AVERAGE
The end of the first book did not vibe with me and 10 chapters of this book were unable to fix that. Some say it gets better but I couldn’t do it.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I want to start by saying that I did really like this book. However, the slow burn was way too slow for me. I would have liked that side of things to happen much sooner than it did. I’ll definitely finish the series but this one just didn’t do it for me in the way the first one did.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first half of this book started so slowly. There is a lot of world-building involved, which was fine, but the way it was done entirely through dialogue was not very interesting to me and caused the story to drag. However, the true thing that bogged down the story was the banter between Poppy and Casteel. It was so juvenile and cringey that it kept pulling me out of the story. This book could have been a few hundred pages shorter if their ridiculous back and forth had been cut back.
This book finally finds it's footing in the second half and then returned to the fast pace that I was familiar with from the first book. I am looking forward to continuing this series.
This book finally finds it's footing in the second half and then returned to the fast pace that I was familiar with from the first book. I am looking forward to continuing this series.
4.5 STELLE -
Normalmente non è il genere che prediligo e durante la lettura ho trovato varie cose di cui non ero convinta al cento per cento, ma tutto ciò non ha intaccato la mia curiosità e la mia voglia di continuare con la lettura.
Il finale ti lascia col fiato sospeso e non vedo l'ora di leggere il seguito.
Normalmente non è il genere che prediligo e durante la lettura ho trovato varie cose di cui non ero convinta al cento per cento, ma tutto ciò non ha intaccato la mia curiosità e la mia voglia di continuare con la lettura.
Il finale ti lascia col fiato sospeso e non vedo l'ora di leggere il seguito.
I'm very easy to please when it comes to YA fantasy. That's one of the reasons why I don't really understand the hype behind this book.
Is it the worst things I've ever read? No!
Does it deserve this high of a rating? Hell no!
Poppy
I quite liked Poppy in the first book. She's the typical YA heroine, but she was kind, caring and brave. I could even look past her naivity when it came to Hawke. In Kingdom of Flesh and Fire she's acting...dumb. She asks a million questions in every scene. The author decided it would apparently be better if Poppy asked about EVERYTHING instead of her actually explaining things throughout the story. What a great writing.
Her banters with Casteel are literally the same everytime. In the first book I didn't care, but 600 pages later I got tired of her thinking how much she loves and hates him at the same time. We get it girl.
Casteel
Another thing I don't understand is the love people have for Casteel. Kieran claims he's not a tyrant, yet he kills everyone who has different opinion and wants to kill a man because he doesn't like the way he looks at Poppy. What a great leader!
When he's not angry he's horny. There's no in-between. Every. Single. Time. Poppy has a weapon, or she's angry he claims how turned on he is by her violence. At one point he says he likes when she makes him bleed. No kinkshaming, but I didn't really needed to be reminded of this in every single chapter.
The scene I absolutely hated was near the end, when he drinks Poppy's blood and then makes her drink his. And she thinks it's hot! I mean...what the hell?? Since when it's sexy for a human to drink someone's blood??? This scene was so unnescessary, it just made me disgusted.
Plot
The plot is nonexisting in this book. They travel, Poppy and Casteel have sex, they travel, Poppy and Casteel have sex, they travel, Poppy drinks Casteel's blood, at 85% there's a short battle, Poppy and Casteel have sex during it, the end.
Why is this book so long, that I'll never understand...
Overall this is just boring and incredibly repetitive. The fantasy storyline would be cool if it made more than 10% of this book. Even the romance's not worth it.
Is it the worst things I've ever read? No!
Does it deserve this high of a rating? Hell no!
Poppy
I quite liked Poppy in the first book. She's the typical YA heroine, but she was kind, caring and brave. I could even look past her naivity when it came to Hawke. In Kingdom of Flesh and Fire she's acting...dumb. She asks a million questions in every scene. The author decided it would apparently be better if Poppy asked about EVERYTHING instead of her actually explaining things throughout the story. What a great writing.
Her banters with Casteel are literally the same everytime. In the first book I didn't care, but 600 pages later I got tired of her thinking how much she loves and hates him at the same time. We get it girl.
Casteel
Another thing I don't understand is the love people have for Casteel. Kieran claims he's not a tyrant, yet he kills everyone who has different opinion and wants to kill a man because he doesn't like the way he looks at Poppy. What a great leader!
When he's not angry he's horny. There's no in-between. Every. Single. Time. Poppy has a weapon, or she's angry he claims how turned on he is by her violence. At one point he says he likes when she makes him bleed. No kinkshaming, but I didn't really needed to be reminded of this in every single chapter.
The scene I absolutely hated was near the end, when he drinks Poppy's blood and then makes her drink his. And she thinks it's hot! I mean...what the hell?? Since when it's sexy for a human to drink someone's blood??? This scene was so unnescessary, it just made me disgusted.
Plot
The plot is nonexisting in this book. They travel, Poppy and Casteel have sex, they travel, Poppy and Casteel have sex, they travel, Poppy drinks Casteel's blood, at 85% there's a short battle, Poppy and Casteel have sex during it, the end.
Why is this book so long, that I'll never understand...
Overall this is just boring and incredibly repetitive. The fantasy storyline would be cool if it made more than 10% of this book. Even the romance's not worth it.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes