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adventurous
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship
Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A bit slow at times (it’s very long), but I enjoyed it. I love the story of Ash and Sera.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Suicide attempt
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this could’ve been an email
too much talking and everything relevant happened in 15 pages snippets
“Dear readers,
Seraphena and Nyktos entomb Kolis (but we already knew that) and Sera decrees that her name shall be forgotten to prevent Sortoria’s soul from rising as the Primal of Life and Death. Oh, and Callum has the star with Sortoria’s soul for some reason (because that’s balance<3)
xoxo”
the only good thing about this book was Attes, I love you bro🫶🏻🫶🏻
I cannot stand Nyktos and Seraphena, my God. Maybe just don’t kill one million people whenever someone breathes at you wrong. I literally wanted to rip my hair out when Nyktos would SNARL at people for looking at Sera, get a grip, you’re like 250 years old. Also, why did everyone speak like a five year old? Why do we need to say fuck in every sentence? Why was this 700 pages long😫
Books 1 and 2 were some of my favorite books I’ve ever read (same goes for fbaa) so imagine my disappointment:))
too much talking and everything relevant happened in 15 pages snippets
Seraphena and Nyktos entomb Kolis (but we already knew that) and Sera decrees that her name shall be forgotten to prevent Sortoria’s soul from rising as the Primal of Life and Death. Oh, and Callum has the star with Sortoria’s soul for some reason (because that’s balance<3)
xoxo”
the only good thing about this book was Attes, I love you bro🫶🏻🫶🏻
I cannot stand Nyktos and Seraphena, my God. Maybe just don’t kill one million people whenever someone breathes at you wrong. I literally wanted to rip my hair out when Nyktos would SNARL at people for looking at Sera, get a grip, you’re like 250 years old. Also, why did everyone speak like a five year old? Why do we need to say fuck in every sentence? Why was this 700 pages long😫
Books 1 and 2 were some of my favorite books I’ve ever read (same goes for fbaa) so imagine my disappointment:))
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, War
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Suicide attempt
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a whirlwind of emotions.
Let's start with our fierce Sera, who sometimes is too hotheaded for her own good. We see her navigate her trauma and her grief, and learning to live with it. While it *kind of* annoyed me when Sera would not talk about it, I also felt like that's the reality - we try to hide our pain from the ones we love. We try to keep them shielded from our pain, so they don't hurt with us. I understood why.
Ash, being a supportive husband. Learning all the trauma his wife endured and being there for her, always. Respecting her boundaries. Showing her what being loved is. What. A. Man.
Nektas. My sweet, sweet Nektas. I really loved to see his bond with Sera in this book. It brought me to tears, sometimes. So, so beautiful.
Attes broke my heart. All the difficult decisions he had to make.
This book was spicy, more than I was expecting. Sometimes unnecessary, even some of the banter during serious moments, but it didn't take away the focus.
The conclusion of Kolis' story was a bit underwhelming. I was hoping for more action.
While I love Poppy and Casteel, Sera's and Nyktos's love story will always have my heart. I think this was a beautiful conclusion to an epic story. Did the first half drag a bit more than necessary? Yes. But still, this is a solid 4.5 for me.
Let's start with our fierce Sera, who sometimes is too hotheaded for her own good. We see her navigate her trauma and her grief, and learning to live with it. While it *kind of* annoyed me when Sera would not talk about it, I also felt like that's the reality - we try to hide our pain from the ones we love. We try to keep them shielded from our pain, so they don't hurt with us. I understood why.
Ash, being a supportive husband. Learning all the trauma his wife endured and being there for her, always. Respecting her boundaries. Showing her what being loved is. What. A. Man.
Nektas. My sweet, sweet Nektas. I really loved to see his bond with Sera in this book. It brought me to tears, sometimes. So, so beautiful.
Attes broke my heart. All the difficult decisions he had to make.
This book was spicy, more than I was expecting. Sometimes unnecessary, even some of the banter during serious moments, but it didn't take away the focus.
The conclusion of Kolis' story was a bit underwhelming. I was hoping for more action.
While I love Poppy and Casteel, Sera's and Nyktos's love story will always have my heart. I think this was a beautiful conclusion to an epic story. Did the first half drag a bit more than necessary? Yes. But still, this is a solid 4.5 for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
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:
Complicated
Really enjoyed this. A lot of questions were answered but I still have a lot of questions about the main series. I thought some aspects were rushed and I was hoping to see more of Sera and Nyktos as parents. Nyktos is a top tier shadow daddy and I love Nektas as well. Reaver is so precious and I loved his relationship with Sera. Overall a pretty good read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Moderate: Vomit, Gaslighting
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
dark
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
I am a HUGE fan of the blood and ash / flesh in the fire series. The prequels have by far been my favorites so I went into this book with high expectations. What I thought would happen: huge plot points about lore, questions answered on how things came to be for the future story, a big war.
What most of the story was: Sera dealing with the trauma of being captured by Kolis and adjusting to her new role.
Now I didn't have an issue with this for the most part I thought the trauma was handled incredibly well and gave so much love to survivors. It just wasn't what I was expecting. Which I think skews my reading experience.
The lore dumps were few and far between and didn't really start happening until 65% through the book (a book that is almost 800 pages). For that reason I think there was a pacing issue. That made it hard for me to stay engaged. Especially since I knew where so much had to go because of the ending of the original series. Unfortunately this led to feeling disappointed in where and how the story ended. I didn't feel like we the readers, got the pay off of what the prequels were building too. The tension just fell flat.
And speaking of falling flat my biggest complaint and area I have the most problems with is the assination of Ash's character. Ash has always been one of my favorites. He was complex and beautifully written. By the end of this book he felt truly like a Cass copy and paste. Horny and 2 dimensional. There is a time and place for spice and this book missed everytime. It honestly felt like the editors told her to hit a quota of sex scenes.
Overall though I thought the story was good, the writing was gorgeous--especially with how she dealt with victim-survivior trauma-- and I'm so excited to read Poppy's next installment!
What most of the story was: Sera dealing with the trauma of being captured by Kolis and adjusting to her new role.
Now I didn't have an issue with this for the most part I thought the trauma was handled incredibly well and gave so much love to survivors. It just wasn't what I was expecting. Which I think skews my reading experience.
The lore dumps were few and far between and didn't really start happening until 65% through the book (a book that is almost 800 pages). For that reason I think there was a pacing issue. That made it hard for me to stay engaged. Especially since I knew where so much had to go because of the ending of the original series. Unfortunately this led to feeling disappointed in where and how the story ended. I didn't feel like we the readers, got the pay off of what the prequels were building too. The tension just fell flat.
And speaking of falling flat my biggest complaint and area I have the most problems with is the assination of Ash's character. Ash has always been one of my favorites. He was complex and beautifully written. By the end of this book he felt truly like a Cass copy and paste. Horny and 2 dimensional. There is a time and place for spice and this book missed everytime. It honestly felt like the editors told her to hit a quota of sex scenes.
Overall though I thought the story was good, the writing was gorgeous--especially with how she dealt with victim-survivior trauma-- and I'm so excited to read Poppy's next installment!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, War
dark
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
A too long book, full of repetitive scenes & a main character who became TSL in the final work in this series. Slogged through it, so I could have the needed background [spoilers] for the conclusion of the companion series.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Pregnancy
Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Abortion, Suicide attempt