Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

10 reviews

butilikeit's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Blood, Death, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: War

Minor: Rape

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, War, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Body shaming, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Bullying, and Child death

mistress_of_fire's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

wolf013's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

leedolee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

Entertaining. The plot is really good and the action and violence was intense. 

I like how many different characters there were and I easily began to find favorites among them. I look forward to the next novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

ka_ke's review

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

Where From Blood and Ash left me hanging,  A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire gave me everything I wanted.

Poppie’s attitude towards Casteel made me soo mad until Spessa’s End when she finally grew a pair. (/spoiler)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, War, and Violence

kellicat94's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

dariusmortee's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was…. an experience. I had a lot more trouble getting through this one than I did with the first.

The reason I’m intrigued (hehe) with this book isn’t what drags most in. I like the world building this series has. I enjoy figuring out how this world works. 

I am, however, constantly annoyed by Casteel. Poppy is okay and Kieran doesn’t have a personality. This book is such a rollercoaster of good and bad things that I both want to directly continue to the next book and at the same time lay it down for a while. That ending though….. How am I supposed to not read the next one directly after this? 

I’m just…..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

baexlee's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The first novel in the series captured my attention, but Kingdom of Flesh and Fire captured my heart. It's wildly indulgent, and I caught myself holding my breath. The world is vivid and complex and the reader gets to watch Poppy learn to inhabit the world as herself, unapologetically. The pacing worked well and I did not find myself hoping for moments to end or scenes to move on already. There are themes that may not be ideal for everyone so I recommend caution before diving in. I personally devoured this read, only breaking to sleep after first picking it up. I know that the book hangover will be fierce with this one, so I eagerly await the third installment.

Poppy and Hawke (Casteel but I digress) are captivating, I felt like I had been awakened when I first indulged in their romance, but the added twist of Casteel's betrayal and Poppy's conflicting attraction add a delicious forbidden layer to their encounters. I appreciated the way that the author handled Hawke/Casteel's name, the character felt changed and developed, but not so wholly separate from the Hawke I had grown to love. The intimacy of his names added even more to the building romance throughout the story, especially when Poppy and Hawke allowed themselves to pretend. I love Poppy and Hawke, I love Poppy and Casteel and I love that it could feel so real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death and Panic attacks/disorders

pos1t1vel1fe's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse