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midnacine's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cursing, Sexual content, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, War, Confinement, Medical content, Child death, Kidnapping, and Torture
Minor: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Rape
montina72's review
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
- The confusion that is Poppy’s feeling for Cas gets old quick. It’s a cycle of the same 3 feelings for most of the book and it gets boring after the first few times, yes I understand where she’s coming from but the spend 400+ pages mulling over the same things is stretching it. Especially when it doesn’t so much for the development of the plot.
- While the pace is the same as the last book it still feels like it’s dragging, 400+ pages in I felt like there’s been such minimal progress. The book started with a marriage proposal and 400+ pages in they’ve barley moved or made it to the kingdom to deal with this marriage thing, it feels rather slow on emotional development.
- Kieran and his comments on Poppy asking questions gets irritating the third time he does it. Each time she asks something he has to make a comment on it, it’s not as if she’s been sheltered her whole life from the truth and has been fed lies the whole time. And this ‘joke’ running throughout the whole book is that she annoying.
- The most exciting things happen in the last 100 pages, give or take. This whole book could so be cut down to like 400pages instead of 600pages.
- Poppy remains a strong character throughout the whole book. She doesn’t turn meek or into a damsel in distress and that I love. Shes strong and she knows it and she used it. She actually has a brain, which I hate having to say but sadly it’s a trait that way too many female main characters do not have.
- That one scene in chapter 40, why???? It was so out of place and just plain wrong I hated ever second I skipped it.
- The whole book is just repeating itself in different ways and gives the absolute bare minimum on world building or plot development. It was definitely a let down after how good the first book was.
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Rape
nataliavela's review
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Rape
hapalyn's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Violence, War, Body horror, Body shaming, and Bullying
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Rape, and Physical abuse
kerttuli's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Gore, Death, Violence, War, and Blood
Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Child death
Minor: Torture and Rape
readingwithnina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape
headinthepages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I do think this could have been edited down a bit but it didn’t feel massively surplus. Either way I really enjoyed it and recommend the audio for sure!
Also, an absolutely brilliant ending.
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Rape
verk's review against another edition
1.5
Todo se trata de Poppy yendo del punto A al B, preguntándose boludeces entre alguna que otra cosa poco útil cómo vivir admirando los ojos Ámbar de Casteel 😒.
Poppy y Casteel tienen una dinámica horrible como pareja. Con su jueguito de “hagamos de cuenta”…daaaaaaaale! Poppy tiene 20 años pero vos sos un mamerto de 2 siglos, déjame de joder! 😅
Serán unas 600 páginas realmente soporíferas y recién después pasa algo interesante.
Lo único bueno es el final, es lo único que vale la pena.
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Confinement
Minor: Torture and Rape
sarahsreadinglist's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Overall, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire carries the same issues I take with From Blood and Ash, but by this time I’ve mostly gotten used to it and still enjoyed the novel.
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Gore, and Sexual content
Moderate: Genocide, Rape, and Torture
beaudoindani17's review
- 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
Minor: Rape and Confinement