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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Definitely recommend!
"I possess earth, fire, and ice. The very wind that gives you chills on a blustery day is the same one that runs through my veins. I am the elements."
The book started off with a bang and continued to capture my attention. There's so much to this book! The plot is complex, having several layers and an air of mystery that keeps you coming back for more. It's well constructed, divulging details slowly enough to understand but keeps the pace fast and entertaining.
At 10 years old, orphaned Raven of unknown origin was unexpectedly appointed queen after the fallen king had willed her as his heir. Secretly possessing dark magic, Raven learns to lead a double life between her queenly duties and shifting elemental personas. At 25 years old, she's successfully ruled one of four Kingdoms for 15 years with adviser Cade by her side. However, she's now facing dissension among her people from rumors spread about her abilities from an unknown source. Enter Zeke, Raven's insta-love interest who's tasked with bringing her back to his kingdom under false pretenses. Zeke has abilities of his own and tries to help Raven connect the dots to her origin. However, conflicted in his task, Zeke pushes Raven into Cade's arms. Cue the love triangle - which is frustrating for me lol. After discovering herself, finding some answers and learning of all the betrayal, how will Raven proceed?
✔️ Strong FMC
✔️ Love Triangle
✔️ Friends to lovers
✔️ Enemies-to-lovers
✔️ Fated mates (Twin Flames
"I possess earth, fire, and ice. The very wind that gives you chills on a blustery day is the same one that runs through my veins. I am the elements."
The book started off with a bang and continued to capture my attention. There's so much to this book! The plot is complex, having several layers and an air of mystery that keeps you coming back for more. It's well constructed, divulging details slowly enough to understand but keeps the pace fast and entertaining.
At 10 years old, orphaned Raven of unknown origin was unexpectedly appointed queen after the fallen king had willed her as his heir. Secretly possessing dark magic, Raven learns to lead a double life between her queenly duties and shifting elemental personas. At 25 years old, she's successfully ruled one of four Kingdoms for 15 years with adviser Cade by her side. However, she's now facing dissension among her people from rumors spread about her abilities from an unknown source. Enter Zeke, Raven's insta-love interest who's tasked with bringing her back to his kingdom under false pretenses. Zeke has abilities of his own and tries to help Raven connect the dots to her origin. However, conflicted in his task, Zeke pushes Raven into Cade's arms. Cue the love triangle - which is frustrating for me lol. After discovering herself, finding some answers and learning of all the betrayal, how will Raven proceed?
✔️ Strong FMC
✔️ Love Triangle
✔️ Friends to lovers
✔️ Enemies-to-lovers
✔️ Fated mates (Twin Flames
DNF’d at 50%
I feel so bad but this was literally painful to get through. And confusing? I hated it. I’m sorry. I really tried, and i didn’t want to give up, but here we are.
I feel so bad but this was literally painful to get through. And confusing? I hated it. I’m sorry. I really tried, and i didn’t want to give up, but here we are.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A Kingdom of Flame and Fury is book one in a steamy and thrilling new fantasy series: The Four Kingdoms
★ R͙ E͙ V͙ I͙ E͙ W͙ ★
This story starts off getting to know our FMC, we get to learn a bit about her personality right from the start. She’s a feisty Queen who has powers but is clearly in love with her kingdom. We get to see her grow, as well as fall through her growth with hard times and new twists in her life she has to endure. This story has spice from the start to finish… we have two MMC that we get to decide we love or hate…. One is throat punch worthy
★ R͙ E͙ V͙ I͙ E͙ W͙ ★
This story starts off getting to know our FMC, we get to learn a bit about her personality right from the start. She’s a feisty Queen who has powers but is clearly in love with her kingdom. We get to see her grow, as well as fall through her growth with hard times and new twists in her life she has to endure. This story has spice from the start to finish… we have two MMC that we get to decide we love or hate…. One is throat punch worthy
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is quite possibly the most infuriating book I've read this year, and I've read over 150.
A general review: This book is not for plot girlies. It's 95% smut, 5% plot. The smut is good, but I wish there was a little more action to the plot. It was a whole lot of exposition, so maybe the rest of the books will be stronger. But for this one, I always felt like I'd read 1,000 pages, just to look down and see I was only 32% of the way through the book. And there are plenty of errors and earcorns and it was sometimes a little painful.
That said, I think I hate these characters so much that I kind of like them, and at the very least, I can't take my eyes off the absolute trainwreck that is this story.
A more detailed review: Raven is somehow worse than Feyre Archeron and every one-dimensional heroine. And to be fair, it works for her—but only to an extent. She's been sheltered her whole life, which explains so much about her character; on that front, I applaud the author's accuracy. But my god, is she the most immature, insecure, selfish 20-something-year-old FMC. The only reason there's any relationship tension in this book is because she overhears some shit or sees something out of context and takes a hot air balloon ride to whatever worst case scenario her little bird brain (pun intended) can devise.
But again, that's gotta all be by design given how few people she's had in her life and how remote her kingdom is. Doesn't mean I don't hate it with every ounce of bone marrow in my body and wish she had some goddamn self respect, though. Also, the Jeanine thing? Girl, get a grip. How many times can you beat a horse that was never alive?
Cade? The hardest of passes. Is Zeke toxic as fuck? Absolutely. But does he at least respect Raven as a human being and want to challenge her to be better? You bet your ass. Cade is just such a gross character so I guess once again, the author did a great job of building that out.
He is the most dense motherfucker I've ever read in a book, and that's accounting for Jacob Black. And I don't think I've ever felt nauseated while reading about a character, but here we are. All I gotta say about Cade is that I can't wait for Zeke to kill his ass.
And Zeke. Oh, Zeke. My guy is an alcoholic and a jealous creature, but he's great in bed, and I love that for Raven. Honestly, Raven is the problem here. She's the iceberg that sinks her own damn Titanic—every. time.
Anyway, I just got book 2 on KU so here goes.
A general review: This book is not for plot girlies. It's 95% smut, 5% plot. The smut is good, but I wish there was a little more action to the plot. It was a whole lot of exposition, so maybe the rest of the books will be stronger. But for this one, I always felt like I'd read 1,000 pages, just to look down and see I was only 32% of the way through the book. And there are plenty of errors and earcorns and it was sometimes a little painful.
That said, I think I hate these characters so much that I kind of like them, and at the very least, I can't take my eyes off the absolute trainwreck that is this story.
A more detailed review: Raven is somehow worse than Feyre Archeron and every one-dimensional heroine. And to be fair, it works for her—but only to an extent. She's been sheltered her whole life, which explains so much about her character; on that front, I applaud the author's accuracy. But my god, is she the most immature, insecure, selfish 20-something-year-old FMC. The only reason there's any relationship tension in this book is because she overhears some shit or sees something out of context and takes a hot air balloon ride to whatever worst case scenario her little bird brain (pun intended) can devise.
But again, that's gotta all be by design given how few people she's had in her life and how remote her kingdom is. Doesn't mean I don't hate it with every ounce of bone marrow in my body and wish she had some goddamn self respect, though. Also, the Jeanine thing? Girl, get a grip. How many times can you beat a horse that was never alive?
Cade? The hardest of passes. Is Zeke toxic as fuck? Absolutely. But does he at least respect Raven as a human being and want to challenge her to be better? You bet your ass. Cade is just such a gross character so I guess once again, the author did a great job of building that out.
He is the most dense motherfucker I've ever read in a book, and that's accounting for Jacob Black. And I don't think I've ever felt nauseated while reading about a character, but here we are. All I gotta say about Cade is that I can't wait for Zeke to kill his ass.
And Zeke. Oh, Zeke. My guy is an alcoholic and a jealous creature, but he's great in bed, and I love that for Raven. Honestly, Raven is the problem here. She's the iceberg that sinks her own damn Titanic—every. time.
Anyway, I just got book 2 on KU so here goes.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault
Minor: Death of parent
adventurous
dark
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
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated