A review by oay28
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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.