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A Fire in the Flesh
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
emotional
hopeful
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
If you had asked me who my favorite authors were in 2020, JLA would have been at the very top of the list. I have read 30 of her books, some of them multiple times. She has written some of my all time favorite book boyfriends and I have loved experiencing all of the worlds she has created. I have been a loyal fan for years, but sadly I no longer feel comfortable recommending her work.
This was an absolute turd of a book. It was 632 pages and took place in roughly 8 scenes. There was almost no forward momentum. JLA has lost all sense of timing and no longer seems capable of creating the tension and feeling of urgency needed to keep readers engaged in a story like this. Readers who pick up this book can look forward to spending hundreds of pages trapped in Sera’s repetitive thought spiral. She spends half the book in captivity and the other half having an overly dramatic heart to heart with Ash (read sex) despite the claimed “urgency”of their situation.
I have heard rumors that JLA no longer has an editor and it SHOWS. Girl, you need an editor! This 632 page book legitimately should have been 250 pages. There was so much repetition and so much that shouldn’t have made it to print. I am shocked by how highly this book antd some of her last books in the Flesh and Fire series are rated. Did we even read the same books? I know it sounds dramatic, but I feel betrayed by her recent works. These beloved characters deserved better and so did her readers. What a disappointment this was. Sigh*