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

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

While slightly less problematic than the first book in the series, this instalment had other issues. Jennifer L. Armentrout is trying to create an intricate fantasy world, but does so through 'tell' rather than 'show', with a lot of repetition. This is not the only way in which the novel is repetitive. She has carried over the heavy sex scenes from the first novel into the sequel, but here too the repetition bothered me. That is not to say that the sex scenes themselves were repetitive, as she has clearly done her best to make each and every one different, but rather the long descriptions of what the main character is thinking and feeling as the sex occurs. At times I had the feeling I was reading fan-fiction rather than a bestselling YA/NA novel.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings