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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

16 reviews

glddstwmn's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Like if Rae Dunn wrote Twilight.

I really wanted to like this, I enjoyed the first one and was excited to see where this led, the story itself us interesting enough but good lord, the characters have become INSUFFERABLE. 

Poppy is such a pick-me, all of their personalities (Poppy/Cas/Keiran) fell flat, they were all written in the same tone. Keiran was particularly annoying, I wanted to like him but it was the same conversation over and over and it was CRINGE af anytime he interacted with Poppy. 
This is a direct quote (no spoilers but I will put in a spoiler tag anyways)

“That’s an incredibly random question.”

It was. “I’m beginning to realize I’m an incredibly random person.”

This type of interaction of Poppy desperately trying to be qUiRkY and not-like-other-girls™️ was painful. She reminds me of Boxxy. 

Also, Malik's name was spelled both with c and a k, interchangeably throughout and I found the way that the dialogue was written made it unclear of who was speaking. 

Honestly, not sure if I will continue this series and if I do, I will DNF immediately if literally ANYONE mentions how many questions Poppy asks (is that not how conversation works??) Keiran and Cas are starting to give me the ick, and give off "hewwo pwincess" *tips fedora* type vibes and I was cringing hard in the annotations the entire time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Torture, Slavery, and Sexism

Minor: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Rape

dubious consent

vettechmama3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Poppy and Casteel keep me on my toes with their banter and make me laugh a lot. I like where their story is going so much more in this book than from B&A. There definitely were some dull parts that probably could have been left out to make the flow consistent. But for the most part, it rebounded quickly and kept me intrigued 😊 Once again, I loved the supporting characters and have enjoyed this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Child death, and Bullying

Minor: Cursing, Confinement, and Cannibalism

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Cursing, Blood, Grief, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Body shaming

Mentions of past SA.

nicole625's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, War, Blood, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Rape, Cannibalism, Child death, and Sexual assault

marine2907's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I didn’t enjoy this as much as the first one, but I did still enjoy it. There are certain parts that felt a bit too drawn out and there are certain things that get repeated too often (gee I wonder what Cas smells like?). But I do mostly like the characters (many more than Poppy and Cas) and I do enjoy the plot. Medium pace fantasy novel with a decent spice level. Interested to see if the third one bounces back for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, War, Sexual content, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, Body shaming, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, and Vomit

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

I really just love these books and listening to it this time around was amazing.

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Content Warnings

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

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Kidnapping

saffyre's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Body horror, Suicide attempt, and Cannibalism

phoebemagdalena's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism and Death of parent