Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

A Light in the Flame by Jennifer L. Armentrout

30 reviews

kaelielily's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Would have been a 5 star read, if not for the overly complicated worldbuilding. At this point, I have no idea who is a god, godling, primal or what the difference between them is.
I had to google so much throughout the book and often didn’t even get answers there.

I did love the story though, the characters are great, I love the draken especially! 
Sera is a very relatable main character and her mental health problems are well written. It was amazing to see the others support her and build her up.
The chemistry between Nyktos and her is off the charts, and not just in their spicy scenes. My favorite scene was

Sera trying to runaway to kill Kolis. The hurt, worry and love for each other was so real in that moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

wackly93's review

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

chaptersofamylea's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

3 ⭐️

Not entirely sure how I feel about this book, neither loved it or hated it, but probably my least favourite book from this world. 

I found the pacing to be slow in places and other bits unnecessarily dragged out. I will say that I will hand on heart will always fall into the emotive writing when its comes to Sera’s mental health, it gets me every time. I do like trying to link all the bits in the massive FBAA web but I did find myself ridiculously confused in other places. I also don’t feel I love the side characters as much in this series (Draken excluded cos who wouldn’t love Jadis), and I think thats one of the reasons I love FBAA so much. Interested to see what Kolis will do with this latest development though.

TWs: depictions of gore, violence, corpse depictions, ref to SA, panic attacks, anxiety and depression

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

samantha_ellen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed every minute of this book & didn’t  want it to end. I believe this is the best of all of JLA’s novels. The pacing was perfect & sentence structure was much easier to understand. There was still moments of modern language but I could over look that because everything else was amazing for me. 

The relationship between Nyktos & Sera was one of the best I think I have ever read. I love them & their story so much. The spice was outstanding, the banter was spot on & the tension throughout the whole book was perfection. 

I also really appreciated sera’s anxiety rep, it felt very real & the author explored it with nuance - I felt very seen in those pages. 

Overall I think it’s my favourite of the whole FBAA world & I can’t wait for the last book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Sexual harassment

readlikeamother's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

3.5/5 (give us half star ratings!!)

This is honestly feeling like the stronger series at this point compared to blood and ash. And I do think JLA is doing better at being less repetitive with the inner monologue. I still feel like the plot goes around in circles a bit too much and the book could lose 200 pages without losing anything essential. I’m invested, I just want it to get there a bit quicker ;) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

karlrene's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

My least favorite of the whole series so far. I feel like the first half of the book was filler, and nothing really started to happen until the last half. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

No. No, it can't fucking stop there. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? And we have HOW LONG until A Fire in the Flesh?? This is not fair. That's it, I'm gonna commit murder.*

*for legal reasons, this is a joke

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

jinrui's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, and War

macykey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

I am in love with both Nyktos and Sera. There’s so much nuance in their relationship, their dynamic so fresh. The lord is a little tough to keep up with sometimes, but so so interesting. Especially when you remember what is happening in the main FBAA series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content