Reviews

Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto

ava_aurum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

dissociativephoenix's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

juliterario's review against another edition

4.0

¡Qué ganas que le tenía a esta novela! Heart of Flames es la secuela de Crown of Feathers, una novela de fantasía que amé por completo el año pasado. Fénixes, magia, princesas y reinas, guerrerxs y criaturas mágicas... ¡ESTA TRILOGÍA ME ENCANTA! Ya quiero el tercer libro. No sabía qué esperar de esta secuela exactamente, pero sin duda me ha sorprendido para bien y ha valido cada una de estas 700 páginas :) ¡Qué maravilla!

Les súper recomiendo la trilogía de Nicki Pau Preto si son fans de los libros de Sarah J. Maas. La forma en la que está escrita cada página, la complejidad de los mundos, las criaturas y las historias que han creado, así como la magia inherente al leer, sin duda son similares. ¡Qué bellas novelas! Heart of Flames es una secuela magnífica, escrita de una manera realmente hermosa, con miel y fuego y magia nacida de las plumas de un fénix en cada palabra. ¡Bellísimo! Si están buscando libros de fantasía juvenil realmente épicos, con personajes originales y atrapantes, diálogos filosos, sistemas de magia inigualables, un mundo fantástico y el amor por la literatura, los libros de Nicki Pau Preto sin duda son esa puerta. ¡Espero que le den una oportunidad! Es algo nuevo dentro del género juvenil, algo único y mágico y sensacional <3

¿Qué no me gustó? Me intimidan los libros de más de 500 páginas, y si Heart of Flames iba a tener 700 páginas, más vale que valiera semejante longitud. Lamentablemente, 80% del libro fue texto y el otro 20% fue diálogo. Para ser un libro juvenil, eso sin dudo se hizo de lo más denso y tedioso :( Además, habían muchas escenas sin propósito, demasiados párrafos que estaban de más y el ritmo de la historia era demasiado lento por eso. No sé, la organización y la estructura de la escritura llevaron a un ritmo lento que arruinó algo para mí :(

maninderkaur's review against another edition

4.0

This book series is so good when it comes to the worldbuilding and history and everything, but the plot is insanely sluggish. Each book in the series is about 600+ pages which leads to such slow progress, and so much of it could be cut out because a lot of it is just the characters spelling out their current moral dilemma even though it should be inferrable. In terms of characters, my favourites are probably Sev and Kade, whose relationship I actually really like, and Elliot. I think his redemption arc and friendship with Sparrow is really good to read. I do like Tristan, though I don’t like the role he was placed into for this book. He neglected his patrol way too much and his feelings for Veronyka became her entire personality. Veronyka is a good character, but her being an Ashfire and becoming second/patrol leader just feels too quick for her initial arc of earning everything herself. I don’t know. I’m interested to see how this ends because I think this book did suffer from the usual book two slump.

tjandrey's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

evelynhugosbitch3bc79's review against another edition

5.0

How am I supposed to wait a whole ass year for the sequel

kerrisbooks13's review against another edition

5.0

I love this series SO MUCH. Easily a new favorite. The dynamic between Val and Veronyka is the perfect blend of love and toxic and shows how family is complicated. I love the way this series reveals the pst without relying too heavily on flashbacks or characters telling stories. I. Am. Invested.

borahaeva's review against another edition

adventurous

4.0

leahs_library16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

lqvekanej's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

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

4.75

I didn’t think I could be any more emotionally destroyed than after reading Crown of Feathers but then Nicki Pau Preto pulled out her Google Docs for this book and said “Hold my drink 🩷” and RUINED me.