Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout

18 reviews

buttles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I usually enjoy the books in this series because of the cheesy romance but I really struggled to get through this one. This book is about main character, Sera’s, time spent under the captivity of the King of the Primals, Kolis, and it is pretty dark but also very drawn out with a lot of emotional suffering. I read books that are fun and entertaining and 80% of this book made me tense and anxious. I don’t enjoy that kind of reading experience so this has been my least favorite book of the series, but some people might enjoy exploring those other emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Death, and Rape

nonotyoshi's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Full of uncomfortable, stressful dark moments, yet with a very satisfying and hopeful conclusion/ending. Worth sticking through reading 100% 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Vomit

west_witch's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

dlc0009's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

manaledi's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book spent way too long in the first half hitting you over the head with Kolis and the angst only for all the pieces to unroll roughly as expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

cunningempress's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.75

I'm getting sick of this series. The Flesh and Fire spin-off series gives nothing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Toxic relationship

kairrakat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really liked this book but I also skipped half of Sera’s internal monologues, which felt like half the book sometimes. I def cried which I haven’t done since Kingdom of Ash. Part of me wants to give it 4* because the parts I loved I really loved, but there was also a lot of “when does this get good again”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

sem1995's review against another edition

challenging tense

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

jla's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

I hated the first 60% of this book.   Sera was so TSTL- distracting Ash, escaping very poorly,  being judgemental of situations she was ignorant of. This book could have been way shorter. I really considered just reading a spoiler. Her internal monologue was so annoying, and their dialogue was repetitive.   

My feelings about this book are very similar to my feelings about A Court Of Silver Flames.  I don't buy that she's a badass and a good liar, but constantly having a panic attack. I have anxiety disorder and don't need to read about her nonstop breathing exercises, just like i didn't need to read about Nesta going through CBT.   I'm reading fantasy for an escape. 

At least it was pretty spicy. 

The story of Sartoria finally explains a lot about FBAA.  I wish she had played a larger role and have been more active from within Sera.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder