I have three really memorable moments in this book and they all involve death. There’s a bit more cursing going on in this book, but it doesn’t come anywhere close to rivaling SJM in House of Earth and Blood. There’s plenty of sex scenes for those interested in them, I skipped them as I usually do. There were a few moments I was certain something else was going to happen, and even though it didn’t go EXACTLY as I’d wanted, it was still absolutely awesome. There are three really memorable battle scenes, with the ending being one of the most epically written scenes I’ve ever read. I love that because it helped me stay immersed in the story from one book to the next when binge reading.Ī Kingdom of Flesh and Fire is entirely focused on Poppy’s escape from the Ascended and their eventual pursuit of her. Something I really appreciated about A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire was that it literally picked up the moment that From Blood and Ash ended. The payoff, as with the first book, is well worth all the frustration in my opinion. It’s not because Hawke admitted anything groundbreaking and Poppy refused to believe it, but just because Poppy seemed to cling to this line of reasoning like a wet shirt.Īnd so I began to feel bad for Hawke, and annoyed with Poppy.īut it all works out, it just took an insanely long time to get there.

Instead he keeps dancing around it, perpetuating this farce of a reason for marrying Poppy that every reader knows its a load of crap.īut somewhere along the way in the story, my frustration switched to Poppy. And I don’t blame her.ĭuring my moments of understanding, Hawke was so infuriating because all the man had to do was come out and say he was sorry and explain his true feelings, which were very clearly there.

It sort of flirted the lines between tolerable and downright frustrating.Ĭonsidering everything that happened in From Blood and Ash, I granted Poppy some leniency earlier on in the story. The romantic tension from the enemies to lovers storyline in this book drove me nuts. All right, I need to get something off my chest first, because I have nearly nothing but praise for Kingdom of Flesh and Fire.

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