A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire: A Blood and Ash Novel

This book was sooo good. I couldn’t put it down. If I had more time I would have finished it sooner. I can’t wait for the third book. I am loving all the characters more. The whole thing is more interesting than the first. Hoping it continues as the series progresses

This one didn’t have the same vice grip on me as the first but I still liked it a lot

It felt like there wasn’t as much action in this book as the first. It felt like there wasn’t much of a plot. The whole book was spent trying to mend what fell apart in the first and getting to Atlantia.

While this book was fairly decent, it had one of my LEAST favorite tropes - miscommunication. & OH BOY was there a lot of it. The last 70-80% of the book was really good, and that's what brings up the rating for me.

Now don't get me wrong, I love the characters and how they are developing (albeit, super slowly) and I can appreciate the actions sequences and how well they are written. Overall I love the premise and overarching story. I just feel like there is way too much filler and way too much downtime. If it takes weeks or days to get somewhere, we don't need a play by play of each of those days and weeks. I feel like entire chapters were taken up by this kind of filler.

Overall, it was a good second book, although I think the first was better as far as pacing. Hopefully we get more character development in the third book! I know Poppy is a complete badass but I want her to own it more!

Omg, this whole series has me constantly on the edge of my seat. Not to mention, the spice is really nice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️😅😋