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A Fire in the Flesh

By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book three in her beloved Flesh and Fire series…

The only thing that can save the realms now is the one thing more powerful than the Fates.

After a startling betrayal ends with both Sera and the dangerously seductive ruler of the Shadowlands she has fallen madly in love with being held captive by the false King of the Gods, there is only one thing that can free Nyktos and prevent the forces of the Shadowlands from invading Dalos and igniting a War of Primals.

Convincing Kolis won’t be easy, though–not even with a lifetime of training. While his most favored Revenant is insistent that she is nothing more than a lie, Kolis’s erratic nature and twisted sense of honor leave her shaken to the core, and nothing could’ve prepared her for the cruelty of his Court or the shocking truths revealed. The revelations not only upend what she has understood about her duty and the very creation of the realms but also draw into question exactly what the true threat is. However, surviving Kolis is only one part of the battle. The Ascension is upon her, and Sera is out of time.

But Nyktos will do anything to keep Sera alive and give her the life she deserves. He’ll even risk the utter destruction of the realms, and that’s exactly what will happen if he doesn’t Ascend as the Primal of Life. Yet despite his desperate determination, their destinies may be out of their hands.

But there is that foreseen unexpected thread—the unpredictable, unknown, and unwritten. The only thing more powerful than the Fates…

©2023 Jennifer L. Armentrout (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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“A compelling dark fantasy novel that is brilliantly narrated by Stina Nielsen.”Midwest Book Review

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Not as good as the last books.

I like this series and the other one too, but the pacing was very slow compared to the others.
It was also far too repetitive and waffle-y. This book was kind of a letdown.
Will definitely listen to the next book, and I hope more stuff happens.
As always, the narrator is amazing.

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Beautiful wonderful book no notes

This is one of the most beautiful love stories. I love the dialogues and the character building. 10/10

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cannot wait for the next book

the swings and roundabouts of this book I absolutely love the passion the romance and all the in between bits makes my imagination run well thank you so much can't wait for the next book

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Everything. I love this series so much

I love this series so much. I can relisten to them all over and also I just had to physically read all the books also.
They should really make this into movies follow fifty Shades but way better, with the dry can and the primals and the revenants. OMG I'd die of happiness.

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Love this author!

A few glitchy editing issues, but I love everything and anything by Jennifer Armentrout. Can’t wait for the final book of this series to be out in a few months.

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It hurts my soul to only give this 3 stars

Firstly, Stina Nielsen always does such an amazing job and I always love listening to her narration and is probably the reason I am giving this a generously 3 stars but I was SO disappointed with this book. I enjoyed the 1st & 2nd book & love the FBBA series but this one definitely fell flat for me. I was so confused with all the chaotic mess for the first 9/10 chapters and was so bored with everything until Sera was finally reunited with Ash. It immediately got better once they were together again BUT *spoiler alert* you’re going to have to wait until a good half way until they are reunited.
Secondly, I love smut/spice as much as the next girly (I’ve read some fucked up shit) but I feel like it was so unnecessary towards the end of the book & I feel like JLA jammed it all in there to make up for lost time but I was just too much. Sera was meant to be DYING - I thought they should have been able to do so much more with her time before she ‘died’.
I really hope the next books for this series & FBAA make up for this one. Please Jennifer I beg.

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Such a pleasure to listen

I trully enjoyed listening to this book. My favourite of the whole series :)

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Addictive

Cannot wait for the next book!
I am totally absorbed in this story. Love it!

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Great at times but suffers from poor editing

Unfortunately the last couple of JLA books have really suffered from far too much waffling and poor pacing, this one is no different. I LOVE this series as a whole, the lore is fabulous and this certainly delivers on revealing lots of unexpected twists. However, there is so much repetition with dialogue and unnecessary rambling that drags out the book. The pacing suffers for it significantly and like the 5th blood and Ash book, feels like it could have been half the length to achieve what it did. Especially after the pacing of the first two books, this was agonising at times, especially towards the end. I'm keen to read the final book, but I'm begging JLA to be a little more thorough with editing out waffle. I get that this is deeply rooted in being a fantasy smut but all this poor pacing only kills any tension those scenes could have and make them tedious.
That aside one positive note I'll add is that I did appreciate how issues of ptsd/trauma and consent/abuse were approached (though it too suffered from waffling and overkill). It felt very relatable to my own experiences in a way that didn't gloss over or forgive certain altercations. The mental health rep feels good to me! It just didn't really need to be dragged out so significantly. If you have triggers for the above mentioned though you may wish to proceed with caution/be aware before starting.

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Feeling let down

I was so excited for this one. I have been blending this series with the Blood and Ash series. It has been an amazing way to combine both and get a double perspective.

This book I felt was so dragged out and at time I had skip through as I was just getting bored.

The last 6 chapters I would have to say were the most disappointing though. I love a good sex scene and the coming together of characters but this is literally all it was. I wanted to hear more about what was happening within the plot if the story and what was going to happen next, again I skiped chapters so so I could get to the outcome of the major situation that was unfolding.

I only have 2 more books to go to complete the entire 8 books and really hope that I don't have to skip any.

In saying all of this the Narrator had done a brilliant job, her ability to change her voice and really take on ea h charter is fantastic and a real credit to the Audible experience.

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