A Light in the Flame: A Flesh and Fire Novel

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We get the most beautiful and steamiest smut in this book. It's so obvious how the deal they made ''pleasure for the sake of pleasure'' is definitely not at all about that but something more. I really liked the fact that Ash didn't dwell too much about Sera's betrayal...he truly accepted her reasons why and understood where she was coming from and how desperate she must have been to want to fulfill the plan. He kisses her even though he said it would never happen again, he touches her and cares for her in ways he shouldn't want to, but you cannot help but realise how kind he is despite what he thinks of himself to let something that massive go without truly feeling resentment. I love his steady, quiet, and reassuring presence, his maturity, his hidden sense of humor, and, let’s be honest, his powerful Dilf vibe. 😅 Lo bueno es que en este tomo la trama fluye de forma intermitente entre escenas de acción y momentos más relajados, es una alternancia que se nos viene en todo el libro. Eso sí, me encanta la relación de Nyktos y Sera 💓. En este libro vemos muchas 🌶️🌶️❤️‍🔥, cosa que me gusta, pero a la vez se me ha hecho un poco pesado, ya que parecía que no iba a ocurrir nada más.

Her reaction almost causes the entire building to collapse and forces Ash to protect her since she was entering stasis and that would kill her as she is still a mortal. His reaction after finding her in destruction mode was one of fear and desperation. He was just apologising the entire time because nothing else could be said or done to reverse the damage. Also, my other issue with this book is that it seemed the plot was going in circles sometimes and unlike book one, this was more repetitive. And similar to the world-building issue, I'm trying to word this correctly, but there shouldn't be as many new reveals especially as we're heading towards the end of Flesh and Fire and Blood and Ash series because I'm trying to connect the dots and I'm struggling. During all this Sera comes to finally realize her feelings towards Ash. She’s in love with him and it scares her, and of course he notices a sweet taste in her emotions one of chocolate and strawberries (which we see Poppy refer to love as this taste as well throughout FBAA) but Ash cannot understand what that emotion is connected to as he has never felt it.

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The characters- I loved Sera and Nyktos in the first book. They made me forget all about my dislike for Poppy and Casteel after the third book. However, much like FBAA, the characters went downhill in this installment. Sera fell into the same trap as Poppy did. They are dumb and they do dumb things, but everyone around them thinks they're brave. JLA's big weakness is writing realistic badass female characters and Sera is a carbon copy of Poppy in almost every way, right down to her "stabby" behavior and her ridiculous amounts of questions (more on that later). As for Nyktos, I still enjoy him. He's fine, but he's the book boyfriend that I needed him to be. He's just meh. And that's sad because there's so much potential. My heart does hurt for both of them. Their love story is somewhat tragic for two individuals who are not even familiar with the concept of love. If you have read all the FBAA books then you know they get their HEA (kind of, in terms of love) so you know that no matter what happens in these books that they will be in love and have children. Sera will become the primal of life and LOVE somehow saves them. A love that Ash admits he cannot feel, not because of Sera but because he removed his kardia aka the part of himself he would have needed to feel love and the facets of it.

I’d finally had a taste of being something other than a means to an end, a weapon to be used and then discarded. I’d had a taste of realness. I’d finally felt like a fully formed person, not a specter soaked in blood. Not a liar and a monster who could kill without all that much remorse. Either way, I will not play the I-don’t-want-you-but-no-one-else-can-have-you game. With you or anyone.”

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His stolen power. It was mine. His pain. It would be mine. Vengeance. Retribution. Blood. Mine. All of it would be mine. All this brings up the sad realisation from Sera that she will die no matter what, the future she had hoped for is gone and her death remains the only constant. I cried along when Ash cried tears of blood, the sign of a Primals absolutely in grief. Those two sentences are LITERALLY separated by one other sentence (that I redacted), yet they both say basically the same thing with a lot of the same wording. WHY DO WE NEED BOTH SENTENCES? WHY? They are right by each other. I REDACTED NOTHING ELSE. THOSE SENTENCES ARE ACTUAL NEIGHBORS IN THE BOOK. WHY GOD WHY. No soporto que Nyktos no hable claro y le cuente toda la verdad a Sera, cuando ella se sincera con él diciendo que quiere ser su consorte, él sigue ocultándole algo súper importante como es el pacto con Veses 😣, aunque sea por vergüenza, creo que tendría que haberlo comentado.

I'm still a huge Fan of Sera and that she isn't whiny or the damsel. She can fight and she does. She isn't a fan of being told what to do, and her main reason to do something is to help or save others. And I can really appreciate that! Nyktos really deserve his name as Shadow-Daddy, which I heard too often after the release 🥵🔥. I like how we learn more about all the other characters, in the Shadowlands. The plot is great, and the end really made me crave the next book in that series. I know, why complain about too many new books - I DON'T, I can't get enough of JLA and this world. But I don't like to being forced. I said what I said. Nyktos. Is. Everything. I won’t go into too much detail so as to avoid spoilers but the depths and levels of his character, the layers to why he is the way that he is, and the juxtaposition between the massively powerful and fierce Primal of Death and the man who had so much both taken from him and forced on him is equal parts breathtaking and heartbreaking. He is a contradiction of himself in nearly every way and I love him. SO MUCH. Esperaba que cuando se va al mundo humano, a ver a su hermana, sucederá algo más sin embargo, queda esa parte muy floja, luego está la parte de la coronación que también se queda corta y falta de acción. I also desperately need JLA to find a new editor because girl, there are SO MANY THINGS that should’ve been chopped from this. There were little things like Nyktos pouring a glass of whiskey for Sera, but then Sera takes a drink of it in the next sentence without Nyktos ever handing it to her. It kept happening with where people were seated too. One sentence the person Sera’s interacting with is across the room, then suddenly they’re on the couch next to her. No mention of movement. It’s like JLA just forgot where everyone was situated and the poor excuse for an editor just read it like, “Yep! This is all perfect. File, print. Bye.”Rage, pure and primal, set fire to my blood as my chin dipped, and a voice among my thoughts whispered: mine, becoming a chorus of many screaming, “𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞!”

Luego está, lo de que Kolis los reuniera para dar su visto bueno sobre la coronación, sí que tiene todo el sentido al final pero la verdad también esperaba algo más… Ash also admits Veses wants Kolis and since he wants nothing to do with her, Ash is the next best thing and the more he denied her the more she wanted to break him, but Veses doesn't really want him, and he NEVER wanted her.

The truth about Sera’s plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and Nyktos. Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has is her duty. She will do anything to end Kolis, the false King of Gods, and his tyrannical rule of Iliseeum, thus stopping the threat he poses to the mortal realm.