A Shadow in the Ember (Flesh and Fire Book 1)

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It is all personal preference. However, I read the From Blood and Ash series first, and it definitely helped me understand the events that happened in this book way more. If you want to start from the origin of this world, I would read A Shadow in the Ember first. How does A Shadow in the Ember end? I had different expectations to how Sera and Nyktos's relationship would develop in the sequel but I was hoping the miscommunication between them wouldn't have been as present and that what mainly bothered me. Here it seemed they kept going through the same cycle at times.

His stolen power. It was mine. His pain. It would be mine. Vengeance. Retribution. Blood. Mine. All of it would be mine. En resumen, me ha faltado acción, aunque por otro lado me ha gustado bastante la historia así que tengo sentimientos encontrados, por una parte me ha gustado pero por la otra se me ha quedado flojo y pesado con tanta escena sexual. I also waited over a year for this sequel, and I swear I sometimes hate myself for reading books so fast and not being able to wait longer since I know I KNOW I will have to wait possibly another year or so for the final book. 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.

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So much happens in this book and yet we are not really close to the figure out why the gods/primals all went to sleep and how Sera ascended. A Light in the Flame made me obsessed with Jadis and Reaver!! ik they are kids and basically baby drakkens, but i ship them so much. 😭 Jadis being a little menace and chasing Reaver around, while he is so grumpy and annoyed at her, but still secretly cares a lot about her? 😭😭😭 i love them. 🥺👉👈 their scenes were so cute in this book and it makes my heart hurt for Reaver and Nektas, knowing that Jadis is missing in the FBAA series. i need Jadis and Reaver to get together!!!

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. Another thing we find out right before shit hits the fan is that Sera intended to k*ll herself when she took a lot of the sleep aid before she meets Ash in book 1. She never intended to wake up and that reveal spoke volumes to why she was always never in fear of death and the fact Nektas is the only one to know of that confession makes it even more special. I wonder what Ash would have thought or done knowing this information, it would confirm what he has felt and known for so long: She didn't value her life. I went into this book with HIGH expectations and it not only exceeded them and cemented itself as a strong, independent storyline in this incredible world but it honestly might be JLA’s best n The audio version was exceptional and Stina Nielsen did an amazing job narrating this book. She brought all the emotions to another level and made this experience even more unique. Perfect combination between story and audio performance. Nyktos' mother's soul was destroyed by Kolis, but Eythos' soul was captured by him. Nyktos asks Holland if he know what happened with his father, but unfortunatelly the fate of a fallen Primal is hidden from the Arae. "His soul wasn't destroyed." Ash's skin had thinned as wisps of eather swirled in his eyes once more. “Kolis still retained some ember of death in him, just like my father retained some of his ember of life. Enough power for Kolis to capture and hold a soul. He has my father’s soul." [ citation needed]No solo he disfrutado de la trama, de las escenas de acción y demás porque es un libro que me ha dado todo lo que me gusta, es que este libro también es un libro con personajes muy potentes. Sera es un personajes increíble, su personalidad de no callarse una, su actitud y también se nos presentan sus debilidades. Los personajes secundarios son inolvidables y únicos, al igual que el impresionante personaje masculino principal. Something I need to say, and a lot of people might disagree with is how much I love that Sera is not out here wanting to experience and explore sex with others after meeting Ash (TWOTQ I am looking at you). She meets Primals, gods and even sees orgies and Nektas naked but not once did she feel anything. She never felt aroused by any of it and only and truly ever wanted Ash. She views him as if he is the peace and breath she always seeks. Which is how it should be in eyes, especially if their love is depicted as this GRAND and EPIC story. Also, they are either heartmates or soulmates and that in itself should equal to them wanting each other and it being more than enough. I just know that most readers, like me, ate up the spicy scenes between Sera and Nyktos. They were not only hot but also emotional and the tension just makes it more delicious. I truly supposed to get pleasure from this publication. Actually. Since the preliminary 20% was so interesting. It was so just like FBAA but nonetheless it is personal distinctive job and it had a secret story starting in addition to the major relationship actually was fulfilling to evaluation. That each one remodeled.