Flesh and Fire

Okay…..where oh where to begin with this one? This is the prequel series to From Blood and Ash, as I’m sure most of you know. I read this a year and 1/2 after reading 5 books of FBAA thinking, “oh, I’ll read this 4 book series really quickly before book 6 of FBAA comes out”. Here’s how I’m breaking down my very confusing thoughts on this series:

Pros:

Loved getting more in-depth info tied to FBAA because I love that series so freaking much. I love Nyktos and Sera and the supporting characters and of course JLA can really write the shit outta the spice. I am even more excited to do a re-read of FBAA and move onto the newest book 6! 

Cons:

4 books, 4 HUGE, long books. Book 4 is 770 pages and they spend the 1st 110 pages in a freaking bedroom. I was SO over it. I just wanted some damn EDITING. By books 3 and 4 - we are getting a ton of repeating of the same inner monologue sentences and I wanted to scream. Usually I’m ignoring my life responsibilities to read these books and this series had me wanting to do the dishes. And, my personal flaw is I refuse to DNF. 

Am I happy I read it? I don’t know. It is definitely intertwined with FBAA so if you love that series like I do - I still say read it but go in with your skim reading hat on. Which, I’m also terrible at! But, by book 4, I had to skim read so much and TBH missed absolutely nothing doing that. 🫣 Am I still a huge JLA fan? Yes! Do I want to talk to her Editors? Bigger YES!