Especially when she made that extremely impulsive escape, which just felt like a page-filler to me. I was a little irritated because I felt like the growth she made to a free-thinking woman was reversed or at least pushed back. In the first part of the sequel, however, I really did get the feeling that Poppy suddenly forgets all that and continues to escape from Cas. That is the main reason why he doesn't take her to the Queen but instead to Atlantia. At the last pages of From Blood and Ash and at the start of A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, hints are dropped that Hawke - or Casteel - is still in love with Poppy. Of course, Poppy's heart is shattered, because she is now in the hands of the enemy (or the ones she thinks are the enemies). Hawke is Prince Casteel of Atlantia, an Atlantian (hot vampire-like person). At the end of the book, however, Hawke is not who Poppy though he was. She 'grows' up, evolves her power, gets out of the hands of the hands of the Ascended and falls in love. During the first book, we see Poppy grow from a chained Maiden to a (sort-off) free woman.

Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has. The truth about Sera’s plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and Nyktos. Armentrout comes book two in her Flesh and Fire series The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill. Which is a little disappointing to me, so before I get to all the things I did love, I wanted to share this first. From 1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L.

However, I did not love it as much as I loved the first book. Armentrout left us with such a big open ending that I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book of the series: The Crown of Gilded Bones. Overall, I really liked the story and where it's going.

A fire in the flesh book