Committing to the TBR

Nyktos and Sera don’t miss. Ever.

I really went into this second installment incredibly worried for their relationship and wondering how they repair their inflictions on each other. I should have known that JLA pulled the strings (while still giving us the spicy scenes some of us so desperately need) and worked on some incredible character development at the same time.

In The Light in the Flame, we start to uncover even more information with main protagonist Sera about the history, politics, and heart of the Shadowlands. We start to realize just how the embers are affecting her and we are put on one incredible ride. Sera continues to be one of my favorite FMC in the FBAA universe due to her fearlessness and direct demeanor. She absolutely has her flaws, but her energy in this book explodes and really resonates with me on every page.

Kolis actually petrifies me and makes me uneasy every time I see his name on a page. He screams entitled asshole on every space he takes up and I just really don’t know how these characters will win. I am so scared for them LOL.

Nektas is a really interesting character that I believe knows more than he lets on. The way he speaks so calmly about Sera, it’s almost like a sort of knowing that she is more within the prophecy than just the embers. I really want to see more of his story and plot in the next few books and I hope we can uncover more about the history of draken and how this will affect Poppy in her fight against The Queen.

I just finished the book and my heart is still shattering. I don’t really know how there are two books after this but, I really hope that Sera can get a somewhat happier ending than what is currently going on. I feel like she truly can’t get a break and when they do have a break, he can’t TRULY love her. It’s actually like breaking my heart at this point, way more than anything in the FBAA universe.

Now that my next book will be A Soul of Ash and Blood, I will be going back into the story and keeping Sera’s powers and abilities with the embers in mind, as well as discovering all about this world’s Primals and their Ascension process. Figuring that Poppy will most likely be going into her Ascension for the next book, I wish the woman in this universe can get a fucking break! Poppy and Cas need a honeymoon in the Bahamas for a chapter or five, but once again, I understand for the lore and understanding what the hell even first happened in the first FBAA books. It’ll be interesting to see all the things I have missed and from Kieran and Casteel’s POV.

J.L.A has a way of having me instantly wanting to buy the next book and I can not wait to dive more into this universe.

Rating: 4/5