4,5/5 o 9/10 ⭐️ Allora partiamo con la premessa che non mi aveva preso tanto il precedente libro di questa serie (sia perché l’avevo letto aver letto il 3 di Poppy e Cas e facendo passare altro tempo in mezzo) inoltre le somiglianze con la serie maestra mi aveva un po’ infastidito. Però il plot twist finale mi aveva fatto uscire di testa (nel senso positivo e negativo del contesto, visto che all’autrice piace interrompere a metà le cose). Questo libro è il mio preferito di tutta la serie, batte anche il 3 di Poppy e Cas a mani basse, perché qui ci sono più bisticci e più ciccia viene fuori. Perché ovviamente abbiamo superato la fine della storia e il prossimo anno non avrò più Daddy Ash e Mommy Sera. Sto già soffrendo. Spero che il 5 di Poppy abbia un po’ di loro, perché non riesco a staccarmi dalla loro storia. L’unica cosa che vorrei fare adesso è prendere Ash e metterlo, insieme a Sera, in una scatole a nasconderlo dal mondo. Ha bisogno di essere protetto ed amato. Io lo proteggo, Sera lo ama. Fatto e finito. Ah! Dimenticavo. La vera cosa che vorrei fare adesso è prendere Zia Arme e farle scrivere la loro storia, perché non può finire così (di nuovo) un libro. Questa è una persecuzione. DATEMI ORA IL SEGUITO. PARTE SPOILER-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allora parliamo del finale. Perché già stavo male quando Sera e Ash scoprono che non c’è via di uscita per Sera. Poi sono stata anche peggio con la richiesta di Sera. Poi sono stata anche peggio con l’attacco a casa. Poi sono stata anche peggio con la morte di Ector. (ECTOR NOOOOOOOOOO!) Poi sono stata anche peggio con la cattura di Sera. Poi sono stata anche peggio con l’arrivo di Callum (spero vivamente che nel prossimo libro Ash e Sera strappino il cuore di Callum almeno una volta ciascuno, così questa viscida serpe può lamentarsi di essere stato maltrattato da tutta la famiglia). Poi sono stata anche peggio con il tradimento del padre di Sera con Kolis. Poi sono stata anche peggio con la storia delle profezia. Poi sono stata anche peggio con l’arrivo di Ash. In forma di lupo. Io devo sapere. HO BISOGNO DI SAPERE. ANCHE SE IO SO COME ANDRÀ A FINIRE PERCHÈ HO LETTO POPPY E CAS QUINDI SÒ COME ANDRÀ A FINIRE MA IO LO DEVO LEGGERE. DEVO SAPERE. HO BISOGNO ANCORA DI DADDY NYKTOS. DATEMI ANCORA DI DADDY NYKTOS E MOMMY SERA.

Gute Fortsetzung, spannende wenn auch etwas vorhersehbare Entwicklung der Geschichte. Ich hätte mir Seras Charakterentwicklung irgendwie mehr herausgearbeitet gewünscht, ohne die häufigen Wiederholungen von schon oft gedachten Gedanken. Der Versuch witzige Dialoge zu schreiben, war für mich genau das. Ein Versuch, für mich nicht so richtig gelungen. Dennoch eine gute Geschichte, nur für den 5. Stern hat mir das gewisse Extra gefehlt

I loved this book - Really really much. I love the Characters, the plot twists in the books. I love the authors writing it's soooooo good. Sooo its obviously a five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ book for me. My favorite Quotes and things that happened in the book: Nyktos was bowing to me. But he was ... well, really nice to look at. And I really liked looking at him. I doubt you prefer the taste of eyes more than your steed, but refer me as an accessory again, and it will be you who feeds on them. You carry the only true embers of life in you, Sera. You're thequeen. He ... devoured me. Licking. Tasting. Sucking. Feasting. For someone with little to no experience, he sure knew what to do. Or maybe it was simply that he couldn't do wrong. What? - You. Your smile. You're beautiful, Sera What did you sense? I whispered. "What I sensed before." "Peace" "Meyaah Liessa Red. Faint traces of watery red. My tears. I taste sweetness. It reminds me of chocolate and strawberries. "And you don't know what that is?" I don't. Gods. He didn't know what the tasted because he didn't know what love tasted like. "Whatever skill you believe I have is pure luck because I honestly had no idea what I was doing. ... "Still don't know to be honest." Yes, there is. I would've loved you if I could have. There would've been no one stopping me. I wish I'd never had my kardia removed "You're killing me." "You're killing me again, after all those years."

2,5 ✨ - I absolutely loved the first book so I kind of assumed that I would enjoy A Light in the Flame just the same. However, I ended up being quite disappointed and,if it weren’t for the many good reviews and me generally liking the FBAA universe, I’m not sure if I would have even finished this book. What I did like: - Nyktos and Sera as main characters, they’re like the perfected versions of Poppy and Casteel - Baby drakens What I did not like: - The missing plot and repetitive actions (Sera staying in her room thinking her life has no purpose, someone attacking, Sera being told to stay hidden, Sera not listening and wanting to help, Sera being all powerful and special in battle, Nyktos pretending to be angry but ending up having sex with Sera - and this about 3x in a row) - Too many side characters with no real personality, especially all of Sera’s guards were pretty much the same to me - We are told all the way through the book that Sera’s Culling is coming closer and closer, and that she might only has weeks or even days left. Still nobody seems to care enough to actually do something. - Way too many unimportant sex scenes - The magical system is quite complicated and hard to remember if you do not read all of the books in a row. I keep forgetting the exact differences between Ascended, Revenants, Gods etc. or between the Ascension and the Culling. - The whole “I cannot love because my kardia has been removed” storyline - basically the whole book consists of Nyktos going into full Primal mode to protect Sera, him being overly protective and possessive and admiring her but apparently that’s all because he just cares a lot for her? And even though he physically cannot experience the feeling of love he somehow still knows that he would love her if he could? Personally, I thought we would get a scene where Sera is nearly dying and that’s were Nyktos realises he loves her because true love cannot even be stopped by a missing kardia or something like that - The miscommunication trope was used a bit too much for my liking - The ending was not surprising at all in my opinion Nevertheless, I’m excited to see if the third book will be better again and how the story continues.

Ich hab ewig für den 2. Band gebraucht. Das lag evtl daran, dass ich es als Hörbuch konsumiert hab und bei vielem gerne den Absatz nochmal gelesen hätte, zum besseren interpretieren und eigene Theorien spinnen. Die Fortsetzung an sich war sehr gut. Ein bisschen viel Sex für meinen Geschmack, aber die Komplexität der Verstrickungen hat es nicht verloren dadurch. Bin bereit direkt weiter zu hören🥰

Ich wollte so unbedingt wissen, wie es mit Sera und Ash weitergeht, dass ich nicht die deutsche Veröffentlichung abwarten konnte. Stattdessen habe ich mich nach viiielen Jahren nochmal an ein englisches Buch gewagt und war positiv überrascht. Da ich mich über die schlechte Übersetzunge der Reihe oft geärgert habe, fand ich die Geschichte in Originalsprache wirklich schön und auch ziemlich flüssig zu lesen. Die Entwicklungen von Sera und Ash sowie ihrer Beziehung hat mir gut gefallen. Ich mochte ihre "Detektivarbeit" und wie sich die Prophezeiung zusammengefügt hat. Dass dabei Kämpfe unausweichlich sind ist klar, fand ich aber etwas zu viel. Auch die Liebesszenen haben deutlich mehr Überhand genommen. Für ein bisschen weniger Kampf und Liebe hätte man das Ende dann doch etwas ausführlicher erläutern können, denn da überschlugen sich die Ereignisse dann so dermaßen, dass man auch ein bisschen mehr Inhalt hätte dafür vorhalten können. Trotzdem hat die Autorin es geschafft wieder so eine packende, runde Geschichte mit Cliffhanger zu kreieren, dass man gespannt auf den nächsten Band wartet.

Es wird immer komplexer. Manchmal schwirrt einem der Kopf vor lauter Verstrickungen wer jetzt wessen Seele warum wo und wie mit welchen Kräften in welchem Körper hat. Alles in allem eine gute Geschichte, einen Stern Abzug für die mich immernoch nervenden Spice-Szenen, die einfach zu repetetiv sind und die manchmal sehr langen zähen inneren Monologe.

Mittlerweile bin ich schon auf die Enden von JLAs Büchern vorbereitet, aber sie schafft es trotzdem immer wieder, mich mit den Plottwists zu überraschen und mit ihren Cliffhangern wütend zu machen. Zum Glück kommt der nächste Teil schon in weniger als drei Monaten. In diesem Teil lernen wir mehr von den Primaren kennen, was ich sehr interessant fand. Im Besonderen einen ganz bestimmten Primar - Kolis. Damit bekommt man auch einen Vorgeschmack, was einem am Ende der Blood and Ash-Reihe erwartet. Zu Sera und Nyktos muss ich ja wohl nicht viel sagen, oder? Es ist zeitweise kompliziert und herzzereißend und dann plötzlich wieder wunderschön. Außerdem habe ich noch soooo viele Fragen, die in diesem Teil aufgestellt, aber noch nicht beantwortet wurden. Falke, Wolf, Kreaturen, die Kolis erschaffen hat? Ich muss wissen, was es damit auf sich hat. Und zuletzt: Sera bei den Pools of Divanash? I'm sobbing.