A Kingdom of Flame and Fury by Whitney Dean: A Book Review
Genre: Fantasy
Fun fact: for the longest time I thought the second book in Armentrout’s From Blood and Ash series was A Kingdom of Fire and Fury even when I knew it wasn’t. So, imagine my surprise when Dean’s work was presented to me to review! I was like “I knew a book with the title existed!” even if it was just recently published (don’t tell the rational side of my brain please – let it remain ignorant). May be its because the title brought me close to Armentrout’s work, but there was an interesting connection between the two works that I saw. It is not the same story – but they could be long lost siblings.
Dean writes an amazing start to her Four Kingdoms series. Surrounding the story of the queen of Seolia, Raven, Dean welcomes a land full of magic, fear, love, and betrayal. Of course, what I love is the fact of how much Dean pushes the fact that true strength comes from yourself – and that only you can heal yourself; that gratification shouldn’t only be coming from outside sources. In all honesty, I think more stories need messages as loud as this one – and have to say this is where Dean pulls away from what Armentrout does.
Dean sticks to the idea that we need to make our own choices and find our own strength. By giving Raven multiple people withholding information of who she is – the one thing she wants to know above all else – Dean shows that we need to accept who we even if we don’t know our backstory – and accept the idea that others will know before we do.
Even saying this though – I hope to all this is, was, and will be that book 2 does the same turning Armentrout’s A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire does. (Dean had me screaming at the last page – and not from pleasure.) I am so mad at Raven right now that it’s not even funny.
Who would most enjoy the work and who should stay clear (if necessary):
Those that are fans of From Blood and Ash will see a lot of similarities between the two works – most likely helping them relive reading From Blood and Ash for the first time again. Fans of Maas’s ACOTAR would also really enjoy this one.
This book does have a lot of sex in it and does graphical talk about arousal for both men and women. There are also some scenes with what could be taken as BDSM. If you are uncomfortable with any of this, you might want to wait to read this book until you are.
Other books like the one reviewed:
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (especially the second book in the series, ACOMAF)
| Plot: | 9 / 10 |
| Characters: | 8 / 10 |
| Writing: | 10 / 10 |
| Editor: | 10 / 10 |
| Total | 37 / 40 |
Title: A Kingdom of Flame and Fury
Author: Whitney Dean
Edition: ARC eBook
Published: May 26, 2022
Publisher: Midnight Tide Publishing
ISBN: 9780578391021
If you want to get it: Amazon; Barnes&Noble
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