What is a filler? Discussing the Flesh and Fire series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
This blog will likely be a bit different than my other reviews, as it has been a while since I read the previous books in this four book prequel series. The Flesh and Fire series will instead be my starting point for my frustration regarding the use of fillers in many fiction books these days. The series follow Sera, an assassin born and raised for one purpose: to seduce and kill the God Nyktos (Ash) as he can only be slain by someone he loves. However, she falls in love, and together they have to save the realms from destruction by the hand of Kolis. It is surprisingly easy to condense the premise of this series, considering each of them is over 700 pages each. I had to binge read book four to make it through to the ending of this series. Book three had been a huge disappointment for me, and I was frustrated when Armentrout announced that she could not stick to her plan of writing a trilogy, instead she had to write four to capture the entire story. However, the thing is,...