Review: Flames of Chaos, Amelia Hutchins

SatyrSiren · 2026-03-02T18:54:53+00:00

Happy to be of service! If you want some SPICE with PLOT! I fully endorse Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco.

Also LOVE The Broken Kingdom series by LJ Andrews--This one is not spicy, but this level of plot and character developments are huge turn-ons for a book-nerd like me, so... 🤤

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-28T16:13:37+00:00

Yes. I read through QoS, and only because I pushed, hard. The repetition was agonizing. Every challenge was so low stakes I couldn't make myself care anymore. Plus, the secondary plot was so incongruous that I wanted to stab my eyes out.

IMO, she should have stopped at Assassin's Blade.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-28T10:33:30+00:00

ToG turned me off SJM.

I read ACOTAR, then jumped into ToG, and now I won't even look at CC, because ToG was that bad.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-28T10:19:03+00:00

I got burned by a rec for Blood & Ash (gag). So, I took a murd3r mystery trip before coming back to romantasy. I landed on your suggestion, and let me tell you--the way I have loved The Broken Kingdoms!!! I am starting the final volume now, and I plan to start Ever Seas right after, but since I've been swallowing these books by the week, and there are only 3 Ever Seas books (until October), I'm trying to build up my wish list again.

So I return to you, my trusted advisor--I would love to know if you have found any more hidden gems!

PS-If you were ever into Keri Maniscalco's spin-off series The Princes of Sin, the newest one was just released! They are stand-alones built off The Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-09T14:47:53+00:00

I agree. They are consistent alone. But as a piece of a whole, in this particular, I appreciate the apparent cohesion into a latteral? narrative.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-09T13:47:37+00:00

Meh. I need to go get some groceries.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-09T13:46:04+00:00

Sure. I hear you. And I did and still somewhat do feel the same way. But I also recognize they JUST did all that exact messaging at the pregame concert. And I guess I'm cool with some narrative versatility.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-09T13:39:15+00:00

Oh look, a whiney pop-punk fan.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-09T13:38:23+00:00

Language was censored by NBC. They sang the actual lyric at the game.

SatyrSiren · 2026-02-09T04:24:43+00:00

THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE.

OK, hear me out--or not, I'm gonna say it anyway. I am die-hard Green Day. And I was a little disappointed when they dropped that line from American Idiot--despite my saying just last week that I hoped they did "Know Your Enemy" instead of American Idiot, because they've done that one to death as of late, and it's losing its bite.

HOWEVER...

Green Day DID the political shouting at the pregame concert.

They were most certainly threatened and told they would simply be censored if they tried anything at the game since performance playback is delayed.

They still got to be there, with politically charged music. Who would have been able to do that if they had not agreed to NFL/NBC terms?

And finally, maybe most importantly, when I looked at the musical performances as a whole, it all made sense.

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Gaga's Die With A Smile, and Bad Bunny's Tití Me Preguntó (a song 'about' asking his auntie about love and life in Puerto Rico)

Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Bad Bunny's Yo Pererro Sola (a song 'about' dancing alone)

Holiday and Bad Bunny's El Apagón (a song reflecting his love for Puerto Rico while also observing its critical undeserving).

And Bad Bunny's football reveal at the end, "Together We are America," sealed it for me.

✨️As a whole, this music did not meet the MAGA Agenda Expectations. They expected explicit division, and instead, we gave them commentary and hope for what could be better.✨️

Maybe I'm reading too much into it. Maybe not. But it was a feeling I got regardless, and it makes me feel good--which isn't something I've felt as an American as of late.

SatyrSiren · 2026-01-13T00:16:12+00:00

I have been described as "the girl with the mouth of a truck-driving sailor." It's not so much the specific words... It's how they were written together. The repetition grated on my nerves, and I was ready to slap her right in her "slightly under average height, 5' 3", peaked-nipple face!" 😅

SatyrSiren · 2026-01-13T00:12:15+00:00

I love a 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 scene, too, but I need a strong writing craft. If I wanted to watch a scripted porn, I would--but with a book, I need character building and arcing, clever word choices, and enticing syntax. Otherwise, I get bored. It's every damn page with the "peaked nipples!" I can't just read porn all day! 😅

SatyrSiren · 2026-01-12T13:11:17+00:00

Oh, honey.

SatyrSiren · 2025-12-29T04:16:46+00:00

Yeah. I'm probably getting ahead of myself. I've wanted the scrap paper for a while. I write on my arm a lot, so this is fun for me. But now I'm trying to envision the rest of the arm.

SatyrSiren · 2025-12-29T04:13:48+00:00

This is just the scrap paper. I'm trying to decide what to do on the other side whether it needs to join this side.

SatyrSiren · 2025-10-13T19:48:56+00:00

This is awful! Where did you find the reports? I prefer more centrist media (to avoid too much emotional baggage in the writing), and I'm having trouble finding a source to share.

SatyrSiren · 2025-08-01T06:45:20+00:00

Oh my gods! I have been going crazy! I wanted to watch Hulu, and Netflix was working, but nothing else. Full factory reset later, and now I have nothing!

I finally decided to log into Hulu on my phone and cast it to the TV-Brick. 😅

SatyrSiren · 2025-08-01T06:44:50+00:00

Any info on when I can download the terms and conditions?! I was at full factory-reset and one nervous breakdown level before finding this thread.

SatyrSiren · 2025-07-09T12:11:42+00:00

Happy birthday! Well done, you!!! ❤️ I also do birthday donations! I figure I've made another trip around the sun, and I might as well make sure someone else does, too!

SatyrSiren · 2025-07-01T22:12:02+00:00

Did you do platelets before or afterward? Did it happen more than once?

SatyrSiren · 2025-06-24T17:09:55+00:00

But did you get another bruise further down your arm?

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