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From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

41 reviews

marleyshaddox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Sexy, gory, and exciting, this book had me hooked from beginning to almost the end. I started getting fed up with the LI and that will probably keep me from reading the sequels. But I flew through this one despite the length! Maybe after a brief cool down period I'll be inspired to pick the next one up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

campisforever's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A decent vampire romance with a complex plot. Gender nonconforming readers should be aware that Armentrout inexplicably uses the terms “fe/male” as signifiers of gender. Also, there is a dubious consent kissing scene early in the novel, which I will not mark as a spoiler because I would have liked to know it was there myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Kidnapping

begentile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Torture

clapyourshands's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Murder, Cursing, Violence, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, War, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child death

niita's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I regret everything I've ever said about this book. It's starts off pretty slow, but after the Rite, things start to pick up. I've never really been a fan of the "Enemies to lovers" trope but this was pretty good. I wouldn't recommend for anyone with low patience though. Stick it though the end, you'll enjoy it ❤❤❤❤

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

anushar's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

tbh I didn’t know that this book had vampires in it and if I had known that I probably wouldn’t have picked it up (I’m sorry I know that’s a bias, but I watched the trailer for twilight once and have been scarred ever since) but this book was surprisingly good. I saw a lot of hype for it so I figured I’d try it and I ended up loving the characters. Poppy is an especially strong character who grows so much in this book, I can’t wait to see her unleash herself on the world. I had very low expectations for the guy (I mean Hawke is such a ridiculous name) but I was pleasantly surprised, he is pretty stereotypical at some parts but he was funny and the banter was top tier so I’m giving it a pass. If you like watching your main character go from being manipulated to murdering people I would recommend this book.  
4/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cursing

bookworm_maddie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

ionai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Murder

brynn_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn't enjoy this book as much as most people did. I still think it was enjoyable to read. It just wasn't amazing. 

I feel like this book could be very predictable. Also, the world was so confusing. I don't know what the difference is between the ascended and the Atlantian. And I'm still confused about the craven. 

I have mixed feelings about this main character. Sometimes I love her, but other times not so much.

It still annoys me that Poppy had sex with someone after figuring out that he betrayed her.

I'm still going to read the second book though because I"m invested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexual harassment