Reviews with content warning for Blood - Crown and Bones

First read: 5 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Second read: 4.5 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

No thoughts, just a few incoherent sentences.

Poppy being a morally gray badass gives me life.

Casteel losing her and freaking on the battlefield tugged at my stone cold heart.

Poppy, Casteel, Kieran is the trio to end all trios and if there is not a threesome soon I will burst.

The plot finally came together (and it has been a LONG time coming).

I liked that neither the Atlantians nor the Ascended were innocent. Oftentimes authors pick a side when really no one is innocent during a war. There are quite a few things that Jennifer L. Armentrout does that sets her apart from others (that I already discussed in previous reviews so I won't repeat it) but just know that she's really good at her job.

Book 4: The War of Two Queens cannot come soon enough!

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taylorjayne's review against another edition

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This book man, this book!

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It was terrible.

The main characters were reduced to characterisations of themselves and ANY fun quirks or qualities about them were removed.

They had sex after she resurrected a DEAD CHILD I mean I don't even know if she cleaned the blood off her hands, it was gross.

Anyways I DNF'd at 59% and this book put me in the biggest reading slump for months.

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ninaakh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The plot and characters are great, but there's also smut, so read it

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samchase112's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

Whew, what a wild ride. As usual, the beginning and end of this book was crazy--so much happening, so much changing, excitement in every scene. The middle.......not as much. Poppy loves her endless conversations, sexy times, and...interesting coping style (aka she just brushes past big info and focuses on tiny info). It is painfully obvious that JLA did not mean to make this a six-book series, and is legitimately making things up as she goes along. And don't get me started on the names that have to be close enough to the normal way but also ~unique~. But I can't pretend that I didn't enjoy a good portion of this book. Yes, most of my jaw dropping was more of the "what the hell is happening?? this makes no sense" variety, but some of it was genuinely fun. I went into this book not intending to continue under any circumstances, and I'm leaving it wanting to read the next book, and excited to see what happens!

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holthmsn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

The Crown of Gilded Bones is yet another epic instalment of the Blood and Ash series. While the beginning of the book is a very quick start with lots of action, it eventually finds it usual pace. Full of love, the truth, and sorrows. The ending left me yearning for more.

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sierraechobravo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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_malia_pt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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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