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The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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abbs15norm's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.5

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ka_ke's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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

I will say I saw the big reveal coming. That being said, I am enjoying this coming of age turned revenge plot that has appeared. Also

pages 421- 425 were pure sex

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sabrina22's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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sarahmcg's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

I will never stop being amazed by Poppy. She is the strong, badass, FMC that I love reading. I feel like her character development through this series is amazing. There’s more but I won’t go into it bc of possible spoilers. But I do have to say I love Kieran more and more each book! He’s great comic relief and such a good friend. I’ll be waiting with bated breath for the next book!

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theespressoedition's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-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? No

3.5

*looks back at the notes I sent my friend while reading* Aha! Yes, here we go...

This has been my favorite book of the series so far. There's a kind of comfort that's settled in between Casteel and Poppy now that they're married - and despite the insane cliffhanger that book two left us on, things were cleared up relatively quickly at the beginning of this book.

Okay, so "cleared up" is maybe the wrong term considering the insanity that followed - and that's where I got a little revved up. Not because I was disliking the story so much as I was constantly confused. There was a lot of information overload in this installation. I found myself constantly looking up the terms because I lost track of the differences between "deities" and "gods" or I lost track of the character names because it seems like someone new is always being introduced. In addition to that, there was a lot of back-and-forth with who the characters were, who they were related to, what they were spawns of, whether they were Ascended, Descenters, masked, Wolven, vamprys, etc. I literally couldn't keep up.

At a certain point, I just decided to kind of say "screw it" and enjoy the story for what it was rather than trying to piece together every little bit of information because, let's be real, JLA is totally gonna throw half of it out the window in the next novel and we'll have to relearn it all again. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just the style she's chosen for this series. Everything can be undone or retold and you have to get used to never really knowing for sure whether something is set in stone.

Just like the other two books, there were some irritants for me, such as the repetition:
1) Poppy likes violence
2) Poppy has a lot of questions
We get it. Can Kieren or Casteel acknowledge anything else? Thanks.

There was a lot of sexual content - maybe even more than the others, but at this point it's not as appealing to me. Not that it was "appealing" before, so much as it was new. Now it's not and it felt like she was reaching a lot of the time. I found myself just flipping through pages until those scenes ended because I didn't feel like I was missing anything.

I love Kieren. Honestly, if we could get some books just about him, I think I'd be happy. He's sarcastic and caring - and even though he pretty much only ribs Poppy about how inquisitive she is, he's probably the most likable character in the books.

While I can't say these are my favorite books ever or anything, I definitely stay interested throughout the entire time I'm reading, which encourages me to continue the series. So far, I haven't had anything really make me think I need to stop where I am. I'm not bored and I'm not disinterested, so even though I'm not obsessed, I'll be picking up the next book.

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orchidee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Let me start this review off by saying that i will try to keep it as spoiler free as possible.

I went into this 3rd novel in the blood and ash series with very low expectations because i had seen so many people disliking it. Let me tell you, I was so surprised.

The beginning of the book is absolutely amazing and breathtaking, as the 2nd book really ended in a huge cliffhanger. We get right of the bat a lot of action, a lot of plot, and a lot of everything which i really liked.
This is where i am going to drift from so many reviews i've seen on here. Although i agree when people say that the middle ~400 pages are slower, i think they were still amazing. Not only do we get more content of Poppy and Casteel's relationship, but we also get many conversations that i find necessary in this series. I also saw a lot of people saying that the world building is a lot considering that this is the 3rd book in this series, but i honestly couldn't disagree more. Yes there is a lot of world building, yet it's necessary because we finally discover Atlantia. Not getting any world building on how it looked like, how it was would just have been very confusing. This is another kingdom, so i found the world building done by the author necessary.
Also, although we get a lot of sit down conversations in this novel, i think it's well balanced with action and plot, as well as plot twists which i really enjoyed. They really help to see the development of Poppy's power, and how strong she actually becomes.

I will say, some things did annoy me, like the constant repetition of certain jokes like the "sex journal" or the "Poppy asks too many questions" jokes. Like yes, we get it, it's not necessary to repeat them all the time..

AND THIS ENDING??? THE LAST 4 CHAPTERS WERE INSANE!! Really excited for the next one!

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Still loving this series, the lore is fantastic and I love Poppy and Casteel’s relationship. Casteel always strives to provide Poppy her freedom and ensure she has a choice in all her decisions in life. I loved his way of encouraging her throughout the book. She’s such a strong character and the author writes all the female characters in a similar fashion.

I also loved the relationship/friendship that builds between Poppy and Kieran 🥺. Kieran has become one of my favorite characters. Rating 4 stars because some of the writing felt like filler and repetitive. Poppy’s inner monologue and constant questions became a bit tiresome - I wanted the plot to just move forward instead of her constant “thinking”. The book would have been about 100 pages shorter cutting some of the filler out.

However, when the plot moves - it’s so addicting to read and Armentrout loves to leave us on a cliffhanger! I can’t wait for the next addition to release in March and see more of Poppy’s growth.

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