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jennyburchtree's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content
immdanii's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death
ceruleanshelves's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
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
3.0
While enjoyable, my main complaint is the repetition in this book. JLA has a tendency to repeat jokes, phrases, and reiterate information a bit much in all her series, but this book really pushes it for me. Of course Poppy's going to have a million questions, she was raised in an extremely controlled environment and part of a society that's been lied to for centuries about their entire history and even the present day. Give her a break.
At this point, I'm feeling like books 1 & 2 should've been combined, and I have a feeling I'm going to think this book and book 4 should as well. The series needn't be drawn out the way she's deciding to go because it's sacrificing the quality of storytelling for readers in favor of selling more books.
I know you love to write JLA but I'm begging you to hire a new developmental editor again.
That being said, I still love Cas and Poppy (and no I won't lose my shitwhen there's threesome/throuple Joining. )
At this point, I'm feeling like books 1 & 2 should've been combined, and I have a feeling I'm going to think this book and book 4 should as well. The series needn't be drawn out the way she's deciding to go because it's sacrificing the quality of storytelling for readers in favor of selling more books.
I know you love to write JLA but I'm begging you to hire a new developmental editor again.
That being said, I still love Cas and Poppy (and no I won't lose my shit
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, and War
alyssasaurus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy
michellemaas's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
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!
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!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
studytea's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
- 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
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
ninaakh's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, and Kidnapping
Minor: Grief
sierraechobravo's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
somberliving's review against another edition
I couldn’t get over a number of things.
The constant, unnecessary sex scenes. So many. At least one a chapter. And they were always the same thing? I love a good steamy scene, but you get to a point where you skip it because you know it’ll just be a mirror of the scene from last chapter.
The insufferable obsession of the main character by the love interest. It’s cheesy to the point that I hate them instead of ship/love them.
The cheesy/cliche trope of everyone being impressed by the main character. I get it, P is surprisingly powerful, but her words, choices, actions, and looks are always praised as being perfect. It’s unrealistic and makes every character interaction predictable.
The fact that nothing happens. Is Armentrout even following a plot or is she just trying to increase the amount of books published, thereby increasing the amount of money she makes out of this series? 41% done and I swear nothing has happened except the thing that was so painfully obvious if you were paying any bit of attention in the last book. Also, this all should have happened in the last book- I don’t even count this as part of the plot of this one.
Overall - unimpressed. Cliche. Only gets the hype because of the sex scenes (I wouldn’t even call them steamy because they happen so often the magic is lost). Would not recommend unless you’ve never read a book before.
The constant, unnecessary sex scenes. So many. At least one a chapter. And they were always the same thing? I love a good steamy scene, but you get to a point where you skip it because you know it’ll just be a mirror of the scene from last chapter.
The insufferable obsession of the main character by the love interest. It’s cheesy to the point that I hate them instead of ship/love them.
The cheesy/cliche trope of everyone being impressed by the main character. I get it, P is surprisingly powerful, but her words, choices, actions, and looks are always praised as being perfect. It’s unrealistic and makes every character interaction predictable.
The fact that nothing happens. Is Armentrout even following a plot or is she just trying to increase the amount of books published, thereby increasing the amount of money she makes out of this series? 41% done and I swear nothing has happened except the thing that was so painfully obvious if you were paying any bit of attention in the last book. Also, this all should have happened in the last book- I don’t even count this as part of the plot of this one.
Overall - unimpressed. Cliche. Only gets the hype because of the sex scenes (I wouldn’t even call them steamy because they happen so often the magic is lost). Would not recommend unless you’ve never read a book before.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Grief
nadiana's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
1.4 stars
Everything just falls into the lap of the main character. Wanna marry a husband who would kill his own family for you even though you've barely gotten to know each other? Be my guest. Want to become queen of Antarctica? Take the fucking crown and get really aggressive and self-righteous if anyone in the kingdom ever objects. Want to be a literal God? Here! Have it and all of the combined powers of the world! Jesus Christ is this ever a horribly bad self-insert fanfiction.
Also this book is very dialogue heavy when it definitely doesn't have to be. By the time one character spends 10 pages explaining something to our Y/N insert you could've just as easily explained it through action, not dialogue. And wanna know what the crazy thing is? You still have no idea what is happening to the plot 99.9% of the time even though information is practically being spoon-fed to you. I thought Gods and deities were synonymous but apparently, plot twist, they're not???
//Author's note: The MC is not just a deity, she's a God... okay!! Get that through your thick skulls! Gods are more epic and cool and they glow silver and there're Gods who are even above other Gods but Y/N is a descendent of those Gods too so she's like the most powerful being out there. And oh, she has a dragon army now and can bring people from the dead//
Casanova Steele is still as annoying as ever and Poopy does whatever the plot calls her to do. More things happened in this book compared to the last, however, which is why I'm giving it a slightly higher score than the previous installment in the series.
I'm so happy Audible has a refund option bc I really did not enjoy this book for the right reasons. I loved to hate it, I loved to imagine how the book could've been even slightly better than what was presented to me, and for that, I'll give this book some props. Some average-rated 5-star prediction books haven't come close to garnering this much passion out of me. Is it better written than average-garbage ACOMAF? No, but it's hella enjoyable to make fun of.
Everything just falls into the lap of the main character.
Also this book is very dialogue heavy when it definitely doesn't have to be. By the time one character spends 10 pages explaining something to our Y/N insert you could've just as easily explained it through action, not dialogue. And wanna know what the crazy thing is? You still have no idea what is happening to the plot 99.9% of the time even though information is practically being spoon-fed to you. I thought Gods and deities were synonymous but apparently, plot twist, they're not???
//Author's note: The MC is not just a deity, she's a God... okay!! Get that through your thick skulls! Gods are more epic and cool and they glow silver and there're Gods who are even above other Gods but Y/N is a descendent of those Gods too so she's like the most powerful being out there. And oh, she has a dragon army now and can bring people from the dead//
Casanova Steele is still as annoying as ever and Poopy does whatever the plot calls her to do. More things happened in this book compared to the last, however, which is why I'm giving it a slightly higher score than the previous installment in the series.
I'm so happy Audible has a refund option bc I really did not enjoy this book for the right reasons. I loved to hate it, I loved to imagine how the book could've been even slightly better than what was presented to me, and for that, I'll give this book some props. Some average-rated 5-star prediction books haven't come close to garnering this much passion out of me. Is it better written than average-garbage ACOMAF? No, but it's hella enjoyable to make fun of.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent