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Blood and Ash - Liebe kennt keine Grenzen: Jennifer L. Armentrouts Weltbestseller in prachtvoller Deluxe-Ausstattung mit spektakulärem Farbschnitt. Roman by Jennifer L. Armentrout
127 reviews
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Classism
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Big points: I will not be continuing this series. I loved the MMC. Hated the FMC/narrator. The writing style doesn't do it for me. Too much detail that revealed what was going to happen later, not enough shock value in learning things through Poppy's eyes. Side characters are just there to add little side plots and background, it's obvious we won't be seeing much of them. Slow writing style, could have been 300 pages shorter and gotten the point across.
I can't stand first person narratives where the narrator/main character has so much potential to be smart and use their instincts as they've been taught, gets every truth laid out in front of them, and STILL self-sabatoges by not trusting the people who LITERALLY save her from a terrible fate. I get it, she's been locked up for most of her life, physically abused, shunned, and only taught certain things, but she can't be THAT stupid. Honestly the only thing that kept me reading around page 250 was the MMC, Hawke. He obviously sees something in her that I do not, and the way he talks to her is amazing. It's giving Kingfisher from Quicksilver-- throw-her-over-your-shoulder-while-she's-kicking-and-screaming-and-i'll-live-if-she-hurts-me vibes. YES. If he were the main character and this story were told from 3rd person POV, I'd be ALL IN.
I liked one of Armentrout's other fantasy books, so I decided to try this one, but I'm not so into it. I'll give 3 stars to any book that keeps my interest until the end, but I won't lie-- the writing style had me speed-reading, trying to find the next part where Hawke shows up. This is a book where someone will ask a question, and then there will be 3-4 paragraphs of internal monologue or details about the world before they get an answer-- bringing you in a roundabout away from the conversation, enough that you forget what the question was and you have to go back and read it again. This is mainly why I don't want to continue the series. Seems like an interesting world, but it was hard to get through. I honestly thought this would have made a perfect 200-page book, but it's close to 500! (I find this happens a lot with the first book in the series) Not only that, but all of those details in the internal monologue end up making the book super predictable, and when the shocking scenes come up, there's no rollercoaster of emotions when you read it, because you already knew it was going to happen. All the moments of surprise are ruined by prior context, which I think could have been avoided.
If you like stories with lots of repetitive details, can relate to an FMC who has been abused and obviously has trauma she's dealing with that messes with her head, and you will read anything about werewolves and vampires, this might just be the book for you.
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Aside from that funny moment, this book was…interesting. The pacing was good and all of the characters are distinct and well written. The relationship between Poppy and Hawke is….again, interesting. The first 3/4 of the book it’s a pretty good relationship. There were moments where I felt that Hawke was being a bit creepy or weird, but we later find out why. The last 1/4 of the book is where I’m questioning the relationship a bit. There’s a lot that happens and that changes both to the characters. And I’m not sure if that’s good. BUT because the book ended in this way, it makes me curious as to what will happen next.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Sexual harassment
Minor: Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Classism
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief
Will read book 2 out of curiosity in case they grow more respectful and loveable…
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Abandonment
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder
Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, War
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder
Minor: Cursing