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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
166 reviews
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Wow, that twist! This book was fantastic in so many ways.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Gore, Torture, War
adventurous
challenging
dark
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I did not like the male lead from the start. I hate their interactions and they are in lust not love. I really struggled to read it. One of the smut scenes was decent but too many of them but overall the ML is slimy and I just felt bad for the FL. She fell for the first boy she saw while she was being abused.
This is a joke of a romance novel, but read it if you want to get off I guess.
This is a joke of a romance novel, but read it if you want to get off I guess.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The number of ellipses… (done ironically) oh my god. It only rivals the number of times I almost DNFd this book. The pacing is painful. Slow with sporadic handfuls of pages that go at a break neck speed. Also, I seriously struggled to get past the purity component. It bled into practically all the FMC’s interactions with nearly every single character she came across throughout the whole book.
It felt like there should have been substantially more background in the beginning to assist the reader in understanding the context for the extreme focus on purity. Frankly it just felt like a weird plot device to further tensions between FMC and MMC. Speaking of, there were moments of good banter but it got ruined by some variation of the MMC’s favorite phrases - “you’re so intriguing”, “you’re nothing like I thought you’d be”, “you’re so violent”. It’s giving “she’s not like other girls”, and I hated it. The spice was okay-ish, but again, with the focus on purity, sometimes it just felt off.
Ultimately, the only thing that kept me going was that I thought the plot had potential so I kept waiting for things to get ironed out (they did not get ironed out). Going to give book 2 a try and hope that things are less painful, if not… it’s gonna be a no for me.
EDIT: Nope. DNF second book 172 pages. It’s just painful, and not in a good way.
It felt like there should have been substantially more background in the beginning to assist the reader in understanding the context for the extreme focus on purity. Frankly it just felt like a weird plot device to further tensions between FMC and MMC. Speaking of, there were moments of good banter but it got ruined by some variation of the MMC’s favorite phrases - “you’re so intriguing”, “you’re nothing like I thought you’d be”, “you’re so violent”. It’s giving “she’s not like other girls”, and I hated it. The spice was okay-ish, but again, with the focus on purity, sometimes it just felt off.
Ultimately, the only thing that kept me going was that I thought the plot had potential so I kept waiting for things to get ironed out (they did not get ironed out). Going to give book 2 a try and hope that things are less painful, if not… it’s gonna be a no for me.
EDIT: Nope. DNF second book 172 pages. It’s just painful, and not in a good way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Holy smokes!! This was an amazing book to jumpstart a new series after getting through the Sarah J Mass-verse! The book is a little slow to start, but it’s written that way to understand the setting and the way the world turns for the FMC.
And similarly to the books of the Sarah J Maas-verse, when the switch is flipped, the pages cannot be turned fast enough!! I absolutely can’t wait to read the next one!
And similarly to the books of the Sarah J Maas-verse, when the switch is flipped, the pages cannot be turned fast enough!! I absolutely can’t wait to read the next one!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment
Minor: Torture, Death of parent
The maid is a black woman named Tawny. WTF. Not to mention the lack of consent even though I’m only 9% into the book. Yeah, absolutely not.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had this book on my tbr because someone described it as having ‘there’s only one horse’ trope.. and I’m not sure that was even true??
It started fairly strong, I was interested in the world building and intrigued about the class system, and for a while I got on with it quite well.
But this author doesn’t spoon feed plot so much as ram it down your throat. Show don’t tell doesn’t apply, but explain it in excruciating detail and then mention it 6 more times just for good measure does. You know, just in case the reader forgot what you said last paragraph, and last page, and the chapter before that. WE GET IT!!
(And somehow the class system/children born system is still not explained well???)
I also found the dialogue to be really jarring compared to the setting??
Hawke is an actual predator, no pun indented, but like seriously he should be on some type of list the dubious (at BEST) consent was frankly disgusting, Poppy was absolute idiot the whole time, and was a consistently bland FMC. Her decisions didn’t seem to make any sense and their ‘banter’ was excruciating. I didn’t find myself warming to any character apart from some minor characters that I’ll probably never see again.
I had the full intention of reading the 4 other books in this series, but I’m not sure I can put myself through that 🥴
I can see this being for you if you like the ‘he’d burn the whole world down for her’ trope, and don’t mind repetitive, overly descriptive, waffley writing.
It started fairly strong, I was interested in the world building and intrigued about the class system, and for a while I got on with it quite well.
But this author doesn’t spoon feed plot so much as ram it down your throat. Show don’t tell doesn’t apply, but explain it in excruciating detail and then mention it 6 more times just for good measure does. You know, just in case the reader forgot what you said last paragraph, and last page, and the chapter before that. WE GET IT!!
(And somehow the class system/children born system is still not explained well???)
I also found the dialogue to be really jarring compared to the setting??
Hawke is an actual predator,
I had the full intention of reading the 4 other books in this series, but I’m not sure I can put myself through that 🥴
I can see this being for you if you like the ‘he’d burn the whole world down for her’ trope, and don’t mind repetitive, overly descriptive, waffley writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child death, Gore
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death of parent