rioreadsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

A Soul of Ash and Blood (Blood and Ash Book 5)
Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The process of falling in love with Poppy had started in Masadonia. It had just taken me that time to realize I could be worthy of such an emotion after betraying her – after all I’d done. That I could allow myself to love and be loved without hesitation or conditions.”

“I knew this was real. What was between us. What she felt for me. What I felt for her. This. It was real.”

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I think some time a part from this series is just what I needed after The War of Two Queens. Please don't take that the wrong way. I always enjoy being in this world with Poppy and Cas, but The War of Two Queens was possibly my least favorite of the series.

However, A Soul of Ash and Blood, was possibly one of my favorites! Jumping between past and present, I loved getting Casteel's point of view on the events leading up to this point (though mainly it covered book 1), as well as more info about what was going on after the showdown at the end of WOTQ. I mean Cas' pov... utter 🔥. I also think this book is the perfect recap before continuing on in the series with the final book that comes out this year! That ending, and what it means moving forward... mind blown 🤯.

⚠️Warning⚠️
Language, low to medium spice, mature content

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bookishmind_13's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0


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nonotyoshi's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Even though a lot of the book is ‘repetitive’, it’s fun revisiting the story from Casteel’s pov

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bhard07's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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


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mykingdomforabookworthreading's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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selestre's review against another edition

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adventurous informative reflective 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? N/A

4.75


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coris_bookshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative medium-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? No

5.0


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abicaro17's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was tortuous. So goddamm slow and boring. Almost everything in here is part of the first book and she we already knew. I was pulling my hair out and skimming shit bc fuck this. This made me hate Cas a little because he clearly knew what would happen if he slept with her before she knew the truth too. Even Kieran did! That said, the scenes that are new (present day stuff, scenes where Cas was separated from Poppy, and the pre-Poppy stuff) were interesting, funny, and pretty sick. I wish thus was a novella with just the 150 pages of new stuff. I would have given it a 3.5-4 but everything else makes this book burnable. 

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ka_ke's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0


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moonybritney's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

I devour the books in the Blood and Ash series as soon as I get my hands on them and this one was no different. When reading the first book, I thought it would be nice to get one from Cas' perspective and I'm glad we did.

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