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josiecmyers's review against another edition
2.0
Literally what was that. If someone asked me what this book was about I think the only honest answer that i could provide would be: blood. Oh, also some incest.
withthebanned's review against another edition
4.0
A good ending to the series, I enjoyed the way all of the loose ends were tied up. I hate to be a critic but one thing I’d have enjoyed was an epilogue to see how our characters are dealing with the aftermath of things. I don’t think I fell into Heart of Ash as much as I did Blood and Salt but I still Enjoyed it immensely. Kim Liggett still remains on my “must read” author shelves.
serena2286's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
cgreens's review against another edition
1.0
What did I just read?
I don't know if Liggett was under a lot of pressure to write another book, if she had some other person who vaguely has a grasp of writing write this for her, or what happened, but this book is ridiculous.
Blood and Salt was vaguely passable, but this reads as a fanfiction sequel where everyone is rich, famous, and two-dimensional. BS was spooky and scary, whereas this book is just gore-rific and disturbing.
Dane is still unquestionably in love with Ashlyn for absolutely no reason, and even at the end of the book there is no sense of anything about Dane's personality, background, or even literally who he is and which actions/words were even his.
The parts where Dane/Coronado choose Ashlyn's clothes and volunteer to go lingerie shopping with her are cringeworthy at best, disturbing at worst.
None of the characters have any personalities, and the few endearing personalities from the first book, such as Rhy's, are erased.
Everything seems hobbled together and random, such as the Twilight-series-esque council of immortals and the bad-haunted-house-horror-movie-remake ending.
What happened to that original immortal in New Mexico who was built up as a huge plot point but was never mentioned again?
I have so many questions.
I really don't know where to even begin to talk about this book.
It's weird. It's poorly written. All the characters are unlikable and have no depth. Beth eats nothing but sugar, and there's a lot of gore.
I don't know if Liggett was under a lot of pressure to write another book, if she had some other person who vaguely has a grasp of writing write this for her, or what happened, but this book is ridiculous.
Blood and Salt was vaguely passable, but this reads as a fanfiction sequel where everyone is rich, famous, and two-dimensional. BS was spooky and scary, whereas this book is just gore-rific and disturbing.
Dane is still unquestionably in love with Ashlyn for absolutely no reason, and even at the end of the book there is no sense of anything about Dane's personality, background, or even literally who he is and which actions/words were even his.
The parts where Dane/Coronado choose Ashlyn's clothes and volunteer to go lingerie shopping with her are cringeworthy at best, disturbing at worst.
None of the characters have any personalities, and the few endearing personalities from the first book, such as Rhy's, are erased.
Everything seems hobbled together and random, such as the Twilight-series-esque council of immortals and the bad-haunted-house-horror-movie-remake ending.
What happened to that original immortal in New Mexico who was built up as a huge plot point but was never mentioned again?
I have so many questions.
I really don't know where to even begin to talk about this book.
It's weird. It's poorly written. All the characters are unlikable and have no depth. Beth eats nothing but sugar, and there's a lot of gore.
caseymac's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Blood
Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence
taylorfennerwrites's review
1.0
DNF @ 10% - This book felt like it was on a completely different planet than Blood and Salt and I found myself wondering, "have I missed something from book one? Am I forgetting the plot that much?" Nope, which Blood and Salt was amazing and a breeze to read, this book was nothing but confusion for me.
baileyk113's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I want to preface this by saying I read the second book a month after the first. I might’ve had a higher rating if I read them closer together, but I also felt like this book was meh. I think I liked it more than the first but also I’m rating this lower??? I think I liked the international aspect but Liggett took the book in a direction I definitely didn’t expect.
I was surprised how blood-obsessed this book was. I understand Rhys and Ash have special powers with their blood, but there was a focus on the other immortals and their need for blood that made it feel like Liggett was trying to spin the book to almost be a vampire book? Definitely wasn’t the feel from the first book even though Dane and Ash blood-bonded. I feel like because there was a darkness inside of Ash that she still could’ve had some cool powers, which she did have through the book like having the vision of where Rhys was, but Liggett instead focused on blood.
I also was surprised that Dane and Coronado could switch places? From my impression of the magic in the first book, once someone took over another person’s body, that person was no more, as with Katia and Ash. I didn’t hate this aspect because it made the book more interesting, but I just didn’t feel like it followed from the previous world building.
Also also, hated that Ash kissed Coronado. It felt entirely unnecessary. Obviously this was before she knew that Coronado took over Dane more often than she was aware of, but I was just like: is this really necessary?? I know she was mad at Dane but I couldn’t imagine her actually stooping this low.
Incest is such an unnecessary trope. Always. Hate it. I don’t care if Lucinda and Coronado were extremely close, they don’t have to be together in a romantic way.
Beth is definitely my favorite character, so I was sad to read about her locked in a tower all the time. I felt like she could’ve helped ash more because of her visions and such. She definitely is not useless even though she is a bit spacey. Happy that she and Rhys are getting a happy ending.
I thought the ending was super cheesy. Low key made me cringe but at least there was a finality to the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
coocooachew's review
3.0
This wasn't as gripping for me as the first book was. This was filled with more angst and drama rather than that atmospheric gothic that I enjoyed in the first book. It comes to a satisfying conclusion. I'll be reading more of Kim Liggett's books in the future!
dvniellereads's review
4.0
Heart of Ash is so much better than Blood and Salt. Honestly, I think a lot of the problems I had with the first book were actually plot points that helped build this sequel, so I'm not as bitter as I had been by the time I'd finished it. I'm so glad Kim Liggett finally gave us one too, because I was so much more invested in this book compared to its predecessor.