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From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

465 reviews

toastyghosty13's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was suggested this book as a recommendation after reading the A Court of Thorns and Roses series.

The first 25%-30% of this book I found quite boring, it took me longer to read this section than the rest of the book. It started to pick up a lot more with

the attempted abduction of the main character Poppy and the murder of one of her personal royal guards, Rylan.

I could not put the book down after this, and read pretty large chunks afterwards, finishing a bulk of the book in 2 days. This is that majority of where the 2.5/5 rather than 4/5 stars comes from.

My other main criticism of this book, but not as much as the first point is

the romantic relationship between Poppy and Hawke. I found it pretty cringey for some parts, but also love him as a chaotic character of weird morality.

He reminds me of (ACOTAR spoiler)

Rhysand a lot, but if Rhysand was a bit more murdery and psycho I guess?

.

I definitely recommend this book for people who liked ACOTAR. I think the overarching conspiracy theories are very engaging once you start to get into it. I will say that a lot of the twists were very easily predictable for me, but YMMV. I think this book was really used to set up a lot for the rest of the series, so just try to get through it if you find parts boring because I have a feeling more exciting things are in the future. I finished the book today, and the ending had a twist I actually was not expecting at all that was left as a cliffhanger. If anything, it made me happy that I can start the next book asap because I am feeling the same type of excitement that I felt when (ACOTAR/ACOMAF spoilers)

Feyre was taken to Velaris

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abicaro17's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Holy shit this was a rollercoaster from start to finish!! I adore Poppy and cant wait to read more of her and her badassness. My old complaint is the age gap between the two of them other than that it was awesome!!

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saskiahill's review against another edition

3.75

Interesting story but poorly edited. From bad grammar, to missing words, to incorrect uses of phrases - I was surprised given it's such a popular book.

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jadeilona_'s review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny mysterious 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: No

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luluht's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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cattheplat's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

To start, this book is steamy. The spice starts in the beginning and continues to simmer through the whole book. However the story does not rely on that and is a well written story that had me feeling all kinds of ways. The big twist is predictable if you are paying attention to the clues, but not in a boring way, you still get to revel in the reveal. The characters are likeable, but not without flaws. The portrayal of grief and being pushed to a breaking point by it is one of the best portrayals I've seen from a "chosen maiden" trope. Poppy is special and strong, but also very human. A fantastic dark romance and I'll be reading the next one.

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