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From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

458 reviews

katie_sewsandreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Yes

I loved this book so much I couldn't stop reading it
The twist was predictable for me, there was lots of clues in the beginning, but it's so well written that when the twist was finally revealed it felt like ah yes that's how it should be, I wasn't dissapointed at all that I'd predicted the twist
I'm excited to start the second book now

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haleyfaye4's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

There’s some clunky writing, especially at the beginning, but the plot and the sexual tension and banter make up for that for me.

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redwolfreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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: Yes

*se toma un minuto y ahora continúa* ¿POR QUÉ TARDÉ TANTO EN EMPEZAR ESTA SAGA?

Dios, mio, yo no puedo explicar lo que este primer libro acaba de causar en mí. Más allá de que encontré muchísimas referencias a Supernatural, sin contar la más obvia que Casteel suena a Castiel de Supernatural.

Juro que este libro me mantuvo enganchada desde el primer momento, la forma que la autora te envuelve en sus historias es increíble, logro nuevamente que olvidara que estaba leyendo.

Los plot twist de este libro, me dejaron boquiabierta. Los diálogos, las frases, las cosas que logro que dijera "me identifico", todo hizo que la experiencia de la lectura sea increíble.

Ahora, con respecto a los personajes, estoy enamorada, Casteel es mí nuevo novio literario. ¿Es un sádico? Si. ¿Me importa? No, yo ahora lo voy a defender, haga lo que haga.

En cuanto a Poppy, me encantó la complejidad que tiene Poppy y el misterio que la envuelve, no se cómo explicar lo cercana que me sentí a ella en tantas cosas y la impotencia que me generó las cosas que le pasaron.

Claramente está saga va viento en popa a convertirse en una de mis favoritas y que Jennifer entra en mí top 5 de autoras favoritas.

Necesito leer el segundo ya porque la forma en la que termina este libro me dejó gritando y pataleando de puro fanrgirleo y de emoción.

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petra333's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Relatively early in the book I decided to look up info on the ascended. I enjoyed the book much more with this background and I would have been really confused by the world building without it. I understand that the author was trying to build suspense, but it was annoying to have zero background on the world/sociery/creatures. Guessing my rating would be lower if I didn't Google and was fumbling through the book.

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maera_anderson's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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taynation's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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dr_steph's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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haddy's review against another edition

2.5

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.

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