Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

288 reviews

bookishjenn15's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

samchase112's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Fear and bravery are often one and the same. It either makes you a warrior or a coward. The only difference is the person it resides inside.

I'm so torn about this one. The first third was utterly confusing and frustrating, the middle third much more interesting, and the last third action-packed and engrossing. I enjoyed Poppy as a narrator, and liked figuring things out along with her - except when it was easy to figure out twists she was blind to.

HIS. GODDAMN. TEETH. COME ON.

There were a lot of things that bugged me about it though, including the incredibly cheesy lines (ughhhhh so cheesy), the lazy world building (Atlantians???), and how quickly Poppy got over her grief in every situation. But I am definitely going to pick up the next book - mainly because I got it free, let's be honest - and I can say that I have enjoyed a vampire book. So there.

Read with the Intertextuals Book Club :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping

jocee's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book had me hooked from start to finish. I could not sleep because I was THAT invested in the story. If you love fun, sexy fantasies with romance, I recommend it. That being said, there were some cliches and plot holes.

I am so sick of massive age differences in romances! A 19 year old doesn't need to fall in love with man who is hundreds of years older then her.

Definitely not a perfect book, but one I loved nonetheless. If you don't like romances, this isn't for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence

entanglednovels's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense slow-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: Complicated

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Okay, you got me. I'm officially hooked. There are a lot of not good aspects and some problematic aspects, but the entertainment is there. This is what I imagine it feels like to watch The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills or something. Maybe the Bachelor. I never got into trashy drama filled reality TV so maybe now I can embrace trashy NA terribly written fantasy romance books.

Glad to see the writing did improve a little as the book went on, but it should've gone through another round or two of editing + proofreading imo. The incorrect use of em dashes and ellipses drove me a bit insane the first third of the book before I just became numb to it. But at this point, I will put the garbage writing aside for the entertainment factor.

I have to acknowledge that this is not a good fantasy book (arguably not a good book in general). The world building is lacklustre at best and we don't get any answers until the last eighth of the story. Not to mention the supreme lack of effort surrounding names and language. It's also terribly predictable and full of typical tropes but like...I'm kinda okay with it because I was entertained. It may be trash but I want to know what happens.  

All I have to say is

Darklina walked so Cas and Poppy could RUN. I saw that coming a mile away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Sexual violence

dez_blair's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Gore

strawberryblonde's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent

mirandareadsca's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent

juliette_95's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was my first JLA book and while this isn't the best book I've ever read, but it was engaging and held my attention long enough to read it in about three days. There were lots of twists and turns that i didn't see coming and I really enjoyed reading this. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent

sunsetcity's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was quite the wild ride. I definitely think that this was way too long and there was a lot of repetition, especially in Poppy's inner monologue. The romance was alright and I thought the ending was explosive enough for me to be interested in reading the next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder