A review by if_books_be_the_food_of_love
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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

4.0

I loved this book! Armentrout has a wonderful writing style and I was immediately drawn into both the world and the characters. There’s a decent amount of world building but it’s not overly complex once you’re into the book. 

The Maiden is selected by the Gods and from birth her life is not her own. Due to Ascend before the Gods, Poppy is resistant. She doesn’t understand what the ascension entails, nor does she want. And yet, Poppy is a not just the Maiden. She is a person; with her own desires and dreams. 

And when guard Hawke comes into her life she finds him impossible to resist. It’s forbidden to touch the Maiden. Yet the Maiden herself burns for his touch. 

When tragedy strikes the castle in the form of the Atlantians and the Craven (a vampiric race who are enemies of the Ascended, and a lesser race who no longer control their own minds and have sucumbed to blood lust), Poppy is summoned by the Queen to the capital. Hawke accompanies her, and on the way Poppy discovers he is not what he seems. 

Can she still love him when she discovers his true identity? Or is their relationship doomed from the start?

I ordered book 2 soon after starting this book as it was so good! 
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