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A review by thebookwormbazaar
Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
3.0
Like every other time I read a JLA book, my thoughts and feelings are conflicted. Overall, I enjoyed the story. It’s a great plot, and for the most part it is executed in a way that keeps me coming back for more.
That being said, there is no legitimate reason why this book needed to be 700+ pages. The first 100+ pages is literally dedicated to banter and continuous conversation. There was soooo much unnecessary filler in this book, that on several occasions I found myself hate reading. Not only was the dialogue excessively repetitive, it was also very cringe. Especially some of the exchanges between Nyktos and Sera. Don’t even get me started on the smut. It was sooooo boring, and sooo unnecessary and added nothing to the plot. I get that they have the hots for each other, but does it need to be brought up every 10 pages?!?
If there’s one thing that always falls a little flat for me in these books, it’s the lore. It’s always written in the most confusing and jumbled way, that book after book, makes it increasingly difficult to follow along.
And every book, there’s always a load of new information to pile on top of it. After all this time, I truly don’t even know why Sera and Nyktos couldn’t just kill Kolis. Why is he entombed? Why didn’t Ash absorb Kolis’ court like Sera did to Veses’. Why wouldn’t the power automatically pass to the only other Primal of death? Why is it that Kolis can wield and summon the creatures of death, but it was not he who was called to the Pillars to help the dead cross over. Why did Sera will it so that she would be only known as the nameless consort, when she knows and has accepted that the Primal of Life and Death will rise no matter what they do. What was the point?
I have such a love/hate relationship with this series, that it’s honestly ridiculous.
This series could be so much better with just a few tweaks and a phenomenal editor.
If this book had only been the last 300 pages, I could give it 4.5⭐️ easily, but unfortunately that isn’t the case. I’m hoping that the final installment of the combined series will be better.
That being said, there is no legitimate reason why this book needed to be 700+ pages. The first 100+ pages is literally dedicated to banter and continuous conversation. There was soooo much unnecessary filler in this book, that on several occasions I found myself hate reading. Not only was the dialogue excessively repetitive, it was also very cringe. Especially some of the exchanges between Nyktos and Sera. Don’t even get me started on the smut. It was sooooo boring, and sooo unnecessary and added nothing to the plot. I get that they have the hots for each other, but does it need to be brought up every 10 pages?!?
If there’s one thing that always falls a little flat for me in these books, it’s the lore. It’s always written in the most confusing and jumbled way, that book after book, makes it increasingly difficult to follow along.
And every book, there’s always a load of new information to pile on top of it. After all this time, I truly don’t even know why Sera and Nyktos couldn’t just kill Kolis. Why is he entombed? Why didn’t Ash absorb Kolis’ court like Sera did to Veses’. Why wouldn’t the power automatically pass to the only other Primal of death? Why is it that Kolis can wield and summon the creatures of death, but it was not he who was called to the Pillars to help the dead cross over. Why did Sera will it so that she would be only known as the nameless consort, when she knows and has accepted that the Primal of Life and Death will rise no matter what they do. What was the point?
I have such a love/hate relationship with this series, that it’s honestly ridiculous.
This series could be so much better with just a few tweaks and a phenomenal editor.
If this book had only been the last 300 pages, I could give it 4.5⭐️ easily, but unfortunately that isn’t the case. I’m hoping that the final installment of the combined series will be better.