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cesea 's review for:
A Soul of Ash and Blood
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Although I immensely enjoyed getting Casteel's perspective as well as the minor tidbits of new information we got from his 'present' POV (which managed to leave me hungry for the next book to come), I was surprised by just how literal and detailed a retelling it was.
Did we need this book? No, not really.
I wish there was an option to skip it and save your money, 'cause the new information we gain is very minimal.
It left me with a knacking feeling of how much of a cash grab this book was (as well as the execution of the "compendium" that came out afterward) while she finished writing the prequel series.
Sadly, in my eyes, it reads as being afraid of your series no longer being relevant when you come back to it and the pressure is on to just release something, anything meanwhile.
However, the retelling was done very well overall and was a smooth read.
It was also obvious how she tried to 'rewrite' some stuff and put in more hints in about Kieran and Poppy's curious attraction towards each other.
It was at least nice getting my memories refreshed on some of the stuff happening in book 1.
Did we need this book? No, not really.
I wish there was an option to skip it and save your money, 'cause the new information we gain is very minimal.
It left me with a knacking feeling of how much of a cash grab this book was (as well as the execution of the "compendium" that came out afterward) while she finished writing the prequel series.
Sadly, in my eyes, it reads as being afraid of your series no longer being relevant when you come back to it and the pressure is on to just release something, anything meanwhile.
However, the retelling was done very well overall and was a smooth read.
It was also obvious how she tried to 'rewrite' some stuff and put in more hints in about Kieran and Poppy's curious attraction towards each other.
It was at least nice getting my memories refreshed on some of the stuff happening in book 1.