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From Blood and Ash
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First read: DNF's at 200 pages
I was incredibly excited to read this series, which may have set me up for failure.
Right off the bat, I just got the ick from a lot of the plot elements. I love me some romance, but it feel like the fantasy element was absent. The characters are cool and the plot is intriguing, but 200 pages in and I didn' t understand the world, politics, magic systems, at all. Nothing was explained so that was quite disappointing.
I'm a fast reader when I find a good book and I've been reading this for weeks. It's just not for me I guess! So I will be moving on to find a better book. I may return and try again one day but that day is not today. No hate to JA.
Full read:
Everything I wrote in my first review still stands. BUT this book had something special. After deciding to DNF it, these characters were in my head so much. I found myself wondering what would happen with them and where the plot would go. The more I read, the more the lack or world-building makes a little sense, due to a MC not knowing the truth and history of their realm. I'm liking where this is going and I am curious to see where it leads to next. It was not such a 5-star read as I expected and it wasn't a read that makes me want to start the next book immediately, but it is a 4-star that puts the sequels on my radar in the future.
I was incredibly excited to read this series, which may have set me up for failure.
Right off the bat, I just got the ick from a lot of the plot elements. I love me some romance, but it feel like the fantasy element was absent. The characters are cool and the plot is intriguing, but 200 pages in and I didn' t understand the world, politics, magic systems, at all. Nothing was explained so that was quite disappointing.
I'm a fast reader when I find a good book and I've been reading this for weeks. It's just not for me I guess! So I will be moving on to find a better book. I may return and try again one day but that day is not today. No hate to JA.
Full read:
Everything I wrote in my first review still stands. BUT this book had something special. After deciding to DNF it, these characters were in my head so much. I found myself wondering what would happen with them and where the plot would go. The more I read, the more the lack or world-building makes a little sense, due to a MC not knowing the truth and history of their realm. I'm liking where this is going and I am curious to see where it leads to next. It was not such a 5-star read as I expected and it wasn't a read that makes me want to start the next book immediately, but it is a 4-star that puts the sequels on my radar in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent