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calhox 's review for:
Born of Blood and Ash
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I stayed up until 2am to finish this book. Not because I was so invested, but because I couldn’t wait for it to be over. Which is kind of heartbreaking since I loved every other book in this series.
The first 100 pages is just straight smut, which is also what the last 80 pages of the previous book were, so it was more than a little boring. They literally don’t leave their bedroom for 100 pages. Ash and Sera barely had a relationship outside of their bed. There was barely any banter, not a single discussion that didn’t end up with Sera “flushing with heat.”
The editing was awful. On one page they would say an event happened 2 weeks ago, two pages later it happened yesterday. And considering nothing happens in 60% of this book, the repetition is wild.
The pacing was completely off, we’d spend 200 pages on 2 days and then 50 pages on 2 weeks. It was exhausting.
The pacing was completely off, we’d spend 200 pages on 2 days and then 50 pages on 2 weeks. It was exhausting.
The only reason this isn’t a 1 star is because when the plot WAS progressing, the scenes hit and they hit hard. JLA’s depiction of Sera’s trauma and PTSD was very well done. The conflict Sera felt over the choices she was making were believable and heart wrenching.
But if this weren’t the final book in the series and I wasn’t already so invested, I would have DNF’d.