A review by biancas_library
Herz aus Blut und Asche by Amélie Wen Zhao

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The beginning was so interesting and I was immediately hooked to the story. However, the plot could not hold up and got a bit boring and repetitive from the middle onward. I think that the storyline is nothing special for a YA Fantasy but it had potential. I liked the magic system but I think it was poorly explained. It wasn't really clear which affinities exist and how they could manifest themselves. Some affinities we encountered during the story seemed a bit random to me. The biggest selling point of this story, to me, is the atmospheric setting. 
I liked Ramson the most and found Ana to be a bit annoying. Their relationship had the potential to be an epic enemies to lovers love story but eventually (as so often in YA Fantasy) fell flat because they somehow stopped their rivalry and liked each other all of a sudden.
I won't be continuing this series.