A review by maeslibrary
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


"You were hurt." It wasn't a question but a statement uttered in a hard-as-granite tone. "You can be assured that will never happen again.

I throughly enjoyed all of this book. I was so nervous to pick it up!! I’ve seen a dramatic difference in reviews from loving this and absolutely hating it. I’m a bit concerned that when picking up this novel some people thought this would be an epic fantasy novel, it is not that, but what it is, is still amazing. The twists are SO fun and the last line is just delicious!!! I started reading the 2nd book IMMEDIATELY!

You're an absolutely, stunning, murderous little creature."

From the easy to follow writing to a loving main character, I ate this book up! The love interest is so fun and the way the Poppy continues to push the envelope is very entertaining and makes a fast paced plot. Some of my favorite tropes were in here, for example: the “who hurt you” trope. 

There was also some parts I didn’t enjoy. 
This novel is label as an adult fantasy romance. It is not that, in my humble opinion, this would be considered a YA fantasy. The “spicy” scenes were very mild and did not explain anything in detail. (To my disappointment, might I add) and I have to admit that I was expecting something with a little smut, and I did not receive that, so it definitely did sway my thoughts a bit.

Overall, I will be continuing this series as I throughly enjoyed the story 🥰
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