![[Book Review] A Soul Of Ash And Blood By Jennifer L. Armentrout](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/13400/1340038-635007310.jpg "[Book Review] A Soul Of Ash And Blood By Jennifer L. Armentrout")
Summary
Only his memories can save her…
A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come.
But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could take her away from him. Cas is given some advice, though—something he plans to cling to as he waits to see her beautiful eyes open once more: Talk to her.
And so, he does. He reminds Poppy how their journey began, revealing things about himself that only Kieran knows in the process. But it’s anybody’s guess what she’ll wake to or exactly how much of the realm and Cas will have changed when she does.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits Poppy and Casteel’s epic love story in the next installment of the Blood and Ash series. But this time, Hawke gets to tell the tale.
Facts
Published: July 2023
Length: 636
Genre: Fantasy
Format: e-ARC
I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
Review
I loved how this book was written, its essentially From Blood and Ash told from Casteel’s POV, but it starts off from where the where The War of Two Queens finishes so I would say it’s essential for you to read the rest of the books in the series before starting this one.
Reading this story from Cas POV was a complete joy! I loved every page. It filled in all the gaps in the story that we didn’t get in the original story, all the while giving us hints about what’s to come next. There are certain chapters that are just utter perfection, particularly one that’s about halfway through and its very satisfying let’s just say that.
The writing of course was as always on point, I don’t think I’ve read a book by JLA where the writing wasn’t awesome.
Then there’s the ending! Holy cow! I literally read that last chapter with my mouth agape! I can’t give any details but its intense AF and so damn good!
I highly recommend, and I cannot wait for everyone to read this next instalment from the blood and ash series.
My Rating: 5/5
About the Author
# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes Young Adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.
