Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Soul of Ash and Blood: A Blood and Ash Novel by Jennifer L. Armentrout

22 reviews

moonybritney's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I devour the books in the Blood and Ash series as soon as I get my hands on them and this one was no different. When reading the first book, I thought it would be nice to get one from Cas' perspective and I'm glad we did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, and Kidnapping

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed seeing things from Cas’s perspective. Especially after knowing everything we know. I kind of liked this one better than the first.  It was nice to see what he was going through and a little bit into why he made the decisions he did. The ending really surprised me and I did not see it coming.

I love the bond the three of them have. I wasn’t expecting Cas to shift and I just want to know if she recognized them! I will be heartbroken if she doesn’t

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Grief, Torture, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Confinement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, and Stalking

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

zg0612's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was really good! I loved how we got the story told from Casteel’s pov, so we don’t just hear what he’s told Poppy before, but how he actually feels about all of it. The chapters based in the present throughout were also nice to have.

BUT CASTEEL SHIFTING?!!!!! LOVED THAT!!!!!

Can’t wait for the next book!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

zombiewilhelm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

OMG. This made me fall in love with Cas and Poppy all over again. I loved the first book of this series and seeing it from Cas/Hawke's POV is everything. Even knowing the major plot points that happen, his inner dialogue and interactions with Kieran made it worthwhile. Over the course of the story, you can Cas starting to respect her, care for her, protect her, and eventually love her. Kieran knew it the whole time. That man was spot on! I loved the little mixes of the present in there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Murder

wackly93's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

hq_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It was really great to get Casteel’s POV from the first book, but again, JLA’s writing is quite drawn out…
While Casteel’s inner thoughts were new I didn’t feel that we learned that much new information and for some reason, I found the romantic moments from the first book more powerful from Poppy’s POV.

That being said, it was fun to delve into this series again. I just hope the final book is worth the wait!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Child death, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body shaming

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: Misogyny

kdez's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

From Blood and Ash is my favourite of this series, so getting to relive it through Hawke’s POV was such a delight! I loved getting to see his take on events and the feelings he had while going through it all. Especially my favourite scenes. Each of those felt like a little treat ❤️

I also appreciate how it was a bit of a breather. There’s so much that happens in this series CONSTANTLY so just getting to experience this walk down memory lane was much needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Cursing, Torture, Blood, Child death, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

Jennifer is my queen!! I loved this book. I must admit that when I first found out this would basically be the first book all over again, I wasn't too thrilled.
BUT I was so so wrong. I read the first book three years ago and I didn't remember a lot of the plot before going into this one and that was my luck!! It kinda felt like a new book because of the things that Casteel did that didn't include Poppy. I especially loved his scenes with Kieran<3
Anyways, I've heard a lot of people say that the end was a cliffhanger but I don't think so (for once lol). It's where I expected jla to end this book and now I'm so excited for book 6!!
+ Sera and Ashes book 3 ofc:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Violence