Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Un alma de ceniza y sangre by Jennifer L. Armentrout

13 reviews

bookishmind_13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

chi__'s review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and War

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective slow-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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Classism

mabs_grace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-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? Yes

2.75

I’m going to be honest, I don’t really see the point of this being the 5th instalment of the series. A novella? Sure, but a whole ass that’s just the first book from Cas’s POV seems pointless.  There were only like 7 chapters in the present, the rest was flashback to book 1. It feels like the book didn’t move the plot forward at all. This should have been a .5 book (4.5) not a full book (5). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

2.0

This was tortuous. So goddamm slow and boring. Almost everything in here is part of the first book and she we already knew. I was pulling my hair out and skimming shit bc fuck this. This made me hate Cas a little because he clearly knew what would happen if he slept with her before she knew the truth too. Even Kieran did! That said, the scenes that are new (present day stuff, scenes where Cas was separated from Poppy, and the pre-Poppy stuff) were interesting, funny, and pretty sick. I wish thus was a novella with just the 150 pages of new stuff. I would have given it a 3.5-4 but everything else makes this book burnable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

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

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, and Stalking

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: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

kaydie96'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: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved this and was so happy to experience FBAA again but from Casteel's perspective. No surprise here, it was advertised as such. Because of the POV shift, I'd say the flashbacks were evenly split between filling in information from Casteel's POV and just retelling a scene with his monologue instead of Poppy. But I loved it and it may be my favorite of the series.

There is some present day that takes place every few chapters which makes the book still a bridge between books 4 and 6.

I feel like the inner monologue was much less repetitive from Casteel's perspective that Poppy's which makes it a bit more polished. I'll also still complain that random modern jargon is very weird (I mean...at one point a character says spoiler alert...). And I would have liked more substance from the present day sections since they were pretty sparse until the last couple sections.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

krisalexcole's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War