![]() ![]() I bet there will be a guide in the back of the published version, but not in the eARC. Since this takes place in the past (comparative to Poppy and Cas) terminology was different. Despite it all, they seem to know each other on a much deeper level.Īnd having some knowledge on how this world Jen created works, I can only imagine what’s in store for them next. ![]() They don’t know how to navigate around each other as things are revealed, but there’s this clear chemistry. Has some baggage, seen and done some terrible things.īut the relationship between the two of them, the sort of no choice, arranged marriage ordeal they have. ![]() Which again, sounds so strange because again, been through some shit. Which is almost weird to say because of his occupation, but he feels younger, more naïve. Yes, they’d both been through so much shit, but Ash is softer. And where I found similarities between Sera and Poppy, I didn’t ever confuse Ash with Cas. Jen knows how to write swoon worthy characters, and Ash is no exception. I also really loved the sort of slow building tension they have. I loved their sass, banter – basically their whole dialogue. She’d seen, done and gone through some terrible shit.Īnd I also can’t help but wonder how Jen is going to bridge the time and how this backstory is going to shape the events going forward in the Blood and Ash series.Ī lot of this book is spent on building a relationship between Sera and Ash and I loved it. ![]() Whereas Poppy was new to everything, Sera wasn’t. I love both Poppy and Sera – they may be similar, but they have their own personalities and their own wits. That doesn’t mean I didn’t like her any less, though I did find myself kind of wishing she were less of a badass. I know that this is historically in the past, and they both hold similar roles within the world – but I couldn’t help drawing comparisons. Does that make sense? I was so caught up in the story and the emotion and just utterly hooked I was having visceral reactions to what was happening in the book. Legit I spent most of this book having tingly excited, panicked, emotional feelings in my chest. While this doesn’t take place in Poppy and Cas’s time, this was still a fantastic read and Sera and Nyktos will have you feeling all sorts of things. I’m such a fan of this series, the world and of all of Jen’s works. You can check out my reviews for books 1-3 of the Blood and Ash series – From Blood and Ash, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire and The Crown of Gilded Bones. Thank you so much to JLA for letting me be a part of her review team and allowing me to read this book early. Either way, her life is forfeit-it always has been, as she has been forever touched by Life and Death. And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. Until him. Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him. However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania-she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission-one target. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort. Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. ![]()
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