Gaby's Reviews > A Soul of Ash and Blood

5/5 ⭐️

Oh my god. I am SPEECHLESS. This series and this book has my whole heart. Beware that this book has a HUGE cliffhanger and I physically and emotionally don’t know how I will be able to wait for the next one. Omg I loved this so much. I missed these characters so much. Being thrown back to the very beginning and seeing all the banter and teasing through Casteels pov was the greatest thing ever. I got the same emotions and feelings that I had the first time I ever read it. These characters and books never fail to make me feel all the emotions. I thought that maybe I would get bored by reading a retelling of From Blood and Ash but this wasn’t that at all. It genuinely is a new book and is so intriguing. There’s definitely a lot of scenes from the first book but since I’m such a hardcore fan of this series, for me it was genuinely so fun to be able to go through it again. It’s everything I could’ve asked for and more. We see both scenes after The War of Two Queens as well as From Blood and Ash told in Casteels pov. We flip back and forth between both as Cas tells Poppy stories while she is in stasis.

Going deeper into Casteels thoughts was something else. His pov brought with it lots of pain. I knew going into this, that I would feel all the emotions but reading about his thoughts on a deeper level and how he used to cope.. it was so hard and made my heart hurt. Man oh man did I love seeing more Kieran. I already loved him but seeing him in his earlier days aka before Poppy was really fun. All the Cas and Kieran interactions were the best. I loved seeing them be together and care for each other. No surprise here that I loved this book. I had so much fun reading it and highly recommend. I already can’t wait for more!