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A Soul of Ash and Blood (Blood and Ash, #5)
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4 genuine stars 🌟
These are the key points you gotta know-
1. Except for the first chapter and last chapter, nothing new of substance takes place. There are no major additions to the plot except for Poppy going into statis (which is not a spoiler as it is mentioned in the blurb) and a new discovery made by Cas at the end.
2. This book is not a justification of what took place between Kieran, Cas and Poppy in TWOTQ.
3. It is a complete recap of FBAA through Cas' POV and it is extremely well written. We got to see a side of Cas that was long forgotten by JLA and I missed him. Cas deserves to be in the limelight as much as Poppy and I hope JLA seriously considers writing the next book in Cas' pov, it was chef's kiss 🤌
4. I did enjoy revisiting FBAA, it reignited the love for these characters I started to feel let down by. We forget how swoon worthy the romance between Poppy and Cas was 🥺 To see Cas go through that angst was PERFECT 🤌 I fell in love with them and Cas again 😍
5. This easily could've been a novella rather than a full fledged book but this revisitation was required as the fandom was slowly but surely losing interest. Am now looking forward to the next book, thanks to this one. Although I still do not know where the story is heading, JLA should wrap this up soon otherwise it becomes a Zodiac Academy like situation.
6. The first chapter of the book was hands down the best start JLA has written in this series. It gave me chills.
Overall, an enjoyable read. I would have rated it 5 stars had more things of substance happened. Two chapters of substance in the present are not enough for me to rate it higher than 4. I would like to believe it's a fair rating considering I am usually very harsh on JLA's books.
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Is this FBAA 2.0? Pretty sure
Am I looking forward to reading it? Surprisingly yes
Why? CAS' POV 😍😍
LET'S GOOO
These are the key points you gotta know-
1. Except for the first chapter and last chapter, nothing new of substance takes place. There are no major additions to the plot except for Poppy going into statis (which is not a spoiler as it is mentioned in the blurb) and a new discovery made by Cas at the end.
2. This book is not a justification of what took place between Kieran, Cas and Poppy in TWOTQ.
3. It is a complete recap of FBAA through Cas' POV and it is extremely well written. We got to see a side of Cas that was long forgotten by JLA and I missed him. Cas deserves to be in the limelight as much as Poppy and I hope JLA seriously considers writing the next book in Cas' pov, it was chef's kiss 🤌
4. I did enjoy revisiting FBAA, it reignited the love for these characters I started to feel let down by. We forget how swoon worthy the romance between Poppy and Cas was 🥺 To see Cas go through that angst was PERFECT 🤌 I fell in love with them and Cas again 😍
5. This easily could've been a novella rather than a full fledged book but this revisitation was required as the fandom was slowly but surely losing interest. Am now looking forward to the next book, thanks to this one. Although I still do not know where the story is heading, JLA should wrap this up soon otherwise it becomes a Zodiac Academy like situation.
6. The first chapter of the book was hands down the best start JLA has written in this series. It gave me chills.
Overall, an enjoyable read. I would have rated it 5 stars had more things of substance happened. Two chapters of substance in the present are not enough for me to rate it higher than 4. I would like to believe it's a fair rating considering I am usually very harsh on JLA's books.
~•~•~
Is this FBAA 2.0? Pretty sure
Am I looking forward to reading it? Surprisingly yes
Why? CAS' POV 😍😍
LET'S GOOO
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Reading Progress
July 18, 2023
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Started Reading
July 18, 2023
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July 19, 2023
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5.14%
"Woah a very good start. The writing is so much better, the intensity of Poppy falling into statis was chef's kiss, tho it was an extra long chapter imo."
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33
July 19, 2023
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14.17%
"Meeting Hawke again and revisiting the first time they met together after so long is giving me butterflies 🥹"
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91
July 19, 2023
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20.4%
""I'm not going to kill him, I'm only going to murder him."
This is the guy we swoon over 😭🤣🤦♀️"
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131
This is the guy we swoon over 😭🤣🤦♀️"
July 19, 2023
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26.79%
""All I saw in my mind was the Duke and my fist punching repeatedly into his face. I saw myself ripping out that tongue and then shoving it down his throat so he choked..." THANK YOU HAWKE! That's exactly what I wanted to do too in FBAA"
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July 20, 2023
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35.2%
""That was when it began to change- how I thought of you. Saw you. You were no longer the Maiden. You were becoming... You were becoming Poppy." SCREAMING
Angsty Cas' POV 😩😩"
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Angsty Cas' POV 😩😩"
July 20, 2023
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36.92%
"If there is a chapter titled "You're an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature," best believe I'm gonna eat that up 🤭👀"
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237
July 20, 2023
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53.43%
"I really missed this side of Cas when he had more to his personality. After book 2, his character had turned into more of a love interest than a lead or a leader- it's good to see his confident self back even if it's a recap."
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July 20, 2023
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62.93%
"Ummm Ms JLA am saying this on behalf of the rest of the fandom but can we please have the rest of the books from Cas' POV because am swooning...that too over things that have already happened 😩🤌"
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July 21, 2023
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Finished Reading
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Oh that's a long wait, am really enjoying it <3
Thanks so much! It's going good <3
From Blood and Ash ☺️ The first book in the series
Thank you! I've posted the review 🥰 Was a fun read tbh and I had thought might be not enjoyable experience but glad to have been proven wrong.
It was enjoyable and was nice to fall back in love with Cas tbh :)
Aww but not too long a wait. Hope you enjoy it too :)
Thanks! Had a good time with it
I really do hope that jla does not drag this series out into something unenjoyable !!
great review SK 💖
Thanks hun 💗 Oh no, sadly you can't. You'll have to read the rest of the series otherwise the first chapter will be way too confusing and you won't get why she falls into statis and there are some conversations taking place which will feel out of place 😅
Yeah although it picks up after the ending of the last book but after that first chapter we follow Poppy and Cas' journey in FBAA.
This was really well written. Tbh people hate unnecessarily on TWOTQ cause there was clear foreshadowing done prior and it's not THAT bad 🙈 I would suggest giving it a go and reading it with an open mind, you might like it
YESSSS YOU NEED TO
Thanks Elena! Haha it's definitely not for everyone, JLA's writing in the initial books can be quite flawed.
Oh same but at the same time she needed to take this route cause of the hate she got in TWOTQ. There's like two chapters of actual contribution to the plot in the present. Thanks so much 🥰
Glad you liked the review. You should definitely read that too, there are some conversations which can be quite confusing.
Glad you liked the review, appreciate it 🥰 Tbh it has little of substance and is heading towards the same path as ZA but the only difference is this is actually well written and you get to visit the romance from FBAA again but only with Cas' perspective and minor insights 🥰
Thanks love! Yes you should lol, tho it's a flawed series but the characters make it worth it 💜💗
Thanks Ellie!! Tbh TWOTQ is not that bad, people hate on it too much 🙈 I hope you enjoy it 💗
Thanks so much!! I hope you have fun with it 💞