Briana's Reviews > The ​Crown of Gilded Bones

Hear me out: Poppy, Cas, and Kieran & that’s all i’m gonna say about that 👀
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New Review:

OKAY. First half will be spoiler free and second half will have spoilers.

This book was so freaking epic. Books 1 and 2 left us with so many questions they hurt my head and then the real purpose of Book 3 was to answer all those questions (which gave me an even bigger headache tbh). Do I love this series for the world-building and the plot? No, not really because i’m three books in and only now starting to understand it (ish). Do I love this series for the characters??? HELL YESS.

I have said it once and I will say it again: JLA is the queen of banter. Every time Poppy was in a scene with Cas, Kieran, or both of them I was one of three things (1) swooning (2) smiling so big my cheeks hurt (3) laughing out loud 🥵😍❤️ I can’t wait to see how Poppy kicks ass in the next book!!

!!SPOILERS BELOW!!

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JLA WAS TEASING US SO FREAKING HARD WITH THE JOINING IN THIS BOOK. Every time Kieran was in a room with Poppy, he was closer to her and more touchy than he’s ever been before (and i’m so here for it). And it really does make sense that we didn’t get it in this book. How the hell can we expect for JLA to write sex scenes for a 6 book series and keep it interesting if she hits us with the joining in book 3?? But y’allllll i can feel it in my gut that it’s going to happen 👀🥵 Poppy is so curious, and Cas is open to it. He legit says he’ll do whatever she wants. AANDDD our queen is a literal GOD!!!!! Which means that her lifespan >>>> Cas’ and so the only way for them to all live as long as her is ✨the joining✨ ahhh I love it here 😌❤️

Poppy, the new Daenerys Targaryen?????? Holy duck yes 🥵 IM SOOO HERE FOR DRAGONS!! I can’t explain to you how much I love the thought of Poppy riding a dragon to free the love of her life and burn a castle to the ground 🔥

BUT. What the hell was that ending?????? Cas did NOT need to sacrifice himself for Poppy, it made no sense. Absolutely none. Everybody knew that the Blood Queen NEVER EVER wanted Poppy dead, so why the hell did Cas think to hand himself over to save Poppy from something that everyone knew wasn’t going to happen???? Poppy was in pain and was probably just going to pass out lmaoo not die?! Totally unnecessary. 60% of this book was them FINALLY being open and honest with one another, enjoying life blabla, which made Cas being taken kind of the obvious direction for the plot. Argggg im annoyed 😤