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The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and Ash, #3)
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Oct 31, 2020
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Read 2 times. Last read March 1, 2022 to March 7, 2022.
✎ 1st read April 2021: 3.5 stars
✎ 2nd read March 2022: 3.5 stars
I needed a refresher in preparation of The War of Two Queens and now I'm ready.
this quote has the same energy as
SONG:
Meghan Trainor - What If I
One thing for sure, if you didn't enjoy A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire , you will sure as hell not enjoy A Crown of Gilded Bones , because it's as slow-paced with a lot of info dumping again. 🤷🏽♀️
Personally, I thought the book started out strong, right where the second book left off. I would say until chapter 10 it's pretty well paced after that it started to drop and has the same vibes of AKOFAF with not much happening tbh, just Poppy and Casteel going from one place to the next one and talking to people and then then the last 20-25% are INTENSE. I'm still stressed just thinking about everything that happened. *googles how to find your inner zen*
The fact that we have to wait a year until the next book comes out.. nothing screams masochist louder than reading fantasy series that are still on-going. 💀
SPOILER WARNING : you know the drill. everything from here includes spoilers for the book and I have actually a lot to unpack and didn't hold back with the spoilers. sorry in advance if this is a mess, I'm just writing all my thoughts down without any structure. 💫
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Threesome/Joining:
I want to say something about that topic first, because I was so stressed about the potential of it and how it would ruined the romance for me. Therefore, I'm so fucking relieved to say that there is no threesome/joining happening in TCOGB or not not as we would expect LMAO. There is a threesome, but neither Poppy nor Casteel are take part in it. Poppy and Cas attend a wolven wedding, after a while things get heaten, because apparently wolven like these public affections. So Poppy and Cas watch how Kieran and another girl get it on and also see a threesome between strangers.
As far as the joining, it was only mentioned like one or two times in the whole book and idk if it will happen or not, because Poppy is already bonded to all the wolven and the only reason I'd see the joining happening is maaaaybe when they want extend Cas lifespan, cause Poppy is prob going to live longer than he is, but that's a big maybe and honestly, I can't see JLA doing that. Blood and Ash is the 5th series by JLA that I've read and she has never done anything remotely sharing and I hope she wont start now and cave to the demands of the fans who want to see the joining so badly, cause that's a NO from me.
Now that's out of the way, let's get to the rest
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WHAT WAS GREAT
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➴ King Casteel Da'Neer
credits @theclever.crow
credits @dominiquewesson
That man. I– I just love him. He would do anything to protect Poppy, come hell or high water, nothing is going get to her. There is just something about a Hero who would gladly sacrifice the whole world, if that means that his love is going to life. He's so unapologetic about it has 0 fucks to give and I love him for it.
Excuse MEE, but that was hot!! 🥵🥵🥵 He can rip out my spine anytime he wants if he does it with such passion. 🥵
And one last fanart, because it's 🔥🔥🔥
credits @jeleynai
➴ Queen Poppy Balfour
credits @theclever.crow
Poppy is getting more powerful with each book. To be honest, I don't think Poppy needed all the power that she got, because even without it she would have been kickass with her dagger.
What plays a central role in this book is Poppy's heritage and birth parents. It was giving me a headache. My head is turning at all of the reveals... it was a lot to take in.
One of the best part of this book is Poppy putting people in their place when they disrepect her. LIKE YES QUEEN. 👏🏽👏🏽 A huge aspect of Poppy's whole development is finding her voice and stop being silent and does it verbally and physically. When Poppy unleashes her power, you know shit is getting real. That last scene when she sends the Queen her message? That was so badass and I love it.
➴ The romance
credits @nessiarts
The day this series will stop working for me is when I get tired of Poppy and Casteel's romance and that hasn't happened yet. That's the reason why I don't mind the snail pace when nothing is happening, cause I read this series for the romance anyway and not for the history lessons.
They are so cute and make me feel all kind of emotions. 🥺 after two whole books without any love confessions, we get all the 'I love you's in TCOGB FINALLY!! Especially that first one hits so hard, because of what happened to Poppy and when Cas decide to Ascend her. That one hurt. 😩
THE HELL??? They are so cheesy sometimes and I love it. Sick sick sick why do they have to be so in love and make me feel lonely? Poppy and Cas had so many dumb banter (I say dumb in the most loving way) that had me smiling from ear to ear.
TCOGB must be JLA steamiest book (that I read), cause uhhh Cas and Poppy getting it on quite a lot. 👀 I mean that shower scene and table scene where he fucks her while she has to read passages from Willa's diary out loud hot damn.
credits @_ellieoo_
And please let them reunite quickly in Book #4. I hate it when the couple separates for long. Poppy better save her man as fast as possible from that deranged person. I'm scared what is going to happen to Cas.
credits @arda.arts
➴ Kieran
credits @theclever.crow
It's time that JLA stop killing off all his love interest. First that girl that he loved and lost and now this Lyra girl. Kieran deserves better.
Kieran is such a good side characters who is featured a lot in this book. He a great friend to both Cas and Poppy and he deserves all the happiness. I'm excited to see what's in store for him.
➴ Poppy & Kieran's friendship
Does Poppy asking a lot of question and Kieran acting annoyed at her thousand questions get old? Yes.. Occasionally it's getting on my nerves. But I come to accept that it's just their dynamic. Let's pray that they find another form of conversation in the next couples of books. 😬
I love that they are developing a deeper relationship and how they starting to care for each other a lot (all platonic or like brother/sister). Poppy is now another person that Kieran would defend with his own life, not just because he is bonded to her, but because he cares for her as a dear friend.
➴ the plot thickens
It's debatable if the story moves fast enough or not, but I feel like we're finally getting SOMEWHERE. I still have a million questions and with every question answered, ten more are knocking at the door, BUT I'm so glad that I finally got to know about Tawny, Malik and Ian's whereabout.
I'm so glad that Tawny is fine and hasn't ascended. I'm curious what role she is going to play in the upcoming books, cause I don't think she has any power since she is only a mortal. Could she be a potential love interest for Kieran?
I'm super sad about what happened to Ian. I was looking forward to Poppy and Ian's reunion and while happened it was too short, before it ended in another tragedy. Poppy deserves a break form all this shit!!
Malik seems fine though...seems like he is working together with the Queen of Solis, but my theory is that he pretending. But I wouldn't be too sad if he's imprisonment turned him truly mad either.
Are we about to get a bitch fight between Eleona and Isbeth?? I find Eleona pretty suspious and I hope she is trustworthy. Would hate for Cas to lose a parent. Where the fuck is Malec? What's with his twin brother? SO MANY QUESTIONS 💀
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WHAT WAS A SNOOZE
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➴ the information dumping continues
JLA hasn't done herself any favors with the world she created. It's overloaded with creatues... like if vamprys, craven, wolven, deities, gods, mortal, ascendend weren't enough.. now throw in draken, the revenants, gyrms, the unseen, primals and I'm throwing hands. JLA couln't decide which fantasy aspect to include so she just threw in EVERYTHING. The person who has to update/write these wiki articles for the blood and ash series. RIP.
at one point it got so bad with the history lessons that I got a headache and had to put the book down. For those chapters in the middle, I decided to get the audiobook and it was the best decision EVER. I can 100% recommend getting the audiobook if you're struggling a little all the information. It was way easier to process listening someone reading the story instead of reading the textbook. This is also the reason why I just can't give this book a higher rating. I really loved the beginning (chapter 7 is superior!) and I love the last 20% of the book, but everything in between ehh i don't know about that.
What more does JLA wants to cover in the next 3 books???? Is this going to be more history about the gods and deity? There is still the spin off series about Nyktos and I have no idea how much more the author wants to expand this world. I'm just praying that by the end of this book I still like the characters and that the series is not getting dragged through the mud like the Shatter Me series.
➴ repetitive dialogues
while I'm glad that JLA lessen the Poppy being stabby remarks, there are still a lot of dialogues that are repetitive, like Poppy and Kieran's asking questions or Cas saying 492849x that he is in awed with Poppy. BOY I GET IT OKAY. You're whipped and completely trash for her, but I can't hear it anymore. 🤚
Also if I hear someone saying that Poppy is has the blood of gods one more time I'm going to scream. There were more things that were repetitive and could've been easily cut, but I'm too tired to remember them.
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WHO MAKES ME FEEL EXTREMELY STABBY
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➴ Isbeth that bitch. Wow I really really really hate her. Even though I hate her sm, I'm glad I feel something towards her.. because most villains are kinda bland. She's a cunning & ruthless bitch. Does it make any sense that I kind of admire her, but at the same time just want to see her die a painful and slow death? I can't wait for Poppy to cut her up into tiny little pieces 🗡️🗡️🗡️
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SPECIAL MENTION
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Hello Daddy Nyktos. 😌
I love his cameo in TCOGB and it made me a little excited for the spin off series! He seems so unbothered by everything and I love his attitude LOL.
October, here we come with Nyktos and his consorts.
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CONCLUSION
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Was this my favorite book in the series? No, but I still enjoyed it a lot, because I love the characters and the romance and that's the most important part. The book was tedious at times, especially during the middle. At least I kind of know what to expect now from this series... with 3 more books, the pace is not getting any better, I just hope that JLA stops with the world-building, cause this series doesn't need any more creatures. It already has plenty of them.
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BLOOD AND ASH SERIES
#1 From Blood and Ash – 3.75 stars
#2 A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire – 4 stars
#3 A Crown of Gilded Bones – 3.5 stars
#4 The War of Two Queens – tbr
#5 (....) – tbr
#6 (....) – tbr
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✎ 2nd read March 2022: 3.5 stars
I needed a refresher in preparation of The War of Two Queens and now I'm ready.
"Isbeth may have her Revenants, her knights, soldiers, and those who support her." My grip tightened. "But I have the draken."
this quote has the same energy as
SONG:
Meghan Trainor - What If I
One thing for sure, if you didn't enjoy A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire , you will sure as hell not enjoy A Crown of Gilded Bones , because it's as slow-paced with a lot of info dumping again. 🤷🏽♀️
Personally, I thought the book started out strong, right where the second book left off. I would say until chapter 10 it's pretty well paced after that it started to drop and has the same vibes of AKOFAF with not much happening tbh, just Poppy and Casteel going from one place to the next one and talking to people and then then the last 20-25% are INTENSE. I'm still stressed just thinking about everything that happened. *googles how to find your inner zen*
The fact that we have to wait a year until the next book comes out.. nothing screams masochist louder than reading fantasy series that are still on-going. 💀
My first.
My guard.
My friend.
My betrayer.
My partner.
My husband.
My heartmate.
My everything
SPOILER WARNING : you know the drill. everything from here includes spoilers for the book and I have actually a lot to unpack and didn't hold back with the spoilers. sorry in advance if this is a mess, I'm just writing all my thoughts down without any structure. 💫
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Threesome/Joining:
I want to say something about that topic first, because I was so stressed about the potential of it and how it would ruined the romance for me. Therefore, I'm so fucking relieved to say that there is no threesome/joining happening in TCOGB or not not as we would expect LMAO. There is a threesome, but neither Poppy nor Casteel are take part in it. Poppy and Cas attend a wolven wedding, after a while things get heaten, because apparently wolven like these public affections. So Poppy and Cas watch how Kieran and another girl get it on and also see a threesome between strangers.
As far as the joining, it was only mentioned like one or two times in the whole book and idk if it will happen or not, because Poppy is already bonded to all the wolven and the only reason I'd see the joining happening is maaaaybe when they want extend Cas lifespan, cause Poppy is prob going to live longer than he is, but that's a big maybe and honestly, I can't see JLA doing that. Blood and Ash is the 5th series by JLA that I've read and she has never done anything remotely sharing and I hope she wont start now and cave to the demands of the fans who want to see the joining so badly, cause that's a NO from me.
Now that's out of the way, let's get to the rest
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WHAT WAS GREAT
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➴ King Casteel Da'Neer
credits @theclever.crow
credits @dominiquewesson
He who is born of the First Kingdom, created from the blood and ash of those who fell before him, the second son of the former King Valyn and Queen Eloana—Casteel Hawkthrone Da’Neer, the King of Blood and Ash.
That man. I– I just love him. He would do anything to protect Poppy, come hell or high water, nothing is going get to her. There is just something about a Hero who would gladly sacrifice the whole world, if that means that his love is going to life. He's so unapologetic about it has 0 fucks to give and I love him for it.
Casteel was faster, reaching him in the blink of an eye. He shoved his fist into the man’s back and jerked his arm back sharply, pulling out something white and smeared with blood and tissue. His spine. Dear gods, it was the man’s spine.
Excuse MEE, but that was hot!! 🥵🥵🥵 He can rip out my spine anytime he wants if he does it with such passion. 🥵
And one last fanart, because it's 🔥🔥🔥
credits @jeleynai
➴ Queen Poppy Balfour
credits @theclever.crow
She who carries the blood of the King of Gods, the Liessa, and the true heir of Atlantia—Penellaphe Balfour Da’Neer, the Queen of Flesh and Fire.
Poppy is getting more powerful with each book. To be honest, I don't think Poppy needed all the power that she got, because even without it she would have been kickass with her dagger.
What plays a central role in this book is Poppy's heritage and birth parents. It was giving me a headache. My head is turning at all of the reveals... it was a lot to take in.
One of the best part of this book is Poppy putting people in their place when they disrepect her. LIKE YES QUEEN. 👏🏽👏🏽 A huge aspect of Poppy's whole development is finding her voice and stop being silent and does it verbally and physically. When Poppy unleashes her power, you know shit is getting real. That last scene when she sends the Queen her message? That was so badass and I love it.
➴ The romance
credits @nessiarts
“I love you, Penellaphe. You. Your fierce heart, your intelligence and strength. I love your endless capacity for kindness. I love your acceptance of me. Your understanding. I’m in love with you, and I will be in love with you when I take my last breath and then beyond in the Vale.”
The day this series will stop working for me is when I get tired of Poppy and Casteel's romance and that hasn't happened yet. That's the reason why I don't mind the snail pace when nothing is happening, cause I read this series for the romance anyway and not for the history lessons.
“You are the foundation that helps me stand. You are my walls and my roof. My shelter. You are my home.”
They are so cute and make me feel all kind of emotions. 🥺 after two whole books without any love confessions, we get all the 'I love you's in TCOGB FINALLY!! Especially that first one hits so hard, because of what happened to Poppy and when Cas decide to Ascend her. That one hurt. 😩
I looked down at my hands and then up, finding Casteel. “I guess I am the Queen of Flesh and Fire.” Casteel nodded as he stalked toward me, his eyes a heated amber. “I know you’re the Queen of my heart.” Blinking, I lowered my hands as he stopped in front of me. “Did you seriously just say that?” One dimple appeared as he clasped the back of my head and lowered his head to mine. “I sure as fuck did.”
THE HELL??? They are so cheesy sometimes and I love it. Sick sick sick why do they have to be so in love and make me feel lonely? Poppy and Cas had so many dumb banter (I say dumb in the most loving way) that had me smiling from ear to ear.
TCOGB must be JLA steamiest book (that I read), cause uhhh Cas and Poppy getting it on quite a lot. 👀 I mean that shower scene and table scene where he fucks her while she has to read passages from Willa's diary out loud hot damn.
credits @_ellieoo_
And please let them reunite quickly in Book #4. I hate it when the couple separates for long. Poppy better save her man as fast as possible from that deranged person. I'm scared what is going to happen to Cas.
credits @arda.arts
➴ Kieran
credits @theclever.crow
It's time that JLA stop killing off all his love interest. First that girl that he loved and lost and now this Lyra girl. Kieran deserves better.
Kieran is such a good side characters who is featured a lot in this book. He a great friend to both Cas and Poppy and he deserves all the happiness. I'm excited to see what's in store for him.
➴ Poppy & Kieran's friendship
“I imagine your mind to be a constant cyclone of questions, one fighting the other in a deathmatch to see which one has the honor of being asked.”
Does Poppy asking a lot of question and Kieran acting annoyed at her thousand questions get old? Yes.. Occasionally it's getting on my nerves. But I come to accept that it's just their dynamic. Let's pray that they find another form of conversation in the next couples of books. 😬
I love that they are developing a deeper relationship and how they starting to care for each other a lot (all platonic or like brother/sister). Poppy is now another person that Kieran would defend with his own life, not just because he is bonded to her, but because he cares for her as a dear friend.
➴ the plot thickens
It's debatable if the story moves fast enough or not, but I feel like we're finally getting SOMEWHERE. I still have a million questions and with every question answered, ten more are knocking at the door, BUT I'm so glad that I finally got to know about Tawny, Malik and Ian's whereabout.
I'm so glad that Tawny is fine and hasn't ascended. I'm curious what role she is going to play in the upcoming books, cause I don't think she has any power since she is only a mortal. Could she be a potential love interest for Kieran?
I'm super sad about what happened to Ian. I was looking forward to Poppy and Ian's reunion and while happened it was too short, before it ended in another tragedy. Poppy deserves a break form all this shit!!
Malik seems fine though...seems like he is working together with the Queen of Solis, but my theory is that he pretending. But I wouldn't be too sad if he's imprisonment turned him truly mad either.
Are we about to get a bitch fight between Eleona and Isbeth?? I find Eleona pretty suspious and I hope she is trustworthy. Would hate for Cas to lose a parent. Where the fuck is Malec? What's with his twin brother? SO MANY QUESTIONS 💀
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WHAT WAS A SNOOZE
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➴ the information dumping continues
JLA hasn't done herself any favors with the world she created. It's overloaded with creatues... like if vamprys, craven, wolven, deities, gods, mortal, ascendend weren't enough.. now throw in draken, the revenants, gyrms, the unseen, primals and I'm throwing hands. JLA couln't decide which fantasy aspect to include so she just threw in EVERYTHING. The person who has to update/write these wiki articles for the blood and ash series. RIP.
at one point it got so bad with the history lessons that I got a headache and had to put the book down. For those chapters in the middle, I decided to get the audiobook and it was the best decision EVER. I can 100% recommend getting the audiobook if you're struggling a little all the information. It was way easier to process listening someone reading the story instead of reading the textbook. This is also the reason why I just can't give this book a higher rating. I really loved the beginning (chapter 7 is superior!) and I love the last 20% of the book, but everything in between ehh i don't know about that.
What more does JLA wants to cover in the next 3 books???? Is this going to be more history about the gods and deity? There is still the spin off series about Nyktos and I have no idea how much more the author wants to expand this world. I'm just praying that by the end of this book I still like the characters and that the series is not getting dragged through the mud like the Shatter Me series.
➴ repetitive dialogues
while I'm glad that JLA lessen the Poppy being stabby remarks, there are still a lot of dialogues that are repetitive, like Poppy and Kieran's asking questions or Cas saying 492849x that he is in awed with Poppy. BOY I GET IT OKAY. You're whipped and completely trash for her, but I can't hear it anymore. 🤚
Also if I hear someone saying that Poppy is has the blood of gods one more time I'm going to scream. There were more things that were repetitive and could've been easily cut, but I'm too tired to remember them.
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WHO MAKES ME FEEL EXTREMELY STABBY
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➴ Isbeth that bitch. Wow I really really really hate her. Even though I hate her sm, I'm glad I feel something towards her.. because most villains are kinda bland. She's a cunning & ruthless bitch. Does it make any sense that I kind of admire her, but at the same time just want to see her die a painful and slow death? I can't wait for Poppy to cut her up into tiny little pieces 🗡️🗡️🗡️
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SPECIAL MENTION
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Hello Daddy Nyktos. 😌
I love his cameo in TCOGB and it made me a little excited for the spin off series! He seems so unbothered by everything and I love his attitude LOL.
“And I gave you two my blessing,” Nyktos added. “Yet, you dare to enter Iliseeum and wake me. What a way to show your gratitude. Should I kill all of you before I learn why, or do I even care enough to discover the reasons?”
October, here we come with Nyktos and his consorts.
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CONCLUSION
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Was this my favorite book in the series? No, but I still enjoyed it a lot, because I love the characters and the romance and that's the most important part. The book was tedious at times, especially during the middle. At least I kind of know what to expect now from this series... with 3 more books, the pace is not getting any better, I just hope that JLA stops with the world-building, cause this series doesn't need any more creatures. It already has plenty of them.
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BLOOD AND ASH SERIES
#1 From Blood and Ash – 3.75 stars
#2 A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire – 4 stars
#3 A Crown of Gilded Bones – 3.5 stars
#4 The War of Two Queens – tbr
#5 (....) – tbr
#6 (....) – tbr
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"Poppy's birthday is April 20. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE QUEEN 💫💥
JLA, I see what you did there 👀"
JLA, I see what you did there 👀"
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she is so talented!!! the Cas fanart is such a 👏🏽 masterpiece 👏🏽
he can choke me anytime he wants
casteel exude so much daddy energy 😌
i just looove all of the fanarts so far for this series it's so pretty!! <3
Is that a sexual innuendo?? HAHA
Is that a sexual innuendo?? HAHA"
i- 😂😂😂
you know what, it wasn't meant to be a sexual innuendo, but it can be, I don't mind being stabbed by any of his dagger lmao 😂
How can a drawing make me giggle like this (the first one), I wonder?
Same, I'm so excited for this book. One of my most anticipated books for 2021! 🤩 Hopefully it won't disappoint us ✨
How can a drawing make me giggle like this (the first one), I wonder?"
Yeess, definitely get on with this series, Bella! The romance in this series is great, the first book even won this years Goodreads Choice Awards in Best romance so it's not too shabby to check out. 😂
The amount of excellence and beauty the first fan art exudes, I'm not surprise it made you giggle. It's just ✨ beautiful ✨
Me too!! I love that about reading fantasy series there are so many fanart to admire <3
OMG SHUUT UP NO NO NO NO!!!! JLA can't do that to us. 😭
there was a newer teaser that I saw in the group about a foursome.. but it's already deleted from my mind. 🙃
Yeah right? I've read so many JLA books and she never does that, but I'm still scared, cause so many people in this fandom demand it and there are 6 books planned. 🙈
it's already out in Australia so I'm going in wish me luck!! AHHH
it's already out in Australia so I'm going in wish me luck!! AHHH"
You have to keep me updated because I seriously cannot hide my questions for this book too long . . .
it's already out in Australia so I'm going in wish me luck!! AHHH"
You have to keep me updated becaus..."
GIRL I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!!! HELP 🙃💀
No it's actually a 6 book series. 😭 it's best if you wait until all of them releases, because the wait for each book it's going to take a while
it is! 💀 when do JLA series not end in a cliffhanger that's the question?
😂🤣 so true. I've been trying to quell my masochistic tendencies ever since I got surprised years ago when I read the TOG series thinking it was complete at book 5😅 so now I try to wait until these epic fantasy series are finished, but omggg 6 books?! 😩 If I wait (assuming a year between each release) I won't be starting this series until ~2024 🥴 hahah
I think one never stop worrying, no matter how strong or cunning the other person is. In my daily life, i don't care if the guy i date is a professional boxer or knows how to handle weapons, i will still be just as concerned about his safety because i know this damn city lol
There isn't any cheating in this book? It made me nervous when it said in the synopsis that they would anything for each other. I worried it would be sexual sruff other people. I hope JLynn doesn't go a threesome route. She doesn't usually do that in her books. I guess it's the thing now to do threesomes and stuff. If people like a couple idk why they'd want to see them screwing other people. Not everyone wants to read that kind of stuff. I like them just with each other. Idk now I want to hold off on reading it since there are 3 more books and cliffys. I need to finish the Wicked series. I read the first book and decided to just hold off until the rest came out bc I worried about a potential love triangle.
😂🤣 so true. I've been trying to quell my masochistic tendencies ever since I got surprised years ago when ..."
I thought there were going to be 3 books. Then, a goodread friend said it was 4 books. I was going to start reading the books. Now it's up to 6 books. I don't like to get into long on going series after getting book burned in the past.
Yeah right? I've read so many JLA books and she never does that, but I'm still scared, cause so ma..."
I don't get people wanting a threesome. I want to read about just the couple together and not other people. I don't want to read about the guy being cool with his girl screwing some other guy in front of him or the girl being okay with that either. Love triangles are bad enough. Now I have to worry about threesomes and menage bc that's apparently the thing now? I know it's not JLynns usual style, but if a vunch of fans are asking. Not everyone wants that.
i love love this review and that last Cas fanart? the spine scene? 🥵🥵
daddy nyktos?? i'm already in love 🥵
thank you for this masterpiece! 🤩🤎
that's just wishful thinking with Kieran and Tawny.. they didn't even have one interaction lmao, but as long as Kieran get his own person. yeah honestly, almost everyone says that this book is their least favorite so far, bc the info dumping is heavy so don't bother except if you're too curious and want to go through 600+ of history lessons. 😂😂
😂🤣 so true. I've been trying to quell my masochistic tendencies ever since I got surprised years ago when ..."
please give me some of your energy so I can stop being such a masochist. 🤣 usually I try to wait until the series is finished too, but JLA is one of my fav authors I thought "fuck it an go for it" and it's so hard, cause each book ends in a cliffhanger. 🙃 I know for sure that book 4 is not coming out until 2022, but JLA is a fast writer, she wrote the 3 books in this series in 13 months so you might not have to wait til 2024 after all. 👀
I didn't see Cas protectiveness not as misogyny, because no matter how powerful someone is, you're still going to worry that something might happened to them. Poppy was strong in AKOFAF, but Cas still didn't know her full power and even when he's very protective. Therefore, imo Cas didn't act misogynistic towards Poppy that much or if he did, it didn't bother me that much, because there were so many other scene where he encouraged her to stand up for herself and do what she wants to do. 🤷🏽♀️
Yes exactly! That's what I'm thinking too. You just never stop caring/worrying if it's a person you love.
When JLA wrote the first book, she had 4 books in mind, but then she got to the second and third book and felt like it had to be a 6 book series... I don't even know what she's going to write in the 3 upcoming books, bc there is not really that much plot left, but we will see. 🤷🏽♀️ I hope as well that JLA won't drag it out, but that might be the case with 3 more books and each one of them probably 600+ pages long. 😅 So far this series doesn't have a love triangle and I don't see one in the next 3 books either.
Nooo, this book definitely doesn't have cheating and it has no threesome either. Ugh, I hate how this threesome/sharing is a trend nowadays. I don't understand it either why it has to be included. I'm more than fine with just Poppy and Cas, but I know a lot of people who want the threesome scene too. 😅 it could take years until the series is completed, idk if it's wiser for you to just wait or go for it, since you already have the first two books. Maybe you read the first book or second book and already lose interest, then you don't even have to buy the rest of the series? 👀 hopefully you do enjoy them whenever you decide to read it!!
Thank you krista!! I hope you enjoy the third book, but I feel like you might hate it, if you already didn't like the second book. 🙈 it's pretty slow paced again and even MORE information dumping, that it's can be pretty dry ngl. but I hope I'm wrong and you end up enjoying it. 🤞
i love love this review and that last Cas fanart? the spine scene? ..."
stop lying to me! 😭 I started to re-read some parts, bc I thought maybe I can structure some parts better, but I cringe so hard and thought 'nope not today'.
that last Cas fanart is my fav.. it's so hot. I want it framed. 🥵
Daddy Nyktos had like one chapter, but he was a scene stealer for sure, you're going to love him. 😌
Thank YOU, you're the best. ✨🖤
I'm going to wait to read the series, if I read it at all (after hearing everyone wants a threesome.) I probably won't read the series at all if the main characters start having threesomes in the future bc I can't get past that. It would ruin it and I read there are innapropriate scenes with the guys friend like grinding him and him watching them have sex (Is that really necessary to put in there?)? I was relieved there was no love triangle. I don't want to read about them being cool with sharing. I like the guy to not want other guys banging his woman. I thought love triangles were bad, I guess now I have to worry about threesomes. I hope JLynn doesn't do a threesome with them just bc fans seem to want it. Not all fans want it.
I wish she would have left it at 4 books. There probably doesn't need to even be 6 books. I just got the 3rd book in the mail today that preordered. I need to finish the Wicked series before the movie. I read the first book when it came out, but decided to wait until the series was complete to read the rest.
I saw there is a prequel book coming out too.
I also agree with what you said about the book dragging and there being repetitiveness. Honestly, idk how the hell this conflict is going to take 3 more books to solve 🤷♀️ Probably more inner monologues and repetitive dialogues 😅
But seriously, great review Phuong!!
I applaud your patience! 👏🏽 Might be a wise idea to wait and see if in the next three books the threesome is going to happen or not. JLA said in one the the Instagram live that if she's going to write or not write the Joining, she's not going to do it to please one group of fans over the other, but because she felt like that scene was necessary for the story. 🙃 so we just have to wait and see, it really could go both ways. Let's hope it won't happen. 🤞
Me too!! I don't think 6 books are necessary, cause we have a war coming in book 4 and what's the plot for book 5 and 6? I hope she's not dragging out the "war"-plot over several books.
Yes Nyktos' book comes out in October!