Review: From Blood and Ash

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A Maiden…

Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers.

A Duty…

The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.

A Kingdom…

Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.

Genre: fantasy

Publication date: March 2020

Mature content: yes

Review: Loved it. I had From Blood and Ash on my reading list for a long time but somehow never picked it up until now. At the beginning I was on the fence, as I found the plot and the characters a bit hard to get into - but once Hawke is the picture and starts interacting with Poppy... then the story becomes unforgettable and there's no way you'll be able to put it down until the very end.

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Two warnings. One: this book contains several particularly violent scenes. If this is not your beach, then steer clear of it. And two: it ends at a sort of cliffhanger, so you will need to move forward to book two. 

I'm almost halfway through book two at this point and I have no regrets, so From Blood and Ash is a book I totally recommend. 

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