She acts demure in order to trick people into thinking she’s weak, but she is so strong! When we first meet her, she is sneaking out of her room, out of the castle that houses her, to go to a naughty bar and live a little. Starting off, Poppy – miss Penellaphe, which is a very interesting name, is such a fun character to read. It’s very hard for me to find a book that I vibe with so well, but this book was exactly what I wanted to read in that moment and I loved it! The world, the characters, the action, the spice – it was actually perfect.

But when I picked up this book and started reading, all my fears faded away, because this book is fantastic. Smutty? Hell no!īut I was concerned I wasn’t going to like the plot or the writing. I had seen TikToks and reviews about how smutty it was and very, very spicy! And while I don’t read a lot of smut now, nor do I review it, I have read smut before and this – this wasn’t smut. While I will try to read that one again, I did worry that I wasn’t going to like this book. I had tried to read Storm and Fury by JLA before and it wasn’t my vibe so I put it down. Like, actually scared of what I was going to read. 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.įirst off, I need to come clean. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.įorsaken 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 when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. 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. ArmentroutĬhosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own.

I had some doubts going into this book, but after reading it, all I can say is wow.įrom Blood and Ash by Jennifer L.

I read this in less than 48 hours and I probably could have finished it in a day if I didn’t have to work. None of that mattered.īut, finally – FINALLY! I had some free time to really sit down and devour this book. And it didn’t matter that it was staring at me on my shelf, patiently waiting for me to pick it up and read, oh no. Every time I thought I would be able to sit down and read it, something came up. I had been trying to read this book for months.

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