A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L. ArmentroutMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I received this free eARC novel from the author. This is my honest review.
I was so intrigued when JLA announced how she was going to write this book and how it was truly book 5 rather than 1.5. And I was not disappointed in getting into Cas's head and seeing what he saw when he met Poppy.
The amount of emotional turmoil Cas went through when meeting Poppy was unimaginable. I felt every feeling he was feeling and the conflict he was going through every day was agonizing. He was able to hide most of his conflicting feelings toward Poppy, so the reader was unable to understand what debates he was constantly having in his head during book 1. But now we will all know how horrible he felt with his decisions throughout the whole introduction of their meeting and his plan of attack that felt way too wrong by the end of it.
I adored being in Cas's mind and seeing the way he thought about how beautiful and strong Poppy was? Breathtaking, honestly. It makes me want to go out and find my own Cas and nothing less haha.
I loved the little bits of the present storyline that were also in this novel. JLA was able to weave the reader in a very neat story to go back and forth like that and keep the reader wanting more of the past but also just as much for the present story. I maybe would have wanted a little bit more of the present storyline, but I will just have to wait for the next Poppy & Cas novel to come out to really get what I was wanting.
Also? That ending? I'm not surprised, but man did I want more of the jaw dropping events that happened. So much and yet, not enough. Definitely need to see how this ends, because that left me salivating for more!
I'm so glad I got the chance to read this and I cannot wait for all of my physical copies to come in and join my shrine of JLA books. I think readers will be very happy with this newest novel and will be like me, left wanting more and more!
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