This review may contain spoilers for the first books in the Blood and Ash series. Feel free to check out my reviews for From Blood and Ash and A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire.
Thank you to Social Butterfly PR, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Blue Box Press for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
A Crown of Gilded Bones begins where the previous book left off. This, obviously, is at the height of a very exciting moment in the story. Armentrout has discovered the formula that leaves us wanting more with each installment and this book is no different. By the end of this book I wanted so much more. More Poppy, more Cas, more Kieran, more gods, more romance, more adventure.
I was relieved that several of my predictions came to pass and more than a little disappointed that a certain one did not. I found myself loving Poppy even more with this book. She always was a bada$$, but A Crown of Gilded Bones solidified it. Finally, we see her coming into her powers and embracing her destiny. Casteel is perfection, although at times he felt a little too infallible, I appreciate that he plays a supporting role for Poppy. As always, I was thoroughly entertained by Kieran. Next to Poppy, he is my favorite character of the series. I will gladly read a spin-off following his adventures in snark.
If you found fault in the lack of “plot” in books 1 & 2, this book is for you. This is the first one in the series to feel more Fantasy than Romance, which is not a positive for me. Others are sure to enjoy the intrigue, betrayal, mythology, and battles, but I missed the romantic tension. As such, the majority of the novel felt very slow paced to me, but the beginning and the end knocked it out of the park. I’m still very much looking forward to reading book 4.
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#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. She spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Border Jack Apollo. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was an Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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