Unabridged Audiobook
From the character’s relationships, to the witty banter, the juicy romance, incredible world building, twisty plot.. my heart. JLA has outdone herself. This is one of the rare times I give 5 stars. I am so engrossed in this world. I devoured all 4 books and I’m eagerly waiting for more. This series gave me such a hangover it’s not even funny. And Mrs. Stina (narrator) has ruined most others for me. I LOVE her male voices too. She’s forever the voice of Poppy. Chefs kiss all the way around!
Love this narrator. I’m officially hooked and need the next one to come to this platform.
The story is good but to much explaining parts in the book
Excellent narration. Great story line!
Incredible!!! Love this narrator!
The story line is intriguing enough, but JLA’s tell-not-show approach was so daunting and annoying that I had a really hard time getting through this book. I heard a handful of typos (i.e. a sentence repeating or not finishing). It felt like every 10 minutes Poppy would ask like 30 questions back to back to explain something to us which I feel is lazy writing or at least not the writing style for me. Considering there were flaws with FBAA but it was good enough to keep me wanting more, this book was disappointing. Overall it seemed like a rushed cash grab. This series is going in my DNF bin. The narrator was fine, but some of her accents were cringy. Every time she spoke for Jasper, I wanted to claw at my ears.
very awesome!
Enjoyed the romp - sexy and fun with a bit of war magic and shape shifting what’s not to love? Narrator was great
Oh wow! This left me on quite the cliffhanger. On to the next.
The 1st book is full of action and plot twists, this one has *checks notes* Poppy stabbing Cas, him being turned on by that and *checks notes again*, nothing else. Im so frustrated, with the foundation the ending of from Ash and Blood layed for this sequel it could have been so good. But: enemies with benefits? fake marriage? villain/mc romance? all in one? jla said why choose tropes if i can do it all. While it's an interesting dynamic it gets tiring after a few hundred pages. She's a badass who likes to stab people. He's turned on by violent women. Got that. You don't need to mention these things every chapter. The author should have trusted the reader's intelligence instead of using repetitive prose to reinforce the characters' archetype. Subtext is your friend, why are you so scared to use it? Plus absolutely nothing happens for 600 pages. All we have is the romance which gets boring quickly because it feels like their interactions are the exact same and you're just reading different variations of the same scene over and over. They fight, she stabs or threatens to stab him, they have sex, the end. Their dynamic is fun but when nothing else happens and thats all we have to sustain the story? Not so much. I loved them at the begining, but i cannot stand them now. They spend almost 300 pages in the same location and then even when something finally happens in the last 100 pages they...fuck. In the middle of a war. ..of course. Might as well.
The girl is annoying and whinny the entire book. An entire back and forth of caring for this guy… for the WHOLE book. Honestly very annoying. And the narrator voiced the guy like he was constantly eating gravel. I didn’t enjoy this at all.
A great sequel; it is interesting and continues to develop the world. I found the main characters dynamics to be interesting in navigating the plot twist from the first book. Also steamy!
It’s alright - would probably give 3 stars if I had to read it myself. The author feels like a romance author who is trying to branch into high fantasy but not quite making the mark.
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