Sep
Today I’m beyond excited to participate in the Blog Tour of ‘A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire’ by Jennifer L. Armentrout. This is the second book in the From Blood and Ash series and was published yesterday, on September 1st.
In April I read ‘From Blood and Ash’, and boy did that book blow my mind. I loved it so much I read it in a day or so. Which is, in my opinion, kind of impressive with a two year old, and a part time job. But it was so good that is became instantly one of my favorite reads.. up there with Harry Potter and the Twilight series. I bought fan merchandise and this book has been on my mind since then.. So when I got the opportunity to read the second book ‘A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire’ through Social Butterfly PR I immediately requested it and was excited when I received my copy. Obviously I still bought a copy too.. but I could start reading before the official release date. Yessss!!
‘A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire’ begins right where ‘From Blood and Ash’ ended. Poppy has found out the guy she was falling in love with isn’t who he said he was. Not only that.. everything she believed in seems to be a lie. And now, while trying to decide what to do and who to trust.. Poppy finds herself in the middle of a war. Her abilities are changing and her heart might be in danger the most.
I was so excited to start reading this book when it arrived. And now I finished it I’m so sad because it is so freaking good!! OMG!!! This series is just blowing my mind and I love everything about it. From the moment I started I was yet again completely hooked. Poppy and Casteel a.k.a. Hawke are just so fun to read about. There little banters are just so fun! There are lots of action filled moments, there’s fantasy and then there is some mind blowing romance. This is definitely one my favorite series of all time!!
Although us readers are struggling to find out what is the truth and who is lying, right next to Poppy. I couldn’t help myself but hope my feelings about Casteel weren’t wrong. We get a lot of answers throughout this read, and also a lot of new questions come up. We get to meet some new side characters, like Kieran, who I loved and we get to read about a lot of new places.
But above all Poppy and Casteel where my favorite characters. I loved how strong and curious Poppy was. And well Casteel.. Lets just say that I loved him and might have a major book-crush on him. He is just so mysterious, hard and dangerous but also kind and funny at the same time. I simple couldn’t get enough of reading about these two.
‘A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire’ was another great read that makes me ache for more. I seriously had to just sit and think after finishing it. And I can’t wait for the next book and my paperback copy to arrive!
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As in get married?
To him?
Suddenly, I thought of all those girlish fantasies I’d had before I learned who I was and what was expected of me—daydreams given life because of the love my parents had for one another.
Never once did those little-girl dreams include a proposal that wasn’t remotely an actual proposal. Nor did they incorporate it being announced at a table full of strangers, half of which wanted me dead. And those dreams surely hadn’t involved what had to be the kingdom’s worst—and possibly most insane—non-proposal of marriage to a man currently holding me captive.
Perhaps I had some sort of ailment of the brain. Maybe I was experiencing hallucinations brought on by stress. After all, there had been so much painful death to process. His betrayal to deal with. And I’d just learned I was descended from Atlantia, a kingdom I’d been raised to believe was the source of all the evil and tragedy in the land. Stress-induced hallucinations seemed a far more believable reason than what was actually happening.
All I could do was stare at the larger hand holding my much smaller one. His skin was slightly darker than mine as if kissed by the sun. Years of wielding a sword with deadly, graceful precision had left his palms callused.
He lifted my hand to an indecently well-formed and full mouth. To lips that were somehow soft yet unrelentingly firm. Lips that had spun beautiful words into the air and whispered heated, wicked promises against my bare skin. Lips that had paid homage to the many scars that riddled my body and face.
Lips that had also spoken blood-soaked lies.
Now, that mouth was pressed against the top of my hand in a gesture that I would’ve cherished for an eternity and thought exquisitely tender just days or weeks ago. Simple things like hand-holding or chaste kisses had been forbidden to me. As were being wanted or feeling desire. I had long since accepted that I would never experience those things.
Until him.
I lifted my gaze from our joined hands, from that mouth that was already curving up on one side, hinting at a dimple in the right cheek, and from the slowly parting lips that revealed just a hint of fatally sharp fangs.
His hair brushed the nape of his neck and toppled over his forehead, and the thick strands were such a deep shade of black, it often shone blue in the sunlight. With high and angular cheekbones, a straight nose, and a proud, carved jaw, he often reminded me of the large, graceful cave cat I had seen once in Queen Ileana’s palace as a child. Beautiful, but in the way all wild, dangerous predators were. My heart stammered as my eyes locked onto his, orbs a shade of stunning, cool amber.
I knew I was staring at Hawke
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
JLA is one one of my favorite authors and, even though I bought From Blood and Ash the day it released, I still haven’t read it. I just never read fantasy (it’s just not my thing) but still… it’s Jennifer Armentrout! I keep telling myself I need to just jump in and try it!
I have also rarely read Fantasy these last view years.. but this one was soo good I totally want to read more! I promise you it’s so good! 😉