Blood and Ash Series: "From Blood and Ash" and "Kingdom of Flesh and Fire" by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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05/13/22 • 88 min
In this episode of Date with a Novel, Dani & Sher discuss the book that started the binge reading which led to this podcast idea. We discuss the popular books from, Blood and Ash Series by J. L. Armentrout. We cannot recommend this book enough!
* Disclaimer: We made a mistake within our podcast while referring to "Hawke" as "Hunt" from the previous books in our podcast. Our apologies J. L. Armentrout, we seem to still be book hungover.
This podcast episode covers the first two books in the Blood and Ash series:
- From Blood and Ash
- Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
From Blood and Ash follows Poppy, chosen from birth, is a Maiden fated to ascend. Hawke becomes her mysterious new guard after supernatural creatures attack. Although she would rather find the evil that took her family, she never had a choice in the matter.
A Duty: She is meant to usher in a new era upon her ascension, but Hawke makes her question her duty.
A Kingdom: A fallen kingdom aims to rise again and take back what they believe is rightfully theirs through any means necessary.
From world-building, spicy scenes, the banter and more. This book had us laughing and smiling like idiots while taking us on emotional roller coaster. The intricate woven, ever developing story line make the story intriguing and J.L. pays off foreshadowing and little hints really well. We could not predict what was going to happen next and that is the true testament to a great writer. One who can give hints early on, that seemingly mean nothing then pay them off in big ways later on while making sense to the storyline they've been weaving.
Genre includes:
- Fantasy Romance
- Supernatural
- Adult
- High Fantasy
- Fiction
Also, check out the prequel series: A Shadow in the Ember
In this episode of Date with a Novel, Dani & Sher discuss the book that started the binge reading which led to this podcast idea. We discuss the popular books from, Blood and Ash Series by J. L. Armentrout. We cannot recommend this book enough!
* Disclaimer: We made a mistake within our podcast while referring to "Hawke" as "Hunt" from the previous books in our podcast. Our apologies J. L. Armentrout, we seem to still be book hungover.
This podcast episode covers the first two books in the Blood and Ash series:
- From Blood and Ash
- Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
From Blood and Ash follows Poppy, chosen from birth, is a Maiden fated to ascend. Hawke becomes her mysterious new guard after supernatural creatures attack. Although she would rather find the evil that took her family, she never had a choice in the matter.
A Duty: She is meant to usher in a new era upon her ascension, but Hawke makes her question her duty.
A Kingdom: A fallen kingdom aims to rise again and take back what they believe is rightfully theirs through any means necessary.
From world-building, spicy scenes, the banter and more. This book had us laughing and smiling like idiots while taking us on emotional roller coaster. The intricate woven, ever developing story line make the story intriguing and J.L. pays off foreshadowing and little hints really well. We could not predict what was going to happen next and that is the true testament to a great writer. One who can give hints early on, that seemingly mean nothing then pay them off in big ways later on while making sense to the storyline they've been weaving.
Genre includes:
- Fantasy Romance
- Supernatural
- Adult
- High Fantasy
- Fiction
Also, check out the prequel series: A Shadow in the Ember
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Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
In this book podcast episode of Date with a Novel, Dani & Sher discuss the sequel follow up book in the "Crescent City" series, "House of Sky and Breath" by Sarah J. Maas. After that jaw dropping ending we had to discuss that last scene! Queue screaming. Dani & Sher discuss our theories on what could possibly come next for the next installments from Sarah J. Maas and more.
Book Synopsis: The book follows Byrce and Hunt post saving Crescent City from the aftermath of Micah decisions. Byrce and Hunt want nothing more than to lead normal lives, but get pulled into the rebels' fight against the Asteri. They have a choice to make: stay silent while others are oppressed, or fight for what is right and put everyone they love in danger.
Secrets are revealed, bombs are dropped, and some story plots we did not see coming.
What was you reaction to the end-scene, did you see that coming?
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Dani and Sher take a short break from the Fantasy Romance genre and cover a Historical Fiction novel, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. The book follows a Korean family through several generations and the struggles which they went through to ultimately survive after immigrating to Japan during the Japanese colonization. The story, set in the early 1900's, mainly follows Sunja who becomes pregnant by a wealthy stranger who offers her the world but a less than ideal life....considering he is already married. She later accepts a marriage offer from a sickly minister passing through to Japan, and leaves behind the only family she has ever known.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Author: Min Jin Lee
Dani and Sher were able to relate to many of the themes within this book and we really wanted to have this raw discussion about those themes and share our honest feelings about them. Of course, as always we do not always agree with one another, but that is what makes these discussions fun for us.
Trigger Warning: This book and podcast episode do discuss themes such as suicide and other potentially triggering topics.
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