A review by laurenleigh
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Kind of disappointing, really. This could have been so good, but it really wasn’t. There’s definitely chemistry between our main characters, but everything else felt neglected. I get JLA was trying to keep the reader in the dark about certain plot points to give us a big reveal, but it just left me confused for most of the book. It felt like the world-building was not quite complete. I liked the building blocks, but it never actually came together. Lastly, what really drove me crazy was the constant paragraph breaks. That only works sparingly to add emphasis. When you do it constantly, it loses all effect and drives me up a wall.