A Shadow in the Ember

Here's my BookTube video review for you to have a look: https://youtu.be/rqJH_A710VU

4,5 stars! Jennifer L. Armentrout does it again! She has created yet another book that follows (in my opinion) the same recipe as the From Blood and Ash series, delivering with a prequel that has a thrilling setting, plot, and interesting characters!

I loved this book, don't get me wrong! I thought it was well-paced and it currently had me with book hangover! But the similarities between this book and the FBAA are there! Sera represents in my opinion a more mature (well, at times!) version as compared with Poppy, and Nyktos... well. I just loved Nyktos so much!

The whole world-building is interesting (hello? gods! primals!) and I actually enjoyed it more than The Crown of Gilded Bones! I loved the slow-burn between Sera and Nyktos and how she was brave and committed with her role in life and an absolute bad-ass!

But..... (and spoilers ahead, will separate it with spaces if you haven't read it yet!)



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SPOILERS ahead!!


But... I really was hoping for another situation when Sera & Nyktos finally came together. I thought that after spending so much time pining and obsessed with each other, getting together because Nyktos needs to feed and it's the “heat of the moment” was a bit of a bummer! I so wanted that moment to be special and I got a moment of passion where they were actually pretty mad with other! :unacceptable:
Corny! I know... I wasn't expecting it either! (to need a sweeter yet sexy moment)!

And also, really. What's the deal with the nicknames! I just can't believe we went through a Hawke is Cas all over again (well, we didn't because we knew! but Sera and Poppy passed for the exact same thing!)

Anyway! loved it either way