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She's been the victim and the survivor… Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers. The enemy and the warrior… Poppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. But as the kingdoms’ dark sins and blood-drenched secrets finally unravel, a long-forgotten power rises to pose a genuine threat. And they will stop at nothing to ensure that the crown never sits upon Poppy’s head. A lover and heartmate… But the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossible—travel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. And as shocking secrets and the harshest betrayals come to light, and enemies emerge to threaten everything Poppy and Casteel have fought for, they will discover just how far they are willing to go for their people—and each other. And now she will become Queen.
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Oh. My. Effing. Gods.
JLA has outdone herself.
Out. Done.
How can this book be over already?! Aggghhhh!
I have no words, only screams.
Not quite as riveting as previous books, but I can see that there is a lot of prep being done for the next book. I love how some of the reveals here have been hinted at since book 1. Starting the next book immediately. I can’t wait to see all of this prep work pay off
I really enjoy this series. I think that the first two books were better-directed in terms of plot. This installment felt a bit more winding and like it dragged. I found a lot of the world building and history detailing to be confusing. It was really the last ~100 pages or so where things really picked up and got good, I felt like leading up to the last few chapters it was just really slow. The confusion that Poppy experiences, especially toward the end, transferred well because I was also hella confused. There was a lot of info-dumping and telling, as is the case with JLA's books. Other people are saying how there was a ton of romance and spice in this book, but that wasn't my impression? I feel like they just spent a really long time talking about what they were going to do/could do rather than doing it. Granted, I did read other books in the middle of this one, but I just don't consider spice to have been a big aspect of this installment. Things ended on quite the cliffhanger so I'm looking forward to the next book!