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Kristan Higgins

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"The kind of book I enjoy the most--sparkling characters, fast-moving plot and laugh-out-loud...

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Time, Narrative, and Emotion in Early Modern England

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Exploiting a link between early modern concepts of the medical and the literary, David Houston Wood...

Merissa (11928 KP) rated Ashes and Blood (Book One of the Dayla Series) in Books

Jun 19, 2020

Ashes and Blood is the first book in the Dalya series and it starts off with a very weird tree! Even though this book is listed as New Adult I still, somehow, managed to convince myself it was Young Adult. So it was a bit of a shock when I read about them drinking and swearing. Still, it was my error and one I quickly got over as I immersed myself in their adventure.

The details in this story are simply amazing. The descriptions given help the reader to see every tree, person, and situation so clearly. The action is non-stop and with enough twists and turns to keep anyone happy. There is romance but not with the main character (or at least, not yet. I'm hopeful for the future!) which made a nice change.

And speaking of characters, the ones in here will jump out at you. They are so well described and three-dimensional, you will have no issue with remembering who is whom. I loved the girls' different attitudes and capabilities PLUS how Tristan was the one to watch, even though he came across as the most easy-going!

This was a fantastic start to the series and I really can't wait to read more and return to Dalya. Absolutely recommended by me.

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

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Merissa (11928 KP) Jun 20, 2020

@BookishWoo I really enjoyed it once I got past thinking it was Young Adult LOL I really want to know when book 2 is going to be out!

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BookishWoo (317 KP) Jun 20, 2020

It does come across as a YA in the synopsis that’s for sure

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Sin & Spirit (Demigods of San Francisco, #4) in Books

Jan 8, 2021

This review and more can be found at my blog https://aromancereadersreviews.blogspot.com

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This has been borrowed from the Kindle Unlimited Library.

Firstly I'll admit that it's been a while since I read the first three books in this series - and I believed that it was only going to be a trilogy, for some reason, so I had forgotten some of the details of this book but things were rehashed a little.

With Alexis and her small group now known by all the other Demigods in the world, they are thrown into a steep learning curve of dealing with politics and trying to learn how to use her powers for other things. There's also the fact that a Hades Demigod is trying to get their hands on Alexis, any means necessary.

A lot happened in this and, as mentioned above, I hadn't retained a lot of information about this series, so I was a little overwhelmed by all the characters. I quickly picked up who the Six were and Daisy and Mordecai.

I did enjoy this and should hopefully now remember enough for future books - book 5 is coming soon! - so I'm looking forward to reading them and seeing the results of that last chapter. I can see it's not going to go well and this group of amazing guys may end up fighting for their lives. Again.

This review is rather lacking but I have no way of saying more without giving away important plot points and that's just not fair.