Week 33 Review: Born of Blood and Ash

From Goodreads:

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the thrilling conclusion to her beloved Flesh and Fire series…

The line between love and obsession has never been wider.

While Sera is finally free of Kolis and back with those she loves, not everything is calm. Memories of all she's endured still haunt her, but Sera finally has hope for a future with the other half of her heart and soul. Nyktos desires, loves, and accepts every part of her—even the monstrous bits she still battles.

More than ever, Sera and Ash have everything under the realms to fight for, and Nyktos has no doubt Sera is fit to be the Queen of the Gods. But she must find that faith within herself if they hope to convince the other Courts to support them against Kolis and make Iliseeum and the mortal realm better, safer places for all.

But as Sera begins to piece together the importance of her bloodline and the true meaning behind the foreboding prophecy, it becomes clear that everything that has happened and is yet to come is much bigger than Kolis and his dark obsessions.

They cannot help but wonder exactly how much influence the Fates have had and what their ultimate goal is. What Sera does know for sure is that they can trust very few—including her.

A battle between the gods is brewing, and heartbreaking losses are imminent with the true Primal of Death strengthening. With a family of the heart willing to battle by their side, can Sera and Nyktos stop Kolis before he destroys the realms, or will it all disappear in a fiery inferno of blood and ash?

And the line between justice and vengeance has never been so thin.

My Review:
Oh man, this was an incredible end to this series! I've loved this series and world since the beginning, I love all of Jennifer L. Armentrout's books, and this one which is wrapping up Sera and Nyktos' story where they're the stars, yeah, I had to read it! 

The main plot of this book was taking down Kolis. So much happens, between trying to decipher the prophecy, to figuring out what Eythos's plan was, dealing with her new abilities, gathering and strategizing with allies, and I couldn't get enough! 

Besides dealing with Kolis, there's also dealing with the trauma from what she went through in the previous book. Being held captive, in that cage, on display...while what she went through wasn't as bad as it was for others, doesn't mean that she went through nothing, which is something that she really tried to deny, which is understandable. But it wasn't healthy and I'm glad that she had such a great group of people around her.

We've had it confirmed that the Awakening series was set in the same world as this series and Blood and Ash. There, it was subtle with details that I didn't pick up, but here, it's pretty clear. And that ending answered a question that I had about the timelines of the two series. That the ascension of the Primal of Life and Death would awaken Ancients that were asleep and they would not be happy? I forgot how long it's been since that happened when Fall of Ruin and Wrath starts, but that series, if I've interpreted this all correctly, happens after these two. 

We got a bunch of little details that bring this world to life, like that Sotoria's bloodline was descended from the first created human (by Eythos) and that and that Sera (and thus, Poppy) are also a part of that bloodline, which makes things a little full circle with Sera and Ash together. 

This book was a massive brick of a book to read, and so enjoyable, and it has me so excited to see how that final big battle is going to go. I mean, I know they're going to win, because they have to, but I can't wait to watch it play out. This book tells us why things are the are in the Blood and Ash series, and I'm so enthused for the next book in the world! 

This was an incredible read, and I can't wait to read Poppy and Cas's last story, and Millie and Malik's story now that we now know how things came to be like they are in their time! 

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Series: Flesh and Fire #4
Read: August 13th, 2024 
Source: Bought  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and it's a End of Series 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Blue Box Press
Published: August 13th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars