r/frombloodandash

I'm not even asking for it to be finished, I just want any update pls😭😭

I have been reading FBAA along with the graphic audiobooks. I am gonna start reading The War of Two Queens and then listen to the audiobook. I can incorporate Flesh and Fire series and read them after The War of Two Queens, but the thing is, their audiobooks aren't out yet. And I am waiting for them to come out (and I think they will eventually) before diving into them.

So, what would you recommend? Should I read both the series side by side? Or read FBAA first and then start FAF?

I’m half way through FBAA5 (Soul of Ash and Blood) and just now realizing I should’ve been weaving in the Flesh and Fire series since I do plan on reading it at some point. Should I finish FBAA5 and go back to read F&F 1 and 2 before continuing the list?

I am over halfway done with Born of blood and ash. OBSESSED with Sera and Nyktos. I still have book 5 and book 6 to read in from blood and ash.

Do we find out what Callum’s deal is? He’s become such an interesting character to me. Sera just saw Callum visiting her family home, and he is swearing he just wanted the quiet of where he grew up. Plus he told her mom how to kill a primal… I feel like he’s def playing double agent. I am now wishing I paid more attention to him in from blood and ash!!!

I do not mind spoilers. 😸

I really loved the first From Blood and Ash book. I was completely into it and had so much fun reading it, so I went into the second book expecting to love it too.

But I'm now about halfway through A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, and it just isn't pulling me in the same way. I don't necessarily dislike it; I'm just... bored? I keep putting it down and then not really feeling the urge to pick it back up.

For people who have read the series: should I push through? Does the second half of book 2 pick up, and are the later books worth continuing for?

No spoilers please!

I am currently reading the second book and I am so confused at this point, I don't have exact quotes but I read several lines contradicting each other and most of them are on the second book. Poppy first says every second son and daughter ascends, but then its only royals but then its every second son and daughter again after a few pages? And then at the page 395 only Ian ascended and before that its been years? Which is it? Because we know about the lords and ladies but even some soldiers are ascended? Also if only Casteel and Malik is being held for ascension how can they make ascension in different cities? If only royals are getting ascension how comez Tawny would also be ascended? Please help I am sooo confused 😭

I’m making this post to spread some positivity for FBAA. What’s your favorite quote from books 1-5??

Here are some of my favorites:

FBAA:
Scene: the moment when Poppy realized who “Hawke Flynn” really was
Poppy: “…The way everyone followed his orders; how Jericho had obeyed him in the barn, seeming to not want to cross him, even though it hadn’t stopped him. How Kieran and the others said his name as if it were a joke. Because “Hawke” wasn’t his name. And we hadn’t made love. He’d fucked me.”

AKOFAF:
Scene: when Lindel called Poppy a “scar-faced bitch” and Casteel immediately let him know what time it was as a consequence of throwing that insult at her
Casteel: “How you’ve spoken to me doesn’t bother me; I’m not insecure enough to care about the opinions of little men. If you had stopped after the first time you referenced her, I would’ve let you walk out of here with just your over-inflated sense of self-worth. But then, you insulted her; you made her flinch. And then, you threatened her. I…will not…forget that…and I will not be able to forgive you.”

TCOGB:
Scene: Poppy suffering from bloodlust
Kieran: “Careful. You’ve given a lot of blood and haven’t nearly taken enough.”
Casteel: “I’m fine. You should leave.”
Kieran: “Not going to happen. She may hurt you.”
Casteel: “Shouldn’t you be more concerned about her wellbeing now?”
Kieran: “I’m concerned about both of you.”
Casteel: “This could get…intense.”
Kieran: “It already is.”

TWOTQ:
Scene: after they rescued Casteel from Isbeth and Callum’s abuses, and they were trying to get him back to his normal self from bloodlust
Casteel: “I can’t feel your mouth on mine. If I do, I’m going to fuck you. I’m going to get so deep inside you that there will be no part of you I don’t reach. Right here. Right now. It doesn’t matter who is in this chamber.”
Poppy: “Oh. Oh, goodness.”

ASOAAB:
Scene: Casteel getting his revenge against Duke Tiernan for abusing Poppy after admitting that the last time he caned her that he struck her five times and drew blood
Casteel: “Gripping him by his ruined shoulder, I roughly flopped him onto his stomach, his muffled groan of pain was just a precursor. I tore open the back of his shirt, exposing the pale line of his spine. Then I brought the cane down on his back that many times; each lash whistling through the air, sending his body into spasms. Each blow opening thin slits in the skin. I delivered an extra one, just because I fucking felt like it.”