

Poppy (Penellaphe) is ‘The Maiden’-chosen from birth to usher in a new era she is duty-bound and her life is not her own. It was certainly the best I’ve read in a while. Is there some romance in the book? For sure, but it’s really not the sole focus of the story, and there were so many incredible romance books published last year that I feel like it was a case of a good marketing campaign and not truly deserving of that title.

This book was voted Goodreads Best Romance of 2020, and while I enjoyed it a lot I definitely wouldn’t have picked it for best romance. Armentrout, but luckily some friends decided to buddy read it and I joined in.

I was starting to feel like I was the last one to read From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L.
