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Blood and Ash [Dramatized Adaptation] #5, Part 2
A Soul of Ash and Blood (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Only his memories can save her…
A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come.
But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could take her away from him. Cas is given some advice, though—something he plans to cling to as he waits to see her beautiful eyes open once more: Talk to her.
And so, he does. He reminds Poppy how their journey began, revealing things about himself that only Kieran knows in the process. But it’s anybody’s guess what she’ll wake to or exactly how much of the realm and Cas will have changed when she does.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits Poppy and Casteel’s epic love story in the next installment of the Blood and Ash series. But this time, Hawke gets to tell the tale.
Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!
A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come.
But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could take her away from him. Cas is given some advice, though—something he plans to cling to as he waits to see her beautiful eyes open once more: Talk to her.
And so, he does. He reminds Poppy how their journey began, revealing things about himself that only Kieran knows in the process. But it’s anybody’s guess what she’ll wake to or exactly how much of the realm and Cas will have changed when she does.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits Poppy and Casteel’s epic love story in the next installment of the Blood and Ash series. But this time, Hawke gets to tell the tale.
Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!
10 pages, Audiobook
Published June 12, 2026
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Jennifer L. Armentrout
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# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.
To email me, please use the below addy.
jenniferlarmentrout@live.com
# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.
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June 27, 2026
Pretty much could have skipped the majority of this book and read the last little bit is all. No wonder it took me so long to read it…
June 21, 2026
There is minimal new progression to the overall story. It is basically a recap of the beginning of the story to the middle-ish. Aside from Poppy and Cas, we are introduced to a new character that gets even more page time than both of them combined. This is Cas's cock. There are entire paragraphs of the level of hardness his cock has, how his hard cock is clouding his thoughts, how his cock feels at the moment and a play by play of his ever growing cock. You get the picture. I am honestly impressed with how much his cock is referenced in both part 1 and part 2. It's really a review of his cock the entire time and how it felt throughout the story, it's level of hardness, how horny the scene made him at the moment and how his cock responded to it.
If you're into that, I recommend this book. If you want something with more story and less cock play by play look elsewhere 😂
If you're into that, I recommend this book. If you want something with more story and less cock play by play look elsewhere 😂
June 29, 2026
first of all, my review isn't gonna be scathing bc of the audiobook adaptation itself, but bc of the actual book content. granted, part 2 did come out a hot minute after i had already listened to part 1 but omg this entire book was just an exact recounting of what happened previously which was SO BORING!!! if i had wanted a retelling, i would've just relistened the previous books, so idk what the point of this book was
June 24, 2026
Basic Plot: Cas continues to tell Poppy the story of their time together while she heals.
This book is still rehashing the events from the first book or two of the series, but from Cas's perspective. We get a lot more insight into why he did some of the crazy things he did, plus a mild advancement of the characters into the next book.
This book is still rehashing the events from the first book or two of the series, but from Cas's perspective. We get a lot more insight into why he did some of the crazy things he did, plus a mild advancement of the characters into the next book.
June 14, 2026
Still a review of previous events through Casteel’s point of view.
July 12, 2026
When Poppy suddenly falls into coma-like stasis in order to complete her Culling, Cas talks to her as he sits vigil. Kieran and Delano also stay close as she sleeps. Casteel retells the story of their relationship (Book 1) from his perspective. It is a gut-tingling recount full of searing passion. There is an interesting new development at the end of the story and it finishes on a cliff-hanger.
The entire book is narrated by my fave voice actor, Stewart Crank. He is the PERFECT Casteel! And Torian Brackett is perfectly matched as his bond-brother. Together, they take a great piece of writing full of excellent banter, tenderness and steely resolve, and send it up with their sexy as f*ck voices. I could start this book over again right now, just to continue the bliss this combo brought me.
But that's not all. I loved all the voice actors, the music and sound effects. Graphic Audio just keeps getting better at their craft, especially when they have a great story to work from. I can't wait for their recording of Jennifer Armentrout's Book 6 "The Primal of Blood and Bone"!!
The entire book is narrated by my fave voice actor, Stewart Crank. He is the PERFECT Casteel! And Torian Brackett is perfectly matched as his bond-brother. Together, they take a great piece of writing full of excellent banter, tenderness and steely resolve, and send it up with their sexy as f*ck voices. I could start this book over again right now, just to continue the bliss this combo brought me.
But that's not all. I loved all the voice actors, the music and sound effects. Graphic Audio just keeps getting better at their craft, especially when they have a great story to work from. I can't wait for their recording of Jennifer Armentrout's Book 6 "The Primal of Blood and Bone"!!
July 9, 2026
What an absolute waste of a 20 hour audiobook for there to be only ONE HOUR of plot progression at the very end! There is absolutely no new information or perspective provided from having Cas’s account of how every scene in book 1 played out. Other reviews got it right by saying he literally just recounts how hard his cock was the whole book….. 😒 we already know he deceived Poppy and then fell in love with her. Nothing shocked or surprised me to hear. Then for the plot twist of the very last hour of the book to be that HES ALSO A FUCKING CAVE CAT NOW? Good lord she is running out of ideas with this series.
2 stars because the full cast for the audiobook is phenomenal as always
2 stars because the full cast for the audiobook is phenomenal as always
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 19, 2026
Brutal & beautiful! Sarah has an incredible talent for world building, slow burn, and intertwining magic systems & relationships. This was an emotional rollercoaster. She is a literary chess master. Another page turner. Can’t wait for the next book in the Crescent City series!
June 27, 2026
Graphic audio was excellent as always.
Honestly, this book minus the last 30-60 minutes is the only part that brings anything more to the story. The second POV is nice but should have been done in parallel to the original story.
Honestly, this book minus the last 30-60 minutes is the only part that brings anything more to the story. The second POV is nice but should have been done in parallel to the original story.
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February 15, 20260 stars
Won't be bothering with this one.
The original was boring asf.
and unnecessary...
Won't be bothering with this one.
The original was boring asf.
and unnecessary...
June 18, 2026
📚3.5⭐️
🎧5⭐️
This is From blood & ash from cas/hawke pov as he tells poppy his side while shes in status. with a few chapters of the present but that ending omfg diving right into it asap.
🎧5⭐️
This is From blood & ash from cas/hawke pov as he tells poppy his side while shes in status. with a few chapters of the present but that ending omfg diving right into it asap.
June 22, 2026
It’s just so good!!!! 😭🥰
June 25, 2026
Book 2 is much better than the first half.
June 27, 2026
Why do I love these characters so much?
July 1, 2026
Majority of the book is a retelling from Cas' side previous books.
July 9, 2026
1st time reading this book. Loved hearing it in Casteel’s POV. But the ending left me confused af. lol
July 9, 2026
Well done re-telling from Cas's POV along with some progression with the story.
July 10, 2026
It was definitely good and on graphic audio, it was so much more entertaining
July 11, 2026
This became one of my favourite fantasies.
July 12, 2026
Cas’s POV 🖤
July 13, 2026
I really found this book so pointless. Yes, I enjoyed Cass's POV but like why?! It seemed so unnecessary to the plot and storyline.
July 14, 2026
Continuing to love the MMC’s point of view in this book! Definitely recommend if you’ve read the whole series thus far! Can’t wait for the next book!
July 17, 2026
What.was.the.POINT?!? I'll go up to 2.75....
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