From Blood and Ash
A girl raised as a holy vessel, forbidden to be touched or spoken to, is guarded by a man who does both. The premise is built entirely around denial, which is a cynical way to construct a romance and an extremely effective one. On the House's scale it rates 4 for spice (explicit), 5 for how much of the book is the romance, and 3 for craft. Readers who want forbidden romance where the prohibition is enforced by an entire state.
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How it rates
- Author
- Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Series
- Blood and Ash, book 1 · series ongoing
- Spice
- Spice 4 out of 5, Explicit4/5 · Explicit
- Romance
- 5/5
- Plot
- 3/5
- Worldbuilding
- 3/5
- Darkness
- 3/5
- Writing craft
- 3/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Point of view
- first person
- Ending
- Happy ever after · cliffhanger
- Setting
- The kingdom of Solis, under a religious order and a plague of the Cursed
- Audience
- Adult
- Pages
- 493
On the spice rating Frequent and explicit from the middle third onward, escalating steadily. How the scale works.
Content warnings violence, gore, sexual content, religious control.
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