To be honest, I never really bought the premise of this book. Also knock off that love polygon nonsense if Erik is included in this love geometry. I’ll give Sebastian credit because she sets up an interesting “mine madness” story for him in the next book, but I was never a fan of him in this installment. If I had to point out things I definitely didn’t want to see, it would be the childhood friend route romance with Blaise. I will say the last 50 pages pulled me over the edge of 3 stars. The ending of this book is way stronger than the beginning. I did have to wait until page 400 for things to get rolling, but I’ll definitely pick up the sequel, Lady Smoke. Ash Princess at least nails the 1st part with pretty decent writing. Rarely is it done with 1) good writing and 2) a novel and compelling way. I love princesses and the ragtag rise to power formula. The first 30 pages or so told me this was full of all the princess YA tropes we love to hate and hate to love. To be more specific, I had abysmally low expectations for Ash Princess.
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