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[taymartiart]

Howdy! ✨ Since I can’t work due to carpal tunnel syndrome in both of my hands, I’m selling prints of my beloved Poppy Balfour from the Blood and Ash series.

Each 7” x 5” print comes with two bookmarks: one to match and one Feysand. ✨ $10 plus shipping ✨

You can find the original post of the painting here.

Thank you ✨

With love,

Tay

[forgottenswan]

”When it comes to the Consort and choice to act or not, she would weigh the concerns, toss them aside, hope no one was paying attention, and just do it." Dusky lashes lifted as he gave me a sideways glance.

"Sound familiar?"

"No," I muttered, and Reaver chuckled.

[elettraml]

𝓟𝓸𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓑𝓪𝓵𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓻

[whenwewereyoung97]

Fire in the Flesh spoilers (up to Ch. 39)

Parallels between Poppy’s ascension and Sera’s

[cabbagesandkings]

I just finished ASOAAB, and I enjoyed it, but there was something that kept bothering me. It took me awhile to place it, but I realized it’s because it was supposed to be Cas telling Poppy the story of how they met, and yet he referred to her in third person. Canonically, Poppy was the audience of the story, so he should have referred to her in second person.

I realize that decision was probably made by JLA and her editors because second person is hard to write and can be confusing for readers, but it would have been more realistic.

Was anyone these bothered by this or just me?

[rebelumbrella46]

*SPOILERS* From Blood And Ash/ The Flesh And Fire Series

Have you ever finished a book, looked back, and realized just how messy the family relationships are and how chaotic some of the characters' actions seem?

Take FBAA, for example:

It all starts with Kolis setting his eyes on Sotoria. She’s so terrified that she runs off a cliff and dies. (Still not buying that she ran just because she was scared—unless maybe he made a move on her, she rejected him, and his real form came out in a rage, which is what truly sent her running.)

Then Kolis visits Sotoria's family to break the news, and Callum—her brother—just decides to follow her into death. But instead of letting him go, Kolis holds him while he dies and then brings him back to life. And what does Callum do? He just sticks around with the obsessed god responsible for his sister’s death and endless torment.

Next, Kolis kills his own twin, Eythos, in retaliation for keeping Sotoria's soul away from him. But then he regrets it—so he traps Eythos' soul in a diamond and hangs it over the cage where he keeps the women he’s been abusing for years.

Before all that, Eythos had made a deal to get his son, Nyktos, a wife while also protecting the embers of life. But Nyktos is like, no thanks, and literally removes his own Kardia after seeing how "love" turned his uncle into a monster.

Fast-forward to Nyktos’ children—twins Malec and Ires. Malec, up until where I’m reading, decided he wanted to explore, be worshipped by mortals, build an empire, get married, cheat on his wife with countless mistresses, and then finally settle down when he finds his heartmate, Isbeth.

Then there’s Eloana, Malec's wife—In jealousy she poisons Isbeth, and she keeps it a secret, lying about what she did and about who Queen Illeana really was.

Isbeth, who dies and is denied resurrection by her own would-have-been father-in-law, loses her baby son and her heartmate. So, in revenge (thinking Eloana and Valyn killed Malec when they actually entombed him), she builds an empire. But when Malec’s twin, Ires, comes looking for him, Isbeth—with Callum’s help—cages him, forces him to be with her (even if she claims it was consensual, I’m not buying it), and has two children with her would-have-been brother-in-law.

She then tries to ascend her firstborn, Milicent, using Eloana's second son's blood, Casteel’s blood—since she also captured him in revenge against Eloana. But when Milicent dies, she turns her into a revenant, one of Kolis' creations.

And yet again, she decides to have another child with Ires.

Enter Poppy. She has to suffer the same life Sera did—being a Maiden. Then she gets kidnapped by her guard, Hawke, who she falls in love with… only to find out he’s actually the Dark One, the Prince of Atlantia—who she believes killed her parents.

And then there’s Casteel, who also falls in love with her but initially planned to exchange her for his brother, Malik.

Speaking of Malik—he’s Eloana’s firstborn (who she probably named after her first husband, Malec, whom she entombed). Malik has been a prisoner for almost a hundred years under Isbeth after trying to rescue Casteel. But plot twist: he’s not exactly an unwilling prisoner because he turns out to be the heartmate of Isbeth’s first daughter, Milicent. Except… he was supposed to be betrothed to Poppy and ascend her into godhood to fulfill some prophecy about the end of the realms, which is also the reason why he tried to have her murdered (when she was a child) by the Craven, also side effects of Kolis' actions.

But surprise! Poppy and Casteel are heartmates, so they get married and the union is blessed by Nyktos. And guess what? Poppy isn’t just Isbeth and Ires’ daughter—she’s also the first and only Primal of Life and Death, granddaughter of Nyktos and Seraphena Miriel, and the reincarnation of Sotoria—who (as far as I’ve read and suspect) is also an ancestor of Seraphena and the reason all of this happened in the first place.

And to top it all off? Kolis is still alive—and he needs a sacrifice to fully awaken.

So Isbeth decides to kill her heartmate, Malec, because even though she still loves him—and despite all the monstrous things she has done—she truly loves her daughters and refuses to sacrifice them. But in the end, she is killed by her would-have-been mother-in-law, Sera, the Primal of Life, when Sera (sort of) possesses Poppy, whose soul had (in a way) been inside Sera hundreds of years ago.

Poppy goes into Stasis.

Casteel turns into a cave cat—and he is (possibly) a descendant of Attes, the Primal of War, who swore to help Sotoria and may have even had feelings for her. Which makes me wonder… what will happen when they meet again? (I haven't finish TFAF series so i don't know if he makes it out alive or not, i hope he does.)

Anyways, why do I feel like Poppy is going to wake up and have no memory of anything? They just mentioned that some people who ascend don't remember their past when they wake up from Stasis—Sera woke up remembering, but I have a feeling they might take a different route with Poppy. What if she doesn’t remember her current lifetime at all, but instead recalls only her past ones? We might end up seeing just Sotoria in the next book.

What. A. Mess.

[unyieldingwings]

I LOVE HOW REAVER JUST TAKES NOTE OF WHO POPPY WANTS TO KILL. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

[cpeersmann]

Casteel and Poppy!

Guys I am SCREAMING!!!! THIS is my poppy! The perfect amount of fluff, thick thighs and the scars, 😭 she is beautiful, so perfect I’m crying!

If you know who’s art this is please comment, they deserve all the praise and credit for this! 🥹

[forgottenswan]

So I don’t remember the specific mentions of Poppy’s hair from FBAA, but now I’ve been paying more attention to how her hair is described as the colour of red wine… Yet all the fan art I’ve seen depicts her with a more orange hair? Why?

[ryxxla]

just finished The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L Armentrout… I don’t know why it’s getting so much hate. I looooooooveeeeed it.

The joining scene was 💋🤌. I think she wrote it so good, like the way she focused more on the feelings through all three of them and not just the physical intimacy. And the way their relationship stayed the same but also evolved throughout the books, how Kieran was always there for poppy and she was always there for him was so sweet. I don’t understand how people don’t understand that poppy and kieran’s love for each other is different than the love poppy and casteel have for each other.

also the scene where he lost control……. oh my god, it lived up to my expectations so good.

AND DELANO. DELANO!!!!!! he might be my favorite character throughout the series, he’s such a baby and so underrated and I love him and perry. ALSO REAVER!!!! he’s so funny and his sarcasm is on point every single time.

to sum it up, I think The Crown of Gilded Bones was not the best, but twotq made up for it and got me not wanting to stop reading the whole time

[hiloedits]

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[adrianvokov]

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[positivewitch]

She who carries the blood of the King of Gods, the Liessa, and the true heir of Atlantia—Penellaphe Balfour Da’Neer, the Queen of Flesh and Fire

[cakesunflower]

my favorite artwork from From Blood and Ash/A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. my favorite book couple.

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[maddiesflame]

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[fictionalcharactersruinedme]

What I really hoped for Book 4 of From Blood and Ash (or in any of the next FBAA #? book)?

Poppy came up to Casteel dressing up as what she wore at the Red Pearl to COMPENSATE for breaking her promise to wait for him ‘til he return.

Then I wonder if Cas finally admits that he is OUT OF CONTROL. Prolly be aggressively and passionately but lovingly be taking off the mask and dress.

Also this is a way for Poppy to comfort her husband after that vindictive bitch touched him.

Yes yes Jennifer gave us a lot of sexy, spicy, hot, random, impromptu steamy PoppyCas scene but just needed to know what move does Cas have when he sees her in that.