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“You can’t outrun destiny just because you’re terrified of it..”

Seraphena Mierel | A Shadow in the Ember

• Flesh and fire series (book 1) [blood&ash prequel]

I am known as the Asher. The One who is Blessed. I am the Guardian of Souls and the Primal God of Common Men and Endings. I am Nyktos, the ruler of the Shadowlands, the Primal of Death.

Nyktos | A Shadow in the Ember

• Flesh and fire series (book 1) [blood&ash prequel]

After reading some reviews and posts rating the book with three stars (nothing less than that, and not taking into consideration the 'reviews' with a one-star rating because the person didn't even read the book), I got really scared of reading it because of what people mentioned were the problems with the book: from the lack of Kieran's development, the entire Joining stuff and threesome and how it made Kieran feel like a third wheel and how it felt like Poppy was cheating on Cas because she got closer to Kieran and was 'confused' about her feelings, among other things.

I got mad, said I'd forget about this book's existence, and other hurtful shit, but I'm not glad I said those things. At all.

I almost decided not to read it at all. I was planning to read only asite, and then I planned on not even touching the series again after all this backlash. And thank fuck I decided on not doing any of those things.

Then, I started seeing people commenting about death threats sent to Jennifer, the misogyny of some comments about the readers of the series, the fan service and all that, and it made me glad because I'm not one of those people.

At first, I believed it was fan service, that it only served a part of the fandom that really was looking forward to everything that happened in the book, and at this point, I haven't even read it and only knew what was going on because of reviews and comments from other people. But never in my thirty years of life, I have stooped so low to hurt someone else because I didn't like something they did, and I never will do that (I myself got some death threats because of some comments I made and some people didn't like it because of different opinions and all that, and I'm all for respecting different opinions and points of view on things).

But there's a fine line between not liking something, being a normal person and moving on, and not liking something and acting like a person with no heart, forgetting that on the other side of the rope there is another human being, and lowering your level to attack this person and completely disregard their feelings and all. If you do feel better by threatening people just for the sake of letting your feelings out and feeling complete about it, you just lose all the respect, lack the empathy and understanding of another person's point of view, and have no place of talking.

Before attacking an author or their books, remember they are human beings just like us, they have feelings, and most importantly: they have hearts. Death threats will never make you a better person, will never solve anything, and will only serve to worsen people's anxiety or any other conditions they have. If you don't like the book or the author, it's simple: don't fucking read them! Spend your time reading something you really like, or I don't know, as we say in my country: go wash some dishes in your sink, or something to occupy your time and your head, please! Save the book and the author for someone that really loves and cares for them, because there's always someone to do just that.

And yes, I'm definitely reading asite + twotq and continue loving both these series, because among many reasons, these books definitely got me from page one and it only got better and better. If I don't like the books, that's fine. I'll have the propriety to speak about it, share my feelings and thoughts about it, because that's what a regular reader should do, instead of reviewing something they didn't read or attacking an author because they didn't like the book they wrote.

I apologize for everything I said in previous posts about this book, and for those that got hurt for what I said. These words came from someone who felt betrayed, hurt, and scared of reading a book because of how people were reacting to it. I hope this post helps someone with giving a chance to the book, not going with the flow and having your own opinions based on what >you< read, not someone else.

Highlights of JLA's ASITE Spoiler chat held on 11/19/2021. This is mostly about ASITE but has several mentions of FBAA.

SPOILERS AHOY!!!

- Saion single as of right now

- Atlantia has always been in the mortal realm

- New places in Illesium: Mount Lothos (2nd book)

- Reaver and Jadis as a couple?? Maybe down the road possibly

- Jadis is Nektas only child

- Gyrms were mortal at one point. The ones in TCOGB were never mortal; created by a spell. Either way, Gyrm's bodily fluids are toxic. If Sera was 100% mortal, (ember of life protecting her), she would have been in trouble.

- The time difference between ASITE and FBAA is several hundred years not like the 1000+ Atlantians believed

- Draken have different eye colors for a reason and we'll learn why in book 2.

- Wont see any Wolven in ASITE, but you may see a seer

- Draken can be born anywhere. Gods' powers are tied to Illesium

- No Joining with gods and Primals

- Mortals were created long before Atlantians. No Atlantians in ASITE.

- Sotoria reincarnation always ends at a certain point in her life. The Ember did not let the soul be reborn until Sera.

- Ezra mentioned in TWOTQ

- Vikters die and return to Mount Lothos, they see their past lives, and then they go back (different reincarnation to Sotoria)

- Sera is aware of Poppy and what happened to her sons and is pissed at what has been done to all of them (Nyktos is the calmer of the two)

- Kolis is one of the OG Primals

- Callum NOT a god (HE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST REVENENT)**created by Kolis

- There's a reason Ascension was forbidden. Happened before Isbitch/Malec. The Ascension is different for sons/daughters (1st, 2nd, 3rd?)

- Second book will not have the Seratos pregnancy, but you will learn the reason why Malec/Ires are/were born in the mortal realm

- You have seen the symbol in the shadow temple is like the royal crest (in fbaa that's like the royal crest but different)

- Reavers parents are super dead by ASITE

- Prophecy from FBAA timeline; you'll understand in TWOTQ

- Lamont and Calliphe (Sera's parents) were Heartmates

- Nyktos nickname the Asher=same meaning of Ash tree

- Regarding where the gods nap, some legends/some true

- Do Holland and Penellaphe have a child? Someone we may have met? (GUILTY SMILE... answers MAYBE)

- Nyktos warm now because he fed off of Sera and she had the ember

- Draken mature differently. Reaver like mid-20s in Draken in TWOTQ even though he's extremely old to our standards.

- Da'Neers descend from Primal line and worked down into god lines. You have met the ones they are descended from but haven't met them yet.

- Atlantian=made by heartmate trials

- godlings=demigod (offspring and mortal)

- A lot of gods not mentioned. Hundreds+++ gods in ASITE (Greek mythology) all are asleep. (Focusing more on the Olympian twelve concept)

- Eythos dead by the time Nyktos was held captive by Kolis

- Might be 3 books.....

- Wolven and other Atlantians descend from god bloodlines. Some may be asleep as well and not died off.

- Lasania map is just Carsodonia. Same castle.

Poppy and Casteel - From Blood and Ash

Also Cas few moments later:

“I will never get enough of you.”

“You say that now….”

twotq teaser

A ripple of static hit the air, drawing a hiss from the golden Rev. Slowly, her eyes lifted to mine, and I saw it—the glow behind her pupils. The power throbbed and then spread in thin streaks of silver across those beautiful green eyes. The sight was fascinating. Stunning. That stubborn jaw of hers tightened. She didn’t blink, and I knew that look. Fuck. I’d been on the receiving end of it, right before she plunged a dagger in my chest.

And I wished we were someplace else, where I could show her with my lips and tongue and every part of me just how incredibly intriguing that display of violent power was.