Visions of Flesh and Blood: A Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium is live!
The essential guide to all things Blood and Ash and Flesh and Fire, this is a comprehensive, informative and entertaining encyclopedia for Jennifer L. Armentrout’s incredible fantasy world, and a must-have for fans of the series.
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Blurb
VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD: a Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium is a comprehensive companion guide for background, history, reader-favorite information, art, and reference materials. Combined with original short stories and scenes from some of the world’s most beloved characters, as well as never-before-seen visual enticements, it’s a treat for the senses.
Told from the point of view of Miss Willa herself, the compendium acts like research material but reads like a journal and cache of personal notes, allowing the reader to revisit the characters and history they so love yet view things in a different way.
VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD by Jennifer L. Armentrout with Rayvn Salvador is a must-add addition to the series that any Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire fan will enjoy.
Review
5 stars
The essential guide to all things Blood and Ash and Flesh and Fire, this is a comprehensive, informative and entertaining encyclopedia for Jennifer L. Armentrout’s incredible fantasy world, and a must-have for fans of the series.
If you’re the kind of reader who loves to completely immerse themselves in a fictional world, if you get lost while reading fantasy novels and need a reference guide to help you, if you forget series details in between book releases and need a refresher, of if you just cannot get enough of this incredible world that JLA has created, and the characters that inhabit it, this book is for you.
A couple of things to note – this is a world compendium. It is not a progression storyline for either of the series. And beware HUGE spoilers for all of the events of both series up to this point, so do not read this book if you haven’t read up to A Soul of Ash and Blood (Blood and Ash, #5) AND A Fire in the Flesh (Flesh and Fire, #3).
Written from the perspective of Mis Willa Colyns (author of the infamous erotic diary), there’s a personal aspect to the storytelling which makes it so entertaining (eg. “He can’t control his lust, and they have glorious, unfettered sex in the snowy forest. It brought back some very good memories for me.”) and allows us to get a different perspective of the events of both series so far.
The compendium contains:
- Pronunciation guide
- Glossary of terms
- World maps and location guides
- Character profiles
- Family trees and bloodlines
- Bonus scenes (including a Nyktos POV!)
- Exclusive artwork
- Timelines
- Playlists
- Quotes
- Some random chapters from Miss Willa’s diary (with some surprising partners) to inject some spice.
Through all of this we get descriptions about the magic, lore and political complexities of the world, as well as unique perspectives on the characters, their motivations and events that occurred off-the-page, and I loved all of the additional information which further fleshed out this world. I certainly picked up some things that hadn’t even occurred to me, or that I may have missed on my first (and second) reads through, and understand different aspects of the story so much better. I’m looking forward to continuing on with the series (and my next reread) with new perspectives to consider.
Armentrout and Ravyn Salvador have done a phenomenal job putting this collection together. It shows all of the work that goes into creating a world as complex and immersive as this one, and I’m even more in awe of all that Armentrout has built with this incredible story.
5 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author for an honest review.
Find Blood and Ash / Flesh and Fire reading order here
About the Author
#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Shepherdstown, 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 Border Jack Apollo. 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 a hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.
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