the war of two queens jennifer armentrout

Together, Poppy and Casteel must embrace traditions old and new to safeguard those they hold dear-to protect those who cannot defend themselves. Not if she has any hope of building a future where both kingdoms can reside in peace. With the strength of the Primal of Life’s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way-because there can be no retreat this time. Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. Now that I’ve had my first pass at what’s out there, I do want to reread to really understand all of the primals, gods, etc.Casteel Da’Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could’ve prepared for the staggering revelations. Will I read it again… maybe skim or just skip the first 45 percent. There are definitely more things that I loved about this book than hated, but it was NOT my favorite of this series by a long shot. I wish there had been more of a gradual decline in her power and not just a rise in Poppy’s. She’s been the “evil” character for 4 books and Poppy offed her in 2 chapters, one was pretty short in comparison to every other chapter Armentrout writes. I’m here for the love story, like I’m sure several other readers are and she wiped it all out for what seemed like eons. I know Poppy and Kieran had to build their relationship while Casteel was held captive by the Blood Queen, but it took me FOREVER to get through the first half of the book because their love story went down the drain. We get all the romance from Poppy and Casteel and then she throws this amazing love story in behind the scenes. FhhiiINALLY! This is the most epic enemies to lovers/more than friends relationship. However, I felt her relationship with her F-I-L fell short and was fast forwarded like Armentrout got bored writing that section and moved through it quickly.

Moving through the series, there’s a lot of relationships that are built up, but a LOT of this book was spent on how Poppy uses her current relationships (love, platonic, friends, etc.) to help her build up others. And, that’s a shame for you because Armentrout has built up this world in such a memorizing way with such beauty.

If you are a skimmer or have a hard time slowing down to read and visualize at the same time, you’re going to struggle. If you read this through slow enough you can see everything very clearly. Let’s start with what I loved about this book. I have CONSUMED the FBAA books like rapid fire over the past three months (I’m a mom of 4 so time is of the essence right now, so that’s fast for me at the moment.) Let me start off my saying this book series is one of those, “I wish I could go back and reread it from the very beginning as if I’d never read a single word” series.

The war of two queens jennifer armentrout