Visions of Flesh and Blood: A Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium

Tammy Manning

The ultimate Flesh & Fire and Blood & Ash world guide

"This book really is the Blood and Ash, and Flesh and Fire world bible. It contains everything that you need to know from both of these series. Each character has their own section that tells their features, personalities, habits, mannerisms, background, and what their part in these stories has been. It’s basically everything you need in one handy guide. While this is a compendium of both worlds so it may feel like it’s just a rehash of information, I can absolutely say that reading this formed connections for me that I just didn’t see before. Along with that we also get extra scenes that we get only in this book, gorgeous artwork, and a hilarious interview Kieran. And of course it wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t get some of Miss Willa’s famous diary entries. This book is exactly what you need if you’re like me and tend to forget some (alright, most) things between books in a series if you’re not reading them all back to back. I will definitely be referring back to this as I’m reading if I need to look up a character that I’ve forgotten. Oh and did I mentioned the artwork already right? The ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS artwork that I was in awe of? Yep, I’ll definitely be going back to look at that artwork as I’m reading too. ["

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February 20, 2024 Verified Purchase

E

Meh, I would have preferred the next Blood & Ash book

"Pros: It is nice to have the easy reference for the characters and their family/ relationships/ powers/ etc. Especially if I'm going to to a reread in the future. There were also new tidbits of info about the characters in their bios. The couple new scenes with Poppy/ Cas and Nyktos/ Sera were a nice touch. I'm not good with imagining designs and details, so I appreciated the pictures of the characters and crowns. The artwork inside the cover of the hardback was beautiful. It is nice to have a summary of the plots and history if I don't want to reread before the next one comes out. Cons: It was 95% just a summary of what we've already read. It's not even a finsished summary, because neither series is complete yet. It's a little annoying to spend money on essentially 2 bonus scenes with a few extra pictures. The maps were already provided in the other books, so they didn't add much. As stated in the "pros" section, I did appreciate the visuals, HOWEVER, they're in black and white unless you get the kindle version. The inside covers are the only non black & white artwork, which means you lose a lot of detail. They are still beautiful illustrations, but the original coloring is better. I bought both the hardcover and kindle, so at least I can see them in color. I get that it's expensive to add color pages to books, but plenty of people have done it before and if you're going to make a comprehensive compendium, make it worth our while. I also didn't get anything from the Willa entries. They didn't add anything. I guess if you're interested in her diary, it provides a snapshot of what it's like, but I don't think they were a necessary addition to the compendium. The hardback doesn't have a table of contents, so you have to flip through to find what you want. I feel as though a guide should tell you exactly where to find the information. The kindle obviously lets you click on the specific chapter you want. All in all, it's just ok. I would have preferred the focus be on the next Blood and Ash instead and release this after both series are completed, so everything is there. ["

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February 21, 2024 Verified Purchase

Amanda H.

WAY TOO REPETITIVE!!!! Expected MORE!!!

"Let me say this first, I have absolutely loved all of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s books until this one… I am only about halfway through it and I am so sick of reading the same exact information over and over again and again… this book is so repetitive it’s exhausting! I only cared to read details about literally every single character in the book series thus far once, maybe twice in separate books. However with this book omg I swear I have read and reread the same details about literally every single character more than two to three times SO far! I am honestly dreading reading the rest of the book at this point because holy crap, how many times do I need to read the descriptions of every person?!? I was looking forward to reading the next book in the series but not if it’s going to be like this one. I’d have to say that if it wasn’t for all the “steamy” pages in this one it definitely would NOT be worth reading. A couple nights I have actually fallen asleep while reading, more than once! After very happily reading all the other books from JLA I was definitely expecting a LOT more from this one… ["

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September 14, 2025 Verified Purchase

Mariana Serra

The Ultimate World Compendium

"Visions of Flesh and Blood is the 5.5 book of the Blood and Ash series and its a book compendium of the world. As jen calls it its the Fba encyclopedia. Don't go into this book thinking its the continuation of the story, its not. We do have some new content but its bonus material, some funny scenes, interesting in their own way but they don't move the story forward. That being said, this book is the must have of book collectors. For us, book dragons, who love to hoarder pretty books as much as we like to read them. There is amazing fanart on this pages and I can't wait to see it on my physical copy once it arrives. This is a book for information, its not exactly the book you pick and read back to back, its more the faithful companion you pick up when you need a refresher of things. Its a lot of information. Everything from the Fba world from character arcs to world building, the rules of the unirverse, names of gods, all the species and creatures and everything in between, all there simplified for us. Its amazing how they managed to do this. It will be extremely useful in future books and rereads. The new content is a nice refresh from all the information and I feel like that was their purpose - little breaks for us with a lighter content. The Miss Willa's diary entries are exactly as sinfull as we all believed and what readers everywhere have been asking for. Let me tell that women leads an interesting life.... This was certainly a different type of reading but there is no doubts that its an amazing world compendium. It promises and it delivers, its has everything we need to know and then some. Can't wait to have my hands on my beautiful hardback! ["

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February 20, 2024 Verified Purchase

Tamara Bonneru

total waste of money and time

"Don't get me wrong. Books 1 thru 5 were incredible and I will read them again I'm sure but book 6 is nothing more than the life and times of the cast of characters. I eagerly purchased it without reading a sample thinking it would continue the story and would show Poppy waking up and knowing those she loved and would continue her journey and life with Cas. When I realized that it was not in fact a continuation of the story I skipped page after page hoping it would come to that. Sadly, I ended up reading maybe 5 pages total. I learned a valuable lesson. Always, always read a sample. ["

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April 3, 2024 Verified Purchase