The Crown of Gilded Bones

Blood and Ash, Book 3

By: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Bow Before Your Queen or Bleed Before Her...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book three in her Blood and Ash series.

She's been the victim and the survivor...

Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers.

The enemy and the warrior...

Poppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. But as the kingdoms’ dark sins and blood-drenched secrets finally unravel, a long-forgotten power rises to pose a genuine threat. And they will stop at nothing to ensure that the crown never sits upon Poppy’s head.

A lover and heartmate...

But the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossible - travel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. And as shocking secrets and the harshest betrayals come to light, and enemies emerge to threaten everything Poppy and Casteel have fought for, they will discover just how far they are willing to go for their people - and each other.

And now she will become Queen...

©2021 Jennifer L. Armentrout. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Jennifer L. Armentrout has absolutely blown me away with this entire series! I've turned into a swooning fangirl!"—New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione

"Completely unputdownable and utterly unforgettable. Armentrout grabs hold of you from the first page of TCOGB with her flawless storytelling, engaging characters and the unforeseen twists and turns."—New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg

"I didn't know I could be a bigger fan of this series than I already was, but boy was I wrong. Jen Armentrout surprises me at every page turn with higher stakes, hotter heat, shocking revelations, and a knows-no-bounds love that hits me deep, and I am here for it."—New York Times bestselling author Laurelin Paige

Too much smut and not enough action

The first couple books were awesome. They had just the right amount of Love Story and Action. This book is all sex and no story. It’s very frustrating since I want to know about what happens yet I find myself skipping large chunks just to return to the actual story and not all the smut. I have been waiting months for their book to come out and it has turned into a giant disappointment.

I just love this entire series

I can’t stop listening to this series. I generally get mad at endings but this series makes me just want more. I feel like this book is unique and funny and sexy and I recommend it to all of my girlfriends.

THE BEST and......

At first it's drove me crazy and then I was angry but I continued 🙃 and OMG 😲, I NEED THE 4TH INSTALLMENT NOW !!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent

Love the story. Excellent writing. And the BEST narrator I have ever had the pleasure to hear. Voices are distinctly different and both male and female voices fit their characters. She is quite talented. What a treat.

Wonderful

I enjoyed book 3 and can’t wait for book 4. The book ended really well.

Loved it

I loved this book. Sometimes the sex scenes between poppy and Prince Casteel would get a little intense and long. One of the things I loved about this book is that there were so many things that were unexpected in this book it always kept you guessing. Especially the end it was not at all what I expected. The narrator of this book was OK I did feel that she tried to hard and was overly dramatic in places but it was OK still.

Fantastic

I have fallen in love with these characters. The books themselves are amazing. Highly recommend to any women in need of a little escape. I do wish parts moved a little fast in this one. I feel like the characters spend far to much time in one room over multiple chapters with not alot happening, and then a big rush at the finish.. While I will without a doubt continue to read this amazing series, I could sleep better with softer cliff hangers.

🌻Another damn cliffhanger, ughhh🌻

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻V from Kansas🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

The fact that this book ended with a cliffhanger totally took me off guard. I had assumed this series was a trilogy, I was bummed to be wrong, especially since the fourth book hasn’t even been announced, yet. Usually, I won’t ever start a series, like this, unless The entire series has been released; the story always loses intensity if there is a long time between books😭

Overall, I have really enjoyed the first three books. There is mystery, intrigue, action and a magical romance. There are two issues I have had, so far. One issue is that 9 out of 10 revelations, end up being false. Meaning, in one chapter, a truth is revealed, then a few chapters later a new truth is revealed that disputes the previous revelation; it’s confusing!

The other thing I’ve found frustrating, is the Heroine’s constant inner dialogue that is full of doubts about this or that. She was more sure of herself when she was a captive. Now that she’s free, she seems to doubt, everything.

Other than these two things, I have loved this series and eagerly await the next book!

The book was fantastic!

My only issue is that the narrator uses the wrong tone CONSTANTLY. She speaks in a playful voice all the time when it’s mot called for. She makes it sound as if they’re having a laugh when they’re being serious.

My emotions are fully wrecked....

What the heck! That ending! I cried an literally laughed out loud, turned pink in the cheeks while reading this book. Fully thinking that this would be the last book to bring the story to an end and was fully surprised to see there’s more!

Can’t wait for the next book to be released, it won’t be soon enough!