| Title | : | Ashes of Chaos (Legacy of the Nine Realms, #2) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | ebook |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 |
| Publication | : | First published September 28, 2020 |
Dark magic has taken hold of the lands as Aria finds herself in the middle of an ongoing war while playing cat and mouse with Knox, who hunts her relentlessly. To make matters worse, Aria's creature has grown impatient and is doing everything she can to get back to the monster within Knox, even knowing that Aria's heart is on the line.
How far will Aria go to protect those she loves from Knox's wrath? How long can she evade the man stalking her every waking hour as her body and mind fight against the growing need for him to claim her? Can she break the curse that has plagued the Hecate bloodline for over 500 years while protecting her heart?
Maybe the answers lie with the mysterious silver-haired men that have come to Aria's aid, or perhaps they are just like everyone else wanting to kill or claim her, realizing she is the key to winning the war. Aria intends to bring the Nine Realms and the male stalking her to their knees in this fast-paced, action-packed, and sexy epic fantasy adventure.
Ashes of Chaos (Legacy of the Nine Realms, #2) Reviews
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What the heck just happened? I feel like I was cheated out of half a book. The storyline is still super interesting. However, I had to push through the fact that around 50% of this is Aria and Knox going on about their intense lust for each other. The first three chapters alone were repetitive metaphors and similes of how intensely Aria wants to repeat bang Knox. Like I get she’s in heat, and the book has strong enemy-to-lovers vibes, but I really like the underlying plot and character development and time felt wasted.
Knox is still a dick but he’s just beginning to evolve. Actually, somehow he got both meaner and more empathetic. Probably because all his issues are being prodded.
Aria is still arrogant and crazy enough to be enjoyable. Like I really shouldn’t enjoy reading about her dancing around covered in blood singlehandedly laying siege, but I do. That’s just Aria being Aria. Knox makes her stupid though so I’m in agreement with her creature. Who we didn’t hear enough from.
I honestly trust no one in this story, everyone is too focused on theirselves. Which puts me on Team Blow It All Up.
I need more unfiltered Lore too, he’s the right amount of creepy and good humoured.
But honestly after the release was pushed from Spring to Fall I’m upset that so much of this book got dedicated to repetitive prose about Aria and Knox lusting. I feel cheated because Hutchins is a great storyteller but it felt like she fell asleep at the wheel, drifted, shot red bull and vodka, wrote some amazing scenes, and then drifted again. I don’t know why the repetition wasn’t corrected when making revisions. I know she’s been writing like crazy but I would have waited a bit longer if it meant the sequel would be as good as the first.
My inner Canadian is making me want to apologize for honest critique because I still intend to follow the series. So don’t get me wrong the book is still great it just wasn’t as cleanly made as the first which threw me off. Here’s hoping the Winter release of the third isn’t pushed to Summer unless absolutely necessary.
3.75 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 81% B+/A- -
After reading several books by this author it appears that her style includes monologuing for 2 to 3 pages, and repeating the same lines over and over and over again. MY goodness!!! The story concept is a good one, but the execution could definitely use some work.
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Hutchins took a while longer to publish this book, so I was thinking, hey, she's taken time to edit it and proof it correctly, yay!
Oh. I was wrong. I don't know what the delay was, but it wasn't spent on editing and proofreading. Not much at least. I don't know what kind of goombas she uses to proof and edit her books, but they need to read a grammar book and take an editing course.
The first 34 pages consist of Aria going on about how perfect Knox's penis is, and about how he makes her vag clench. Literally. She wanders around the 9 Realms, being moist. Then something else happens with the evil witches, and she's back to clenching and being moist. There's a lot of "build up", I suppose you'd call it, of when she and Knox finally get together, but when they do, she gets naked and slithers all over him and declares that her pussy is out of bounds. And being the MeToo kinda guy Knox is, he honors that. Yeah.
Hutchins misses some great opportunities to create a female-run society where nobody is ever called a whore, because women should NEVER call each other whore, but she misses the mark, and this is just so much alpha chest beating. Aria is often as abusive as Knox is. And I don't care how much chemistry you have with someone, if they choke you out and it's not fun times, I think it's time to call the relationship a bust and move on. (As an aside, if you're a man and you call yourself an alpha badass, chances are, you aren't.)
About that editing thing- this book should have been at least 75 pages shorter due to oft-repeated themes and situations. There is literally a paragraph written two ways, obviously meant for one of the two to be deleted and never was. There is no sense that the plot is moving forward at all, there's barely a lateral move. It just stagnates with Aria and Knox rubbing on each other. And they're not even sexy about it. And the run-on sentences, oy. Here's an example:
"I've enjoyed the taste of you, and the wonder lighting those beautifully expressive eyes when you screamed my name, dripping your arousal down my chin as you tried to escape my tongue while your body unraveled in an orgasm." pg 107.
First of all, gross. Second of all, that's at least two sentences.
In a review for a different Hutchins book, I mentioned that it would be a good idea if she were going to write battle scenes if she read The Art of War by Sun Tzu. It appears she read enough of it to quote it a couple of times, so good on her for taking suggestion and doing a little research into something that could potentially give her writing more depth. Unfortunately, it's limited to a couple of quotes. Then again, not a lot of battle takes place in Ashes, so there's that.
What Hutchins really needs is a writing class. They would break her out of all these bad habits she's gotten into with her writing, and maybe give her some grammar points. The word 'yet' is used 109 times in a 396 page book. She uses it as filler, as a conjunction, as a connector, as just something to say when she has nothing else to say. Compare that to Jim Butcher's Battle Ground, which has 401 pages, only used the word 'yet' 28 times. You see the problem? 'Flesh' is used 89 times, which is down from her all time high of something like 150 times in 350 pages, but it's still too much. Then with the clenching. Someone 'clenched' something, be it teeth or vag, 60 times. ''Lips" was used 263 times. Oh my WORD. Find a THESAURUS and learn to use it! There is also the problem of mis-used words. Like corporal as opposed to corporeal, hazardly for haphazardly, things like that. I don't know if she just doesn't quite know what the words mean, if they're typos, or what. It happens often enough to be a problem. (Before someone freaks out that I know word counts, it's a function of my Nook app on my ipad. It's nifty that way.)
It did not escape my notice that there's an evil witch character named Asil (which is a palindrome for Lisa) who is an annoying know-it-all and apparently insufferable in every way. She meets a grim demise, which I won't elaborate on in case you're actually going to read this mess. But you know what? There's a reason some people are know-it-alls. They have age, experience, education, and they continue to educate themselves throughout their lives. People who don't educate themselves are lazy. You don't have to go to college to educate yourself. Pick up a book. Read it. Learn something. But you won't learn much of anything from this steaming pile but a couple of nifty Sun Tzu quotes.
I suppose Hutchins has the last laugh, because I actually paid money for this. I think this one is my last. The early promise she showed in her writing just seems gone. I suspect a lot of that has to do with her community of minions. She asks their opinions, and then writes accordingly, so her own work is more of a bad fan fic of herself.
I put off reading this for several days, and I haven't read any reviews, so I don't know what anyone else thinks. If it's her fan club, I'm sure it's all glowing reviews, because they're just so enamored of what she's done in the past they'll accept any crap she throws against the wall now. I started off loving her work, but it's come down to this, and has become unreadable. Enter at your own peril. -
”You’re not pretty,” he stated, causing my eyes to narrow on him. “You’re fucking gorgeous. I won’t allow them to alter that beautiful soul or mind of yours, not even a little.”
Amelia has seriously created my addiction. These books are raw, brutal, amazing, and I can’t get enough!
I loved seeing Aria being the boss witch we all knew she was! I do think she needs to not be so trusting of her surroundings since I definitely don’t trust Aurora. Seeing Aria and Knox’s push and pull, cat and mouse, love hate relationship will have your emotions all over the place and loving every minute of it.
Every time Knox referred to Aria as “my girl” or “my woman” I squealed a little inside. My man (and yes I mean MINE) is growing and accepting those feelings!!
Every time I read scenes with Lore, Brander and Greer I fall more and more in love with them. They are the type of funny a**holes I’d love to be around haha
I flew through this book and I’m happy Ruins of Chaos will be out soon because I don’t think I could wait months to see what happens after that ending.
5/5 ✰’s -
Sorry could've been better
For the first three quarter's of the book you have Aria running, Knox chasing her, he saying naughty sexual things, Aria destroying brings with a lot of blood. Than we repeat this running and chasing over and over for 70% of the book. Ugh very REPETITIVE! I had to keep putting the book down because it just got annoying. I found myself skimming and rolling my eyes wondering why the book wasn't shorter and less repetitive.
I miss the way this Author wrote the Fae Chronicles, what happened? I hope the 3rd book is better. Only people I actually liked was Lore and Esme. -
Bad words! Bad review.
Why? Why. Why... Just, why? Let’s ignore ALL the obvious red flags about—bleh—Knox and wonder... What piece of common sense has to be rattling around in his empty peanut of a brain for the man to get unabashedly upset and possessive when he finds out that somebody has beat up “his woman”.... when seconds ago he was the one literally whacking her across the face?....
Excuse me?
No,
Excuuuuuseeee meeeee?????!!!
“I pulled back”, “She deliberately upset me(WITH WORDS!)” and “I didn’t know she was already hurt” are not only one of the worst excuses I have ever heard from an abuser, they are THE most pathetic ones because Knox doesn’t even tell them to HER, he says it to his dum-dum buddies when they have an “Abuse her emotionally, that’s fine, but hitting is too much bro” sesh, and a moment later discuss how loud Aria moans in bed and how each and every one would love to tap a piece of that.......
I am disappointed in all the people that left a positive review. Sincerely, disgusted by you guys.
I’ve been waiting for this... man... to redeem himself, ignoring the poker branding (wtf!), the imprisonment, the slave comments, the pathetic way Aria spread her legs every time he reminded her of her worthlessness because she’s just so horny and only HE can help, and all the annoying sexual comments that come from EVERY. SINGLE. character in these books. I get that it’s smut, but it’s ridiculous! Your sisters repeatedly yelling out to a field full of men that you haven’t popped that cherry? It’s like the author pointed a giant red arrow that led straight to Aria’s genitalia every other paragraph or so. It was gross and violating.
I cringed hard every time she was sobbing from physical or emotional pain (inflicted by him 99% of the time) and he patronizingly patted her on the head like a whining dog and fucked her afterwards. Because her inner monster is just oh so hornyyyy and she just couldn’t refuuuuuse. Yuck.
Until this point I’ve held on to the fleeting, pathetic, hope that Aria might wake up one day and just drop Knox’s ass until he redeemed himself, but oh god, how wrong was I. These books where like witnessing a repeating car crash with hope that at least some of the passengers will stay alive, but then watching each and every one of them burn, one after another. Over and over and over again. Like Knox’s dead kid—ha! I am not even remotely sorry about that one—the ultimate excuse Knox (or more accurately, the author) uses to kill thousands upon thousands of innocent witches, including those same kids. I guess to him it doesn’t matter if it wasn’t born from his seed.
Isn’t that the man of your dreams?
Hey! Quit swooning before he takes advantage of you!
What?
You have no recollection of your monster persona being horny and “seducing” the strongest—choke—alpha king across all the worlds when he could’ve easily restrained himself? That’s completely not his fault for using your body while you went afk, you know?
In these books, Knox did not give two craps about Aria, but she was supposed to give a thousand about him. The sad part is that she did and he repeatedly used that to satisfy his needs. Knox was the one who called ALL the shots from the beginning, it never balanced out. Even after, I repeat, HITTING her, it didn’t grace his greatness to think about the choices he was making! But what am I talking about? It’s page 775 of book TWO and he STILL actively calls and considers her a stupid slave that doesn’t know any better, even inside his mind. So this isn’t some kind of ploy to hurt her when he actually feels otherwise, he literally thinks she’s worth nothing.
Ladies, we can honestly do so much better than this.
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Coming soon ..... Book 2 of this brutal war that may destroy a culture. Or, will there be a new reign??? Come follow the story of Knox & Aria, in Flames of Chaos, it’s guaranteed to rip your soul apart with sweet excruciating ecstasy in the art of love and war❤️❤️❤️
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“You’re not dying, Aria. I won’t allow that to happen. You are mine."
Ashes of Chaos is the second book in the Legacy of the Nine Realms. Now that Aria has discovered the truth about Knox, she will stop at nothing to protect her family and to keep him from catching her. Knox is torn as he cannot explain the attraction he has for Aria, and yet, he knows that she is not good for him. As enemies, they can never be happy together. Aria refuses to stop fighting and uses every breath in her body to wage war on Knox and his men.
“Oh, you sweet summer child. I am a fucking army.”
Told in dual POV, Ashes of Chaos is another unbelievable addition to this series. Knox is an anomaly. You love him, you hate him, and no matter how hard he fights to protect Aria, he is the one that brings her more pain and torment than anyone. As more of the mystery continues to be revealed, I cannot help but be drawn even further in. Will Aria and Knox ever find a way to be together? With passion, suspense, and non-stop intrigue, I am captivated by this world and dying for more."You’re lust, and I’m carnage. You’re a beauty, but that hides that vicarious bitch that’s itching for you to release her.”
Overall, Ashes of Chaos will appeal to paranormal romance fans who enjoy a spunky heroine and an alpha hero. This is an enemies-to-lovers classic with a huge paranormal twist. I highly recommend you clear your schedule because when you start this series, you will not be able to stop!
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4.5 stars ⭐️
I love this world. I am addicted!
I did have to deduct 1/2 a star because of minor editing some issues. Also, the whole back and forth between Knox and Aria got a little old.
But overall, this is one of my all-time favourite series. I can’t wait until the next one! -
4 hot-tension filled stars
Updated with safety info. There’s owd/omd… I didn’t realize how much ugh. The owd pisses me off (I appreciate all the omd since Knox is an ass most of the time 🤷🏻♀️).
Initial review:
Book 2 starts off from where book one left off. Aria’s in a completely different world that she’s never been to and has to go through the motions of getting adjusted. Knox’s hunting her down constantly while she’s trying to clean up all of the bad things witches have been doing for hundred of years. This means that sometimes she has to kill witches that are similar to her. But, they can’t continue to do the bad things that they have been doing, killing innocent people all in the name of their dark paths and agendas. I will say, I love the hunt and tension between Aria and Knox. He has marked her and is able to find her pretty quickly. Unfortunately, this exhausts her because she’s constantly having to run from one place to the next. But I love that she always has a plan and is ready to go through a portal to a different area😈. In the meantime, she’s protecting her family and they’re all trying to do the same thing as her; they need to clean up all the bad things that have been happening that they were not aware of.
This book is long; but it didn’t feel long because of everything that was happening. We meet new people (tons of new people) and then we see Aria connecting with her family, even Dimitri. Because Aria’s running from Knox, her inner beast’s missing out on the physical connection with him. In fact, she goes through heat and is away from Knox, which makes it unbearable for her. Nothing’s alleviating the pain and ache she feels because she’s not with him. He uses this to his advantage, of course, but she’s really good about not giving in. I actually really liked Brander (even in book 1), Lore and ESPECIALLY Greer🥰. They defend her and even make Knox jealous/see reason when he’s being unreasonable. I hope that they get their own book lol.
We start to get hints of what she might be but then we don’t get the full answer. We meet others that are like her and we meet other people that want to mate with her. But Knox won’t let that happen, because she is his😈💅. I do like that she isn’t giving into him, isn’t caving to the physical demands her body wants from him, which all adds to the sexual tension🔥 and the raw🥵, visceral heat between them😅. I’m all for that lol. The tension is painful, i the most delicious way 🥵😈 and I love that Knox is able to rattle and… um… soothe 😅 her aches 😉.
SPOILERS AHEAD ISH
Things that annoyed me during me reread:
The OW scenes 😒. Sure. He doesn’t smexx any of them, but whyyyy include them?! Ugh. Whyyy?!? One gets naked and close to him (my insides are churning as I write this) and he kisses her neck after she tattoos him🤢🤬. One was just flirting with Knox and another gets naked to fight Aria 🙄. She couldn’t just keep her dress on? Like really? The only reason why I didn’t lower the stars more is because there was more intense OM scenes. Now these I didn’t mind AT ALL 😈💅. Knox deserves them after being an a$$.
The way Knox was wishy washy. PICK A LANE lol. Man, I understood why Aria constantly pushed him away and “passed”. He hates her but can’t help wanting her. I appreciated when his soft side came out. But then he became a total d!ck. I hated when he slapped her 🤬 I totally got emotional AGAIN reading that scene, especially because of how Aria was feeling. And Greer 🥺❤️. Gawd. I love him. That’s when I fell in love with him 🥰.
I wasn’t the biggest fan of the other perspective we got (Soraya). In fact, the first time it appeared, I was confused!
The other thing was the grammar mistakes. I feel like I noticed it more in this book versus in book 1.
Overall, I still enjoyed the book for the most part, but I think this is now the third time I reread this book, and I’m definitely more sensitive to ow stuff compared to before 😂.
⚠️safety squad⚠️
-no cheating/sharing
-violence/bloodshed/gore
-praise kink/edging/blood play/spanking/breath play
-side character recalls getting r@p€d
-h remembers her smexxual a$$ault from book 1
-H slaps h after she’s involved in fights and was beat up by a guard- he doesn’t realize she’s hurt 🙄and regrets it after 😒
-OW: OW1- kisses H’s back before tattooing him, then she gets naked and H grabs her hair and kisses her neck on purpose while h watches 🤬. OW2 flirts with h and touches his armor. H whispers in OW2’s ear. OW3 is fighting h (not related to H) and OW3 takes off her dress. All the men notice (including H). Such a stupid scene (she had no need to take her dress off- such a gratuitous action)
-OM- OM1 spends lots of time with h beginning of the book- isn’t afraid to how… um… happy he is to see her while naked. OM1 also helps naked h get on alter and protect her. He wants her. OM2 appears, kisses h’s neck and mouth sensually while H is watching. He also grabs her breasts in front of H (the whole scene is sensual 😬). OM3 touches h and wants her. H sees this. -
unfortunately, not quite an improvement from the first book. if anything, this is even more slow, even more uneventful.
the angst of sexual tension can only carry characters so far and it doesnt quite make up for the lack of everything else. i would have thought there would be more to show for nearly 500 pages of story, but hardly anything happens.
that being said, i never felt like i wanted to put the book down. i was still entertained, but i just wanted more.
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Definitely Chaos...
I get it...lots and lots of lusty thoughts. Ashes of Chaos was all about the lusty thoughts and was a fairly humorous journey watching Aria try to be one step ahead of Knox. She knows that if she succumbs to the lust she feels, he will take control of her and use her for her powers. Knox wants to hate Aria but is drawn to her. There were plenty of times I just wanted them to cave in to their lust, but, there were plenty of times I wanted Aria to keep that douchewaffle away.
Aaah...the magic of an Amelia Hutchins paranormal romance.
I decided a little while back that the only way to truly enjoy an Amelia Hutchins story is to not read it. I now have to patiently wait for all of her stories to come out in the audio format to avoid her badly edited stories. I'm sure they have improved significantly but I'm not sure it's worth risking it. Besides that, I actually enjoy the narrators' performances.
I am a sucker for her growly heroes and headstrong heroines.
I lose myself in worlds far away from what I know.
I enjoy watching the cat and mouse games being played out, knowing that when he catches her, it's going to be HOT!
I will be going on with the Legacy of the Nine Realms series...as soon as it comes out on audio.
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This book was better, the worldbuilding, the story. Even tho there were some repetitive scenes and descriptions, it was easy to get past them and enjoy the actual story.
We find more about the Nine Realms, the characters.
We see character development and we see THEIR relationship evolving to something more ... deep
I loved it!
Now I'm gonna start reading the 3rd book because I need to know what happens!
"I would take the heads of those who had harmed my friends and enemies.
I was Aria Hecate, and I wasn’t dying like some weak-minded witch."
Still a badass bitch, my Aria. -
It says "coming spring 2020". Hasn't spring come and gone already?
I want to read this book so much!
Update:
Man…this series is so addictive. It’s so chaotic, fucking graphic, ruthlessly unapologetic, dark, sexy, hot and intense. Ashes of Chaos is Lust and Carnage..and I can’t seem to get my eyes off it. -
This book is intended for readers 18+ and contains mature sexual themes, as well as trigger warnings for sexual abuse.
I am so conflicted with what to rate this book because while it had a lot of things I typically wouldn't like, I couldn't stop reading and was throughly entertained?
This second book in the series takes us into the Nine Realms, where Aria is wrecking havoc. There is a cat and mouse chase between her and Knox. One of the things that kept me on my toes is that we don't always know where the love interest, Knox's, head is at. One second it seems like he is being caring of Aria, and then he falls right back on his old ways. It can definitely be frustrating at times, but other times fuels the constant sexy tension between the two. I am kept hooked by seeing where the relationship between the two will go.
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Ooooh this next book is going to be hectic as!!! Im way too excited to see all the chaos my girl Aria is going to create. I always have a book boyfriend but this is the first time iv ever had a book girlfriend 😳
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So I throughly enjoyed this book more than the last one. However damn that cliff hanger !!!💔 I am impatiently waiting for the 3rd book to release sometime within the week. I will be locking myself in my room for two days to devour once it happens 😂😂🙌🏼
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Repetitive dialogue, no plot development and when finally picked up a little, a cliffhanger. = I’m done with this series.
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2,5 stars rounded up. Clearly this author has a gift for building interesting worlds and for now it becomes her only redeeming quality. Other than that there’s much of repetitive rambling, the dialogues between H and h look more or less the same, I had impression of reading the same lines again and again. The writing seems chaotic and messy (when the scene starts in the middle of the story to reveal further the genius plan of the heroine - that works pretty well once; when the same technique is used repeatedly it gets old).
I’m again disappointed with Ms. Hutchins because her stories have potential and her idea of building characters is interesting. If it continues this way, possibly the next (and hopefully the last) part of this series will be my last book of hers.
Edit 26.01.2021: Rating downgraded to two stars after having read the third part. -
The dead wife/mate trope is without a doubt the absolute worst to ever exist. There is nothing I despise more honestly. Just when you start enjoying the characters' relationship it always comes back to slap you in the face like a wet kipper. Oh hell no. Knox can like choke on a dick or something for all I care. Seriously why do these authors enjoy writing the male love interest in the most atrocious ways??? He's like "yeah I will never love you or see you as an equal but also you are not allowed to find happiness and love with someone else"??? Why, oh yeah because sHe iS OnLy hIs, oh fuck off already, you intolerable cavemen.
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Minority opinion here...
I’m struggling to connect this series back to the same author that wrote the Fae Chronicles. I like for stories to SHOW me what the characters are feeling, experiencing, etc, not TELL me. It makes it really difficult to get immersed & relate. There was also a lot of petulance & immaturity that seemed out of place, especially with a character like Knox that’s over a 1,000 years old. Overall it just feels like this book was rushed, personally I’d be happy to wait much longer for a book release if it equated to Fae Chronicles quality. This is coming from a long time fan and one-click buyer. -
DEAR LORD I WANT TO CRY IN ANGER
I DONT KNOW WHERE’S MY HEART ANYMORE
MY SOUL LEFT MY BODY
AND KNOX IS PISSING ME OF SO MUCH, ONE MOMENT HE IS A DICK TO ARIA, THEN HE GETS ALL PROTECTIVE AND CARING AND THEN GOES BACK TO BEING A DICK AGAIN. THIS MAN IS SO FRUSTRATING. HE SAYS HE CANT FULLY HAVE HER BUT DOESNT LET ANYONE HAVE HER EITHER SOMEONE OLD MY TEA CUZ IM ABOUT TO SMASH HIS FUCKING FACE NEXT TO THE ROCKS OF THAT CAVE.
ARIA IS RIPPING MY HEART. SHE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HEROINES NOW AND SHE IS SO BADASS AND STRONG. SO IMAGINE MY PAIN WATCHING HER CRY AND FIGHT FOR HER OWN LIFE WHILE THINKING EVERYONE WANTS TO USE HER AS A WEAPON IS THIS DAMN WAR. ALL GODS MAY SENT ME THE STRAIGHT TO NOT JUMP INTO THIS BOOK AND KILL HER ENEMIES AS WELL AS KNOX HEAD AND MAGIC DICK.
The end? THIS CLIFFHANGER WAS A THOUSAND TIMES WORSE THAN THE FIRST BOOK, I SWEAR IF THAT IDIOT THINKS ARIA WAS THE ONE BEHIND WHAT HAPPENED I WILL CUT HIS THROAT LIKE A BEEF AND EAT IT.
I SHOULD HAVE NEVER NEVER PICKED UP THIS SERIES WITHOUT BEING COMPLETE. PLS DONT FOLLOW MY MISTAKE. NOW EXCUSE ME IM HEADING FOR THE THIRD BOOK AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IM GONNA DO WITH MY LIFE WHILE WAITING FOR THE 4TH. -
Rating- 5 amazing
Heat- This is so hard to rate. Let’s go with 4 for lots of explicit talk and moments but not the usual 5 of other Hutchins’ books.
Tropes- heroine doesn’t know what she is, enemies to lovers, guy doesn’t want to love girl
Every time I start an Amelia Hutchins’ book, I know it’s going to end with me saying
Ashes of Chaos was no exception.
When we left Aria and Knox, she had just escaped him and vowed to clean up her house of witches while rattling him. Holy Crap, did she ever!
Aria went to war against both the witches and Knox. There are moments when it’s impossible to keep the smile of your face as she shows them who they are really dealing with. The dark witches have come to realize that Aria is a power to be reckoned with, while Knox is beginning to see how important Aria is to him. He absolutely refuses to picture a world where she doesn’t belong to him, but he continues to fight any feelings other than lust and possession.I was so fucked. I wanted her unlike anything I had ever wanted before. She was my enemy. And none of that mattered when she got close to me and washed it all away with those pretty blue eyes that dared me to fight her.
In typical Hutchins’ fashion, Knox is an alpha that you want to hate, sometimes DO hate, but you also want to jump him, and you definitely want Aria to love him.
There are times that he crosses the line. Times that I wanted to beat him with the kindle in my hand. Thankfully Aria handles him just fine. She knocks him back on his heels when he puts that toe over.
Aria is written beautifully. She has an inner core of strength that seeks to protect the vulnerable but she has no mercy for the people she deems guilty. Their determination to be judge, jury, and executioner is something Aria and Knox have in common. However, Aria is working with far fewer prejudices. She looks at actions over bloodlines.
Now, I will succumb to anxiously awaiting book 3.
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Wow. That cliffhanger has me tumbling down to my demise because I don’t know if I have the strength to endure the time it will take for the release of Ruins of Chaos. Like oh my god. Can we just applaud Amelia Hutchins for a second. From her carefully crafted world building to her kickass characters to the plot itself... I mean, hands down one of my most anticipated reads. A couple weeks went by where I would go into goodreads almost daily to check for any updates on its release. Man oh man.
One thing I can’t wait to see in the third installment is Knox’s ultimate realization that Aria is not some malicious power-hungry witch that is planning his downfall. I cannot wait. That will be the cherry on top of a splendid read. Ah, I can’t. Knox has to chill. He really needs to use that pigheaded brain of his before it’s too late...although some would say it is too late. I don’t know. Now, I don’t want Knox to die or anything but I would love for Aria to bring him to his knees with her rattle. Imagining the look on Knox’s face would be hilarious. Absolutely comical.
Also, Knox has got to stop demeaning Aria whenever he feels vulnerable. I understand that this revenge on witches has been the motivating force behind everything he’s done since his wife and son were killed, but that’s not right. It’s genocide and I’m not here for it. And the fact that the children aren’t even safe from his cruelty is just, well, it’s awful. I feel like the only thing that has the chance of changing his course is Aria, but I don’t know if that’ll be through love or death (probably love though). But I guess we’ll see. -
Well that was one hell of a cliffhanger but I'm not surprised because Amelia always has cliff hangers. Plus this was only half of the book that she originally wrote.
This book picks up where Flames left off. Aria is in the Nine Realms and Knox is hunting her down. But she is clever and stays ahead of him most of the book. It helps that she is destroying the evil witches within the realm, and basically doing it single handed.
Knox isn't happy about having to chase her around so much. He also isn't happy that he isn't the one killing the bad witches. Once he does catch up to Aria, she gives him the chase of his life! (LOL)
The chemistry is still off the charts for these two. Aria is pushing Knox away because she doesn't want to be murdered. I'm 90% positive that he won't murder her since he is so drawn to her. I think that the cliffhanger might be just want Knox needs to see for him to pick Aria and help curve the hurt of what past witches have done to him.
On a side note, Aria is briefly shown the future of what greatness and harm she could bring the to the Nine Realms. I'm thinking Knox's attitude towards her will determine which way she will swing. Amelia also introduces more characters that are the same creature as Aria's. I'm really interested to see what her beast is...Then again Amelia likes to keep everyone guessing about what creatures she creates.
I might wait to read this one until book 3 comes out. This ends on a MAJOR cliffhanger. And while I love cliffhangers, I only love them if the next book is already out! (LOL) -
The yin and yang chemistry of Aria and Knox is so potent it's flammable! This series started with a heavy, action packed 1st book that reached a high bar. For the subsequent books to match or even beat that felt near impossible. But thankfully it wasn't because Ashes Of Chaos met the challenge head on.
For me, one of the aspects I enjoyed with this book is that it felt that having Aria alone (away from sisters) with Knox & his crew helped to the reader to be more focused on their interactions in terms of growth and struggles in their 'relationship'. Also, it was fun to learn more about our two main characters in terms of their internal struggles and thoughts, their complicated histories and what they ultimately wanted at the end of this adventure. However, the greatest secret is there's always more lurking inside of Aria & Knox. So as a reader you're constantly finding twists and turns that make you realize you truly DON'T know the agenda this author has for this series.
There's so much to explore in this world and with these characters that I hope this series continues for a good while! -
Hot mess of a good time
I enjoyed the story and the evolution the heroine goes through. The anithero was harder to feel empathy for in this novel and almost crosses a line for me but does sorta pull it back. I really hope the next novel he will have more redeemable qualities. A lot of the sexy time and banter was pretty hot. It definitely was a roll coaster of emotions which I enjoy. I thoroughly enjoy this writer and trust her to bring this chaotic mess into a dark and twisted happily ever after eventually.
