A Trade of Blood vs The Ascended: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fantasy
A Trade of Blood
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the…
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The Ascended
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The high-stakes trials of Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night meet the forbidden romance of Keri Lake's Nocticadia in the first of the Aesymarean Duet, as twins thrust into a…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Trade of Blood highest: A Trade of Blood 4.6 · The Ascended 4.1.
- A Trade of Blood has the widest readership — 9007 ratings behind its score.
- A Trade of Blood runs the darker storyline; The Ascended stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| A Trade of Blood | The Ascended | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.6 (9007) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (133) | 4.4 (41) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (200) | 4.0 (49) |
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Reception
| A Trade of Blood | The Ascended | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9007 | 49 |
| Editions | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 34507 | — |
| Reading it now | 3509 | — |
| Written reviews | 2106 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2163 | — |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Trade of Blood or The Ascended?
A Trade of Blood has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Trade of Blood 4.6/5, The Ascended 4.1/5).