ACOSF's reluctant Chosen One has a lot in common with Poppy, the heroine of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash. Poppy has been chosen from birth as the Maiden, an untouchable, solitary woman who must one day ascend to a higher calling. Despite her isolation, she falls in love with Hawke, one of the guards who is meant to assure her Ascension. As Poppy works to hold her faltering kingdom together, she's torn between her love and her duty, as well as her fears of being rejected by the gods themselves.