Much of my reaction to ASHES was push and pull. Alex, her world and her experiences, was riveting. Ellie, terrible tot, was the worst, and I felt a guilty amount of relief every time she faded into the background. I don't know that the Ashes trilogy is going to a favorite, but it's certainly inte...
Ashes starts really strong. Alex hikes into the woods when she meets Ellie, an 8 year old girl, and her grandpa. While she is talking to them she suddenly feels a tremendous pain and pressure in her head. Ellies' grandpa keels over with blood spurting out of his ears and mouth. Alex sees birds falli...
This book was pretty difficult to rate and make up my mind about.First half 4 StarsBecause it was good. Really good. Freaky EMP ray hits changing the world. Teenagers turning into flesh wating mindless zombies and our characters needing to brave survival in the wilderness. And add to that Ilsa J Bic...
After reading and loving the first two books in Moira Young’s Dustlands series I thought maybe post-apocalyptical YA are exactly what has been missing in my life, so right away I went through all the kindle books I’ve bought to see if I have anything to fit the criteria. Thus I found ‘Ashes’. Sadly,...
Alex, a sisteen-year-old girl with brian cancer, was hiking into the woods when an elecrtomagnetic impulse swept the country, destroying every electronic device and killing thousands of people between 25 and 60. Alex teams up with Ellie, an eight-year old girl whose grandfather was killed by the pul...
Alex is hiking through the wilderness, wondering what to do next with what's left of her life. A cancerous tumour is taking over her brain and she's not sure what to do, the treatments haven't worked. And then an electromagnetic pulse destroys modern civilisation, and changes some people's brains,...
Originally posted at Paperback Wonderland. I really liked Alex and Tom, but omg that kid! Just, bye already! Be on your way! I love kids and I didn't even feel bad about this one being taken away. The story was a 4 for most of it - I really felt for Alex, I had a brain tumour too, and a lot of w...
Ashes was such a great read! They synopsis was very interesting as it was enough to draw you in and yet it revealed practically nothing of what happened in the actual book, which I loved because it was a complete surprise. The characters were great and you really end up caring what happens to them. ...
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