Given that (as you might guess) there is a huge body count in this book…so just be prepared to watch lots of people die/be tortured/etc. It is an intense read, and even though the scenes are fractured, they are incredibly engaging because someone is just about to die on every page. There are a couple of good things about this book. Gory detail doesn’t usually bother me, but there were parts of this book that made me go “ugh, yuck!” There are lots of detailed descriptions of Changed kids eating humans no detail is left unexplored. The story was even more grisly than the first one with the added bonus of strange orgies between the Changed all in all a pretty stomach turning read. I got so frustrated at points I almost didn’t finish the book. I couldn’t remember then all and struggled to remember who did what and was involved in what actions as the story went on.

The plethora of POVs really slowed the progression of the story and fractured it a lot.Īdditionally there is no recapping at all, so all those characters you meet in Rule at the end of Ashes…well you better be prepared to remember them all. You also hear from Peter, Chris, Tom, and others in Rule. Alex is probably the character you read the least about. It still was a fast paced and action packed story but you switch POV so often that you never know who you are reading about. This book was not nearly as good as the first book, Ashes. Pretty much this is the continued story of the horror everyone lives through in an effort to live. All the other characters are also doing their best to survive.

Tom is doing his best to recover from his wounds in Ashes with an older couple. There is no recapping so you better remember the plethora of characters from Ashes or you will be totally lost.Īlex has been captured by Changed who are threatening to eat her and is doing her best to survive. The book is even more grisly than the first one and switches POVs many times. I loved the first book in this series, it was so gritty and engaging. This is the second book in the Ashes trilogy by Bick. Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Ashes series

Ashes by ilsa j bick