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sophias_bookplanet's review against another edition
3.0
After falling in love with a lot of Molly McAdams' books, this couldn't gain my attention till about halfway in. For example, I loved Cassidy's journey to finding the strength and bravery to emancipate herself from her childhood friend forcing himself onto her, but missed depth when it came to their parting. The first part of the book was foremostly driven by drama induced by the lack of communication which I simply couldn't stand. Later, I fell for the two povs and their relation but still felt overwhelmed by some thrown in storylines the author did not go through with. Overall, I found a lot of elements too romantic to be taken for real but enjoyed this trip into this a little too dramatic and eventually too happy story. It lives on extremes and thus sometimes lacks nuanced developments.
maddycat8's review against another edition
4.0
***May contain some slight spoilers***
Rating: 3.5 stars
I just finished reading From Ashes and I will say that I did enjoy the book. The plot of this story wasn't something that I typically read (about family abuse) but that wasn't the main topic of the story, interestingly enough. We start out with Cassidy moving to Texas with her best friend Tyler from California to get away from her abusive mother and step father. From the beginning, and really only in the beginning for the most part, you can tell that Cassidy was abused. Immediately we meet Gage, Tyler's cousin, and whom they will be living with. Looking through Cassidy's and Gage's eyes we see that both of them have an immediate pull towards one another and they aren't sure why. Gage knows that he loves this girl already, apparently and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. When they first move in together Cassidy and Gage try their best to ignore their feelings, and with the help of Tyler nothing happens between the two for quite a while. So Cassidy, after some events, decides to give it a go with Tyler, so they start to date for a few months and thing seem to be going well, until Tyler pushes her right back into Gage's arms. Cassidy and Gage end up living together and eventually confess their undying love for one another and make woopie! Sounds like the end of the book right? Nope. There is more. At first I was all for the longer plot, I am always eager to see what happens after the happily ever after, but I felt like some of these extra subplots were just thrown in there. I understand We eventually move past this saddening event and head towards another happily ever after? Nope! Another series of mini subplots, that were nice, but I don't think really added that much to the story. MAJOR SPOILER --> Overall, I did really enjoy the book, it should have been shorter yes, or somethings moved around, but the characters were good and I enjoyed most of them and thought they added different perspectives and depth in the story. I will be reading more from this author to see what she has in store.
P.S. I would definitely approve of getting proposed in the way that Cassidy did ;)
Rating: 3.5 stars
I just finished reading From Ashes and I will say that I did enjoy the book. The plot of this story wasn't something that I typically read (about family abuse) but that wasn't the main topic of the story, interestingly enough. We start out with Cassidy moving to Texas with her best friend Tyler from California to get away from her abusive mother and step father. From the beginning, and really only in the beginning for the most part, you can tell that Cassidy was abused. Immediately we meet Gage, Tyler's cousin, and whom they will be living with. Looking through Cassidy's and Gage's eyes we see that both of them have an immediate pull towards one another and they aren't sure why. Gage knows that he loves this girl already, apparently and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. When they first move in together Cassidy and Gage try their best to ignore their feelings, and with the help of Tyler nothing happens between the two for quite a while. So Cassidy, after some events, decides to give it a go with Tyler, so they start to date for a few months and thing seem to be going well, until Tyler pushes her right back into Gage's arms. Cassidy and Gage end up living together and eventually confess their undying love for one another and make woopie! Sounds like the end of the book right? Nope. There is more. At first I was all for the longer plot, I am always eager to see what happens after the happily ever after, but I felt like some of these extra subplots were just thrown in there. I understand
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that there was a fire back home that killed her mother and step father, what I didn't understand was this Connor guy, like I love Gage, but this guy gives me butterflies? Something doesn't seem necessarily right there...IMO but maybe that's just meSpoiler
Someone please explain to me why she had to get stung by a scorpion, like really, maybe so there was an excuse for her to get pregnant? I'm not really sure, but I found that part completely unnecessary for the progress of this story...she could have gotten pregnant later on in life, I think that would have been acceptable, don't get me wrong, people are getting pregnant younger these days, in no way am I saying you can't if you aren't ready, but I felt that everything just happened way to fast for the both of them.P.S. I would definitely approve of getting proposed in the way that Cassidy did ;)
fictionalkate's review
1.0
This isn’t a bad book. You might think that it’s strange that I say that when I’ve given it such a low rating but I don’t think it’s a bad story. In fact there are many friends of mine who I imagine would really enjoy From Ashes. The thing is this book manages to contain every single one of my pet peeves; instant love, miscommunication, misinformation, a heroine whom every man falls in love with instantly and a happily ever after that didn’t quite make sense to me.
Cassidy Jameson was the apple of her father’s eye and his princess up until her sixth birthday when he passed away suddenly. Since then Cassi live a nightmare every day with her drunken mother and abusive step father. Her neighbour and best friend, Tyler, did all he could to help her survive. And somehow between the two of them, Cassi managed to make it to her teenage years. And then on the day Tyler left for college he packed her up and dragged her along just to get her out of the disaster that was her life.
It’s there that Cassi meets Gage. Gorgeous, smart, cowboy that from the moment she first lays eyes on him she knows that he’s something else. Gage feels the sparks instantly and wants to know the beautiful mysterious girl more intimately. Only problem is that Tyler has been in love with Cassi for over a decade and he’s not going to let anyone interlope on his turf- not even the cousin that he feels is more like a brother from another mother. Uh oh…
I have a few issues with stories where most of the drama arises from lack of communication. I understand that it’s somewhat realistic because people are notoriously bad at getting their feelings across especially when true emotions are involved BUT this story just kept going around and around in circles. Cassi and Gage would have a moment then Tyler would come in and ruin things. So then there’s some standoffishness between our leading couple only to have more beautiful and tender scenes between them only to be ripped apart again. Tyler convinces Gage that he and Cassi are together – as in more than just friends. He even goes as far as to describe their bedroom antics in a less than classy way. And just in case that doesn’t change Gage’s intentions towards Cassi – Ty also makes sure to tell Cassi that Gage finds her attention revolting. He’s such a stand up guy that Ty (and that’s not even counting some of his other classy moments). It just frustrated me.
There’s also the matter of how attractive and just plain amazing the male characters found Cassi. I swear – no less than 4 guys thought Cassi walked on water and they needed her in their lives. To make matters worse, I couldn’t quite work out why they found her so fascinating and incredible. I admired her for her ability to survive her childhood (although considering how brutal they said it was I’m a little incredulous to believe that she could have survived and no one but Tyler noticed the decade long abuse). But I found Cassi to be a little flat. She had no motivation to do anything and despite her spunky attitude towards the blonde in chapter one, she’s a little boring. Gage had some anger management issues and I can’t believe Tyler would be able to act the way he did for so long towards two people that he claimed to love.
I could go on and on about this book but I won’t.
It’s great to see a novel where everything is nicely tied up in one instalment - no unnecessary sequels and there’s a piece of happiness for all the characters I grew attached to whilst reading From Ashes. Despite my issues with the story and characters, at its heart this is a love story about someone having to overcome a great darkness. I think this book would appeal to fans of other new adult novels such as Beautiful Disaster.
Cassidy Jameson was the apple of her father’s eye and his princess up until her sixth birthday when he passed away suddenly. Since then Cassi live a nightmare every day with her drunken mother and abusive step father. Her neighbour and best friend, Tyler, did all he could to help her survive. And somehow between the two of them, Cassi managed to make it to her teenage years. And then on the day Tyler left for college he packed her up and dragged her along just to get her out of the disaster that was her life.
It’s there that Cassi meets Gage. Gorgeous, smart, cowboy that from the moment she first lays eyes on him she knows that he’s something else. Gage feels the sparks instantly and wants to know the beautiful mysterious girl more intimately. Only problem is that Tyler has been in love with Cassi for over a decade and he’s not going to let anyone interlope on his turf- not even the cousin that he feels is more like a brother from another mother. Uh oh…
I have a few issues with stories where most of the drama arises from lack of communication. I understand that it’s somewhat realistic because people are notoriously bad at getting their feelings across especially when true emotions are involved BUT this story just kept going around and around in circles. Cassi and Gage would have a moment then Tyler would come in and ruin things. So then there’s some standoffishness between our leading couple only to have more beautiful and tender scenes between them only to be ripped apart again. Tyler convinces Gage that he and Cassi are together – as in more than just friends. He even goes as far as to describe their bedroom antics in a less than classy way. And just in case that doesn’t change Gage’s intentions towards Cassi – Ty also makes sure to tell Cassi that Gage finds her attention revolting. He’s such a stand up guy that Ty (and that’s not even counting some of his other classy moments). It just frustrated me.
There’s also the matter of how attractive and just plain amazing the male characters found Cassi. I swear – no less than 4 guys thought Cassi walked on water and they needed her in their lives. To make matters worse, I couldn’t quite work out why they found her so fascinating and incredible. I admired her for her ability to survive her childhood (although considering how brutal they said it was I’m a little incredulous to believe that she could have survived and no one but Tyler noticed the decade long abuse). But I found Cassi to be a little flat. She had no motivation to do anything and despite her spunky attitude towards the blonde in chapter one, she’s a little boring. Gage had some anger management issues and I can’t believe Tyler would be able to act the way he did for so long towards two people that he claimed to love.
I could go on and on about this book but I won’t.
It’s great to see a novel where everything is nicely tied up in one instalment - no unnecessary sequels and there’s a piece of happiness for all the characters I grew attached to whilst reading From Ashes. Despite my issues with the story and characters, at its heart this is a love story about someone having to overcome a great darkness. I think this book would appeal to fans of other new adult novels such as Beautiful Disaster.
purpl3_vix3n's review against another edition
5.0
I only gave it three stars for a couple of things. One, NO ONE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE!!! Seriously what the hell? Your best friends is lying about you behind your back and it's not like you're living a distance away. No, they were living together and everyone decided not to talk or ask questions. My second issue was how obsessive Tyler was. Dude seriously what is your problem? My third is that where di this officer come from? I mean really? You met her once when someone called the cops and another after what happened with her mom and all of a sudden your into her. This book made me very angry but I was happy how it ended. This is what a book is supposed to do. Make you laugh, sad or angry. Just because I gave it three stars did not mean I hated it. I liked it but I didn't love it.
hillzaz's review against another edition
5.0
Another slam dunk my Molly McAdams!
New book boyfriend added to the list - I ❤Gage
New book boyfriend added to the list - I ❤Gage