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A review by bookishwelshie
Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas
3.0
Always curious when a YA author writes their first “adult” novel, so chose ”Out Of The Ashes” as April’s Amazon First Reads selection.
Whilst it was well-written and engaging, it took me a while to connect with the plot. But it was a bit of a page-turner when I finally did. Still wanted to find out the conclusion no matter what especially as more about the characters was revealed.
I really wanted to rate this higher and couldn’t quite put my finger on why I didn’t connect with the story overall as much as I would have liked. I’m having some better luck with a different crime based thriller that I’m currently reading (Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls)… This one is more my cup of tea, utterly unputdownable so far!
At the age of thirteen, Samantha Newsom’s entire world was turned upside down. Her family were murdered, their home burned down. Twenty two years later, she has returned to her hometown of Carney, New York, with the memories of her past still haunting her mind. The case of what happened to her family has gone cold; evidence was mishandled, false rumours were spread, all the leads ended up going nowhere. Enter; Detective Meacham who has recently been assigned to the case. He is as passionate about solving it as Samantha. And he has some news for her. A prison inmate has told him that Samantha’s sister made it out of the fiery blaze alive. Will the sisters get to reunite? Who murdered their family? There’s one thing about Carney and its residents however… They’ll do anything to protect their secrets.
Whilst it was well-written and engaging, it took me a while to connect with the plot. But it was a bit of a page-turner when I finally did. Still wanted to find out the conclusion no matter what especially as more about the characters was revealed.
I really wanted to rate this higher and couldn’t quite put my finger on why I didn’t connect with the story overall as much as I would have liked. I’m having some better luck with a different crime based thriller that I’m currently reading (Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls)… This one is more my cup of tea, utterly unputdownable so far!
At the age of thirteen, Samantha Newsom’s entire world was turned upside down. Her family were murdered, their home burned down. Twenty two years later, she has returned to her hometown of Carney, New York, with the memories of her past still haunting her mind. The case of what happened to her family has gone cold; evidence was mishandled, false rumours were spread, all the leads ended up going nowhere. Enter; Detective Meacham who has recently been assigned to the case. He is as passionate about solving it as Samantha. And he has some news for her. A prison inmate has told him that Samantha’s sister made it out of the fiery blaze alive. Will the sisters get to reunite? Who murdered their family? There’s one thing about Carney and its residents however… They’ll do anything to protect their secrets.