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Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han

fantasynovel's review against another edition

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2.0

The plot-line was a mess, the supernatural elements were poorly done, and the pacing was ridiculously bad. The characters would talk about going to a place . . . they would go to said place . . . and . . . they'd go home. Nothing would happen. It's sad, because I really enjoyed the first book in this trilogy, and I thought the second one was okay (it made me want to read on), and this book was just bad. I'm not done with these authors, forever, though. I just think this trilogy was poorly thought out and that they used up most of their juice at the very beginning.

jaxness's review against another edition

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4.0

No! This is so wrong.. Why would u ruin something so good?? WHY???.........
There is a few shits i didn't like in this book. AND I HATE THE ENDING SO MUCH!
If i only knew, i wouldn't have read the Epilogue. It just ruined every thing to me.
Still, i couldn't rate it less than 4 stars.

harleyrae's review against another edition

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4.0

OK is anyone else as mad as I am about the end of this book. I'm mean come on it was so close to being prefect and then that last chapter had to happen and screw it all up. The only persons ending I was really happy with was Mary's, Kat's and Lillia's not so much. Throughout the entire book I was unable to put it down I was so engrossed in the story that I never wanted it to end. Sadly like all good stories it must come to an end, and I cant stress this enough I am not happy.
SpoilerHuge story ending spoiler
Spoiler Kat was suppose to go to Oberlin and maybe one day with Alex, Alex wasn't suppose to end up with Lillia, Lillia was suppose to end up with Reeve and live happily ever after, that is the ending I wanted, not the ending we go.
Other than the ending I was very pleased with this book, I did feel that Mary went a little to far but other than that I was hooked. I'm just so upset that one of my favorite series has ended.

zandile_ngwenya's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

sadkitty's review against another edition

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3.0

I was going to rate this book four stars but given how annoying I suddenly found Lilia after loving her for the first two books, I took off one star. I hated what Lilia turned into. Running away from emotional confrontations, hurting everyone around her and still parading around as if she could not have done better. And god, I hated how the spell broke at the end because Lilia couldn't keep her emotuons in control. That's what she spent the whole of Fire with Fire and Ashes to Ashes, doing.
I loved the character development of Reeve. And also, the negative development of Mary was fantastic. But the whole thing turned into shit because of the romance between Reeve and Lilia, without which, tp be honest, Both Kat and Lilia would have done nothing to save Reeve's ass.

brendalovesbooks's review against another edition

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2.0

The writing in this book is insanely compelling. It's easy to read, and kept me turning pages. But if an author doesn't know how to write a good ending to a series, it ruins the whole thing. The ending was abrupt, but even worse, the epilogue was written for a different book. Seriously, it didn't match this book at all. I mean, the names of the characters were the same, but characterization and everything that had happened in the previous three books was just thrown out the window. That's not good writing.

maritzah's review against another edition

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4.0

What was that ending? I can't-
So all of this for nothing, awesome.
That ending ruined the book for me, all the book was about how are they going to resolve the problem and was just a rushed ending making it pointless all the book.

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First of all, THE CHEMISTRY

lucirada123's review against another edition

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4.0

if reeve died it probably would've been 5 starts

wishfulfillment's review against another edition

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2.0

CW: graphic on the page animal death

I didn't love it as much as the previous books, and I absolutely hated the epilogue, but I was very attached to these characters and this story.

isabella1018's review against another edition

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5.0

OH my goodness. It's 1am on Christmas Eve and all I can think about is this book. I am amazed that it started so small and became what it is.
Book 1 to book 3 there is such a big change. I absoloutley enjoyed this trilogy 100%. I feel like the epilogue was a tad rushed but i guess they normally are. I am so happy that Mary got her peace but it broke my heart about shep and kats father. I think Lil is very happy with Alex but I miss reeve. I hope he is doing okay.