Reviews

Ashes of You by Catherine Cowles

aworldtrapped's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

mhojnacki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Man I loved this book and I'm so sad this series is over. I feel a huge book hangover coming after finishing this. I loved Lawson and Hallie and their healing journeys over the course of this book. Their chemistry was clear right off the bat. I didn't expect the twists and turns in this book at all! I need to read more of her work now!

romancingthereader's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Catherine Cowles certainly ended the Lost & Found series with a bang.

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Ashes of You by Catherine Cowles  

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Lost & Found character series. Book 5. Series is now complete.  

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book on Kindle. 🆓️ on KU

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Contemporary romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Single dad, man in uniform, suspense, age gap, small town.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Hallie is trying to start over after being abducted. She takes a nanny job for three boys in a small town without knowing the father is the man who rescued her all of those years ago. Their connection is instant, but both have shadows in their heart that keep them from starting anything new.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I loved this book.

There's something about a character you spend five books feeling horrible for. The series finale finally gives Lawson his happy ending - one he's worked hard for and deserves, and as a reader, you can't help but be really happy for him. 

Hallie was a great character too. I loved how all three of Lawson's children required a different approach, and watching her not only fall in love with Law, but work her butt off to give the boys some warmth and comfort was so great. 

The suspense aspect to this series has been a little hit or miss to me, but in this book specifically I liked the subplot and how it played out. A perfect end to a solid series - but I continue to think if all of this happened in one town, I definitely would have moved by now.

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3/5 🌶🌶🌶 

tayloraddison's review against another edition

5.0

catherineeeeee you just know how to rip my heart to bits!!! my precious precious babies

kimmmberlycrain's review against another edition

5.0

LOVED finally getting Lawson’s story!

The single dad who grew on us this whole series finally falls for his Nanny!

imene_'s review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

readwatchcrochet's review

4.5

Perfect way to end the series. 

“Every man I meet, I wonder if it’s him…you’re different. You saved me”

📚 single dad x nanny
📚 age gap (25f/38m)

📚 romantic suspense

📚 dual POV

🌶️🌶️

|Thoughts|

This was probably my favourite in the series. And although, once again it followed a fairly formulaic format just like the previous books, it was an engaging and fast paced story. 

“The eyes that had shown me kindness after enduring thirty-three days of brutal cruelty…the eyes that had saved me”

Loved the dynamic amoungst the boys and Hallie. They were all just so pure and could tell that it was just what they needed to bring their family back together again. 

“Everyone has a battle, an inner war they hide from the world. It’s good to remember that”

As the last book in the series I really wish there was a big jump forward to see where all the next generation were. And if Charlie & Cary ended up together in the end. 

Just the perfect level of forced proximity and forbidden romance. 

“I’d just have a walking tempting living right across the hall”

There were a number of red herrings (as usual). There was a particular character I questioned in a previous book (for good reason). One thing these novels got me to do was to question EVERYONE. Sometimes made it difficult to like certain characters because you just never know. 

Love the little quirks of the boys. Especially Drew acting like a little Casanova. 

“Plus, think about how many babe I’ll get with a puppy”

Each of the books in the series had the classic ending (engagement and babies). I know that’s not for everyone but you can’t argue that they don’t deserve a HEA after everything they all go through. 

“I can go through all the emotions in a book, but its safe somehow”

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yittiesmcfly's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cloherron121's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

stuck123's review against another edition

5.0

This was without a doubt my favorite in the series. Each time I started one of the earlier books I was constantly asking myself when Lawson was going to get his happily ever after and this book could not have been more perfect. I loved the connection that she had with all of the boys. I also really enjoyed that two of the kids were older and I loved her connection with Luke.

The suspense was also great. I wasn’t expecting it to be him when I read the earlier books, but this one I definitely predicted it was him from all of the other guys I thought it could be.

It was a slow burn and fairly low spice but the romance and chemistry could be felt from the beginning. I honestly will probably reread this very soon. The healing was super wholesome and I loved seeing Lawson finally get his hea. The triplets at the end, ain’t no way.