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329 reviews for:

Age of Ash

Daniel Abraham

3.62 AVERAGE

sebrei's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

argentrabe's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

irish's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

catsbookcorner's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thank you so much to Orbit and NetGalley for giving me an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book! Alys and Sammish were interesting POV characters and it was so interesting to see the different paths each took out of love for someone. Alys definitely was frustrating to me for a large part of the story but it was still fascinating to see her evolution throughout the plot, and was definitely a prime example of someone doing the wrong things because they're under the impression that it was right or for a good cause. Her ending kind of came full circle and I loved where she ended up.

Sammish was such a sweet character, and was my favorite of the two. The things that she went through out of love, first for someone else and then for herself, were great. Her ending was honestly perfect, and I hope to see her in future installments of the series.

The worldbuilding did kind of feel like it was on the backburner. I can't say I came out of this story with a good idea of the world, the people in it, or the magic system, but I did end up loving the characters themselves which was why I enjoyed it as much as I did. The "bad guy" also didn't feel particularly fleshed out, but I expect that to change in later books as we find out what it's motivations are and where it will end up next.

I definitely enjoyed this and gave it a 4 out of 5 stars! I love the writing of the author duo James SA Corey, of which Daniel Abraham is half, so I'm excited to say that I enjoy his writing alone, as well, and look forward to the rest of the series.