A review by ria_mhrj
Forged in Ash by Trish McCallan

2.0

Such a shame - the first book was fun but this book was a chore. I like the fact that the dramaz of book one were not neatly resolved but not a huge amount of progress is made in this entry. And whilst I complained that Beth and Zane were somewhat lacking in the personality department, and that the same complaint can't be levelled at Cosky and Kait, unfortunately they just came across as unrelatable and at time unpleasant people. I get that Cosky was intended to be a surly kind of guy, but he was pretty lacking in any redemptive qualities beyond the fact that he was hot. And Kait is sassy and a healer... and that's about it. It could have been a fun setup with more complexity and obstacles to overcome, but sadly there was just lots of good ideas poorly developed.