A review by crousemouse
Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

After reading the first book of The Expense series and not reading much of Daniel Abrahams books I decided to give his newest read a try.  After reading the inside of the covers flap, I got a sense of whom I would be following and getting to know more of in Alys.  After getting halfway through I didn’t really get a lot out of this character.  I spent more time falling in love with her friend Sammish.  It seems that this book should have been about Sammish then Alys.  I did spend most of my time trying to keep the parts of the city in mind which took me out of the book a little.  All in all this was a good beginning book in the series and I look forward to the next one.  Let us hope this is a good building block for the remainder of the series