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A review by thecommonplace
Ashes by Iona Wayland
5.0
CW: This book contains references to rape, suicide, drug use, overdose, homophobia
Ashes is a modern adult fairy tale that explores grief and trauma in a beautiful and heart breaking way. The subject matter is handled with respect and at no point felt exploitative in a way many books dealing with the same themes seem to be.
The world of the Hollow Forest is both horrifying and enchanting and the book throws you into it immediately. Wayland does an amazing job of weaving the present and the past together and allows you to slowly discover what is happening as we come to care more and more about Angela and her struggles.
I'm only sad that this is the author's first book and I don't have a bibliography to dig into!
Ashes is a modern adult fairy tale that explores grief and trauma in a beautiful and heart breaking way. The subject matter is handled with respect and at no point felt exploitative in a way many books dealing with the same themes seem to be.
The world of the Hollow Forest is both horrifying and enchanting and the book throws you into it immediately. Wayland does an amazing job of weaving the present and the past together and allows you to slowly discover what is happening as we come to care more and more about Angela and her struggles.
I'm only sad that this is the author's first book and I don't have a bibliography to dig into!