Copy received from publisher for an honest review

I will warn you - don't dive into Amber to Ashes expecting a sweet story. It is anything but sweet.

I am having trouble writing the review for Amber to Ashes. I am a bit torn between do I or don't I like it?

So I am falling in the middle here.

And I am just not sure I can put my finger on why I feel this way.

The love triangle, the M/F/M action, the drug use - nope, none of those things bothered me. Give me the angst involved in those things any day.

Even at the end of the book, I still couldn't really connect with Amber. As we learn of her past, I had to question why she would begin a relationship with someone who's living the kind of life that kinda ruined her childhood?

Amber's "sex-is-the-cure-for-everything" attitude? Studying to be a psychologist but not talking to your own therapist? Just made me roll my eyes.

Both Brock and Ryder felt cocky and quite obsessive, and I didn't care for either of them at the start. Brock I could kind of handle, but Ryder - nope.

Though as the story moved along and we learn more about them, I really came to like Ryder. In fact, I think Ryder was my favourite character of them all.

But Brock, I liked him less and less every chapter.

But still, I could not stop reading. I needed to know more.

What this book does have plenty of is heat. Holy hotness Batman! The sexual tension between the three is off the charts, and when we get to the sexy times - Phew, I am still fanning myself now!

So, while there were some things that I liked, overall Amber to Ashes fell flat for me.

This could be one of those "it's not you, it's me" books. I have friends who have absolutely loved every thing about it, but for me, it just fell a bit flat.

But that being said, I know I will read the next book, as that cliffhanger left me needing to know what happens.