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Garden of Ashes
by Kathryn Lee Martin
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: Garden of Ashes
Author: Kathryn Lee Martin
Book Series: Snow Spark Saga Book 2
Rating: 3/5
Publication Date: August 15, 2018
Genre: YA Fantasy
Recommended Age: 16+ (violence, gore, depression TW)
Publisher: The Parliament House
Pages: 390
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Synopsis: It’s the one place no rustler ever wants to end up.
Having survived Rondo’s destruction, sixteen-year-old Rags has been taken captive by the Kingdom and sentenced to ‘rehabilitation’ at the Kingdom’s Threshing Floor, a notorious prison camp for hardened criminals. Those who refuse to serve the Kingdom go in…no one comes out.
Faced with this nightmarish reality, Rags is forced to use everything she knows as a rustler to survive against starvation, a cruel ward master, and torture at the hands of the Kingdom’s ruler, Hyperion. Given only two options—death, or conformation to the Kingdom’s ways—she’s forced to play the Kingdom’s twisted game.
With the help of the Kingdom’s second-in-command, Henrick Oreson, and its charismatic luresman, Colton Caelan Fieldson, Rags must find a way to play a convincingly false role she was never meant to play and show the Kingdom she can be ‘rehabilitated’ to its standards. But with the deciding evaluation rigged in the Kingdom’s favor, failure is imminent…unless she can find a way to turn lies into truth and achieve the impossible: actually, escape the Threshing Floor.
Review: I think this book greatly improved from the first book. The book picks up from where the first left off and it runs with the plot. The pacing is fast, the characters become more developed, and they lost the steampunk western tagline lol.
However, I did feel like the writing was still circular in some parts. The author keeps going back to certain points and it makes me feel talked down to. The book also has some questionable editing. There are some missing subplots and points and some things happen with no setup or explanation. It’s still confusing.
Verdict: It was ok, but very confusing for me.
Book: Garden of Ashes
Author: Kathryn Lee Martin
Book Series: Snow Spark Saga Book 2
Rating: 3/5
Publication Date: August 15, 2018
Genre: YA Fantasy
Recommended Age: 16+ (violence, gore, depression TW)
Publisher: The Parliament House
Pages: 390
Amazon Link
Synopsis: It’s the one place no rustler ever wants to end up.
Having survived Rondo’s destruction, sixteen-year-old Rags has been taken captive by the Kingdom and sentenced to ‘rehabilitation’ at the Kingdom’s Threshing Floor, a notorious prison camp for hardened criminals. Those who refuse to serve the Kingdom go in…no one comes out.
Faced with this nightmarish reality, Rags is forced to use everything she knows as a rustler to survive against starvation, a cruel ward master, and torture at the hands of the Kingdom’s ruler, Hyperion. Given only two options—death, or conformation to the Kingdom’s ways—she’s forced to play the Kingdom’s twisted game.
With the help of the Kingdom’s second-in-command, Henrick Oreson, and its charismatic luresman, Colton Caelan Fieldson, Rags must find a way to play a convincingly false role she was never meant to play and show the Kingdom she can be ‘rehabilitated’ to its standards. But with the deciding evaluation rigged in the Kingdom’s favor, failure is imminent…unless she can find a way to turn lies into truth and achieve the impossible: actually, escape the Threshing Floor.
Review: I think this book greatly improved from the first book. The book picks up from where the first left off and it runs with the plot. The pacing is fast, the characters become more developed, and they lost the steampunk western tagline lol.
However, I did feel like the writing was still circular in some parts. The author keeps going back to certain points and it makes me feel talked down to. The book also has some questionable editing. There are some missing subplots and points and some things happen with no setup or explanation. It’s still confusing.
Verdict: It was ok, but very confusing for me.