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Good plot and world building with okay characters and a boring love story. Never read anything quite like this before and I enjoyed it even some thing's didn't quite make sense and seemed somewhat unrealistic. I think book 2 will be very interesting, can't wait to see where the author goes with it!


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Ashes of Twilight Kassy Tayler Books Reviews

I picked up this book, skeptical about the entire premise--a domed, coal powered city created in 1878 and still running 200 years later. Come on! I thought. And for the first 30 pages or so I argued and bickered with the book, nitpicking and snarking about every little detail. But then the main character, Wren MacAvoy, reached out and grabbed me by the lapels and told me to just shut up and listen. So I did. Then, I was hooked, and I mean hooked. I think I nominate this book as the best YA dystopia book of 2012, hands down. It has it all (1) good dystopia (we're talking dystopia on steroids); (2) romance, not the we-saw-each-other-and-instantly-fell-in-love thing, but the good stuff--they meet and there is no way they could possibly like each other but slowly, impossibly, they do; (3) a strong heroine--Wren is the best 16 year old girl I've run into in a long time; (4) great plot, well thought out and developed; and finally (5) superb writing--Kassy Taylor (aka Cindy Holby of romance novel fame) swung for the fences and really delivers, the book has all the little touches and nuances (the bird Pip, the grandfather, the blind ponies, etc. etc.) that mark the style of a great writer. And, oh yeah, the ending really satisfies, while at the same time setting us up for book #2. So, like little Oliver, I'm left holding up my bowl saying, `please, sir, I want some more.'
Wren lives underground beneath a city that has been completely encapsulated within a giant dome because - everyone is told - the world outside was destroyed in a fire that is...somehow...still burning hundreds of years later. The material the dome is made from is too opaque to see through, but Wren still climbs to the cities' rooftops each morning to watch the light come, even though she hasn't actually ever seen the sun. She constantly dreams of somehow escaping the way things are - because they are not good. Her caste system mines the coal needed to support the upper castes, which they exchange for food. But the coal is running out, and so is Wren's patience.

"Ashes of Twilight" by Kassy Tayler burns with the same intensity as Susan Collins' "The Hunger Games". This is best classified as steampunk-dystopian, and while I'm not new to the dystopian genre, I haven't read too much steampunk (something I expect will change). I am a fan of "The Hunger Games" but there were a couple of things in "Ashes of Twilight" that made me like it even more.

First of all, there isn't really a love triangle, which usually rears its ugly head in most YA novels. The synopsis already kind of hints that there might be a love interest, and chapter 1 introduces us to a male lead that had me worried we were headed for romantic triad territory. Then that lead was removed. Quite effectively. And although we only know him for a few pages, it's heart-wrenching.

"The tallest buildings look over the fountain and the small businesses. They house the government of our world along with the great library and the museum, all places I'm not allowed to go but am expected to work my entire life to preserve. These are the rooftops I haunt every morning to watch the light come and wonder why."

The second thing I really appreciated about Wren's character is that, unlike many main characters of dystopian novels, she's questioning the rules and "how things work" almost from the very first page. She's not exactly surrounded by rebels, in fact, those around her a stunned when she starts voicing some of her questions and demanding answers.

"They look at me in shocked silence. Have they never thought of these things? Have they never wondered what it is like on the outside? Do they simply believe what they are told without question? If this is my future, then I do not want it."

Unlike many stories that are plot-driven, merely dragging the main characters along after it, this is truly a character-driven story, since Wren refuses to just sit by and watch life happen. She makes choices - sometimes ill-informed ones - and she owns up to her responsibility to those decisions she makes. In this book, it is Wren (not the plot) who is dragging everyone else along for the ride.

The language is this book is lovely and accessible, without going over the top, even if what the words are describing are pretty terrible or frightening. Warning If you suffer from claustrophobia, there are multiple points in this book where you might have trouble. Wren's entire community exists deep underground in tunnels and caves for their entire lives and Kassy Tayler has no problem describing some of the "tight" places they have to wriggle through in very precise and vivid detail. She even had me holding my breath a couple of times.

I advise you if you get the chance to hold on, take a deep breath, and dive into the domed world of Wren to experience the shocking revelations she uncovers for yourself.

This story continues in "Shadows of Glass" book 2 of the Ashes Trilogy and I cannot wait.
Book damaged. Unacceptable.
Great dystopian novel
A great book with loss and adventure, struggle, and of course just a little bit of love. A fabulous read
This book is a better, more mature, and a well written version of the City of Ember. I recommend this book for anyone who loves reading YA and who is looking for a great read.
I wouldn't recommend this book. There are better ones like this out there. Read the first one & it was painful. This is a good starter dystopian book for a 3rd or 4th grader. I would definitely recommend the PURE trilogy by Julianna Baggot.
Good plot and world building with okay characters and a boring love story. Never read anything quite like this before and I enjoyed it even some thing's didn't quite make sense and seemed somewhat unrealistic. I think book 2 will be very interesting, can't wait to see where the author goes with it!