Ashes of Twilight Audiobook

" Good premise and world building but clumsy writing. The author spends too much time explaining the world rather than showing the reader the world through telling the story. Once the author gets over all the point by point explaining, the rest of the story is good enough to keep a reader's interest. I will probably read the next book in the series as I want to know what happens next. The author deserved a better editor. "

" Even through all the hectic pace of the holidays, this one kept my interest and was hard to put down. "

" Ashes of Twilight is reminiscent of the book City of Ember, it takes place underground when it's believed that the world above is burning in massive fires because of a cataclysmic asteroid, or comet or something crashed into the Earth and the only way to survive was to go underground and preserve the Royal bloodlines for the future. Wren MacAvoy is the main character, she's a sixteen year old girl who works as a miner to mine for coal to keep the fans going so that the more privileged "royals" that live above the mines and under a protective dome don't suffocate. After Wren gathers with her friends in the mines she discovers that her crush Alex wants to find a way to get out of the dome and the mines and see whether or not there really are fires burning the Earth or if the guards and their government are lying to them all, he does find a way out but is brought back in burned and made an example to the people that the world is burning, but Wren gets close enough to hear Alex say the "the sky is blue", prompting Wren to find out the truth herself. I liked the story but felt it took forever to get anywhere after Alex proclaimed that the sky was blue. I was hoping that Wren would rally her fellow miners to charge the dome and find out for themselves what lay outside their bleak underground world. Wren and a boy named Pace develop an incredibly fast romance that was sweet and engaging but way too close and too fast for anything to truly develop, because after like TWO DAYS they were already saying "I love you" to one another! I wanted to love the story but can only settle on like because it seemed like the story itself was going in circles and then the end was so abrupt I was like,"that was fast" then it was over! It seems to me that there might be a sequel because so much was left unsaid, but I have no idea if there is or not! "

" This was an OK read, something to pass the time. It was drawn out in some places and at the end it kind of seemed rushed. I would read the next one just for the heck of it, but when I was probably board. "

" I liked this one, it was a typical dystopian story, but still presented well. "

" LOVED this book! The opening paragraph blew me away and sucked me right in. Kassy Tayler is a fantastic writer who is about to make a huge splash in the dystopian and YA genres! Can't wait to read more! "

" Although this book is not as captivating as some fans of Enclave, Incarceron, and City of Ember will enjoy this book. "

" I liked it a lot had a good plot and some interesting twists . Good read :) "

" It took three tries to get into this book. Started out really slow. Picked up about half way through. I do believe I will read the next in the series. "

" If you are looking for something like The Hunger Games, this book has somewhat of the same concept. I didn't like the ending though. Kind of left you hanging in a bad way. "

" started of really good (view spoiler)[the death of Adam (hide spoiler)] was really heart moving and the way the author described the reactions and subsequent feelings really blew me away, however after that it just kind of went downhill for me and became a generic teen dystopian fantasy "

" Not a bad read, a pretty generic dystopian YA thriller. "

" This is one of the best dystopian books I've read in a long time! It kinda reminded me of The City of Ember a bit. "

" Just another ya novel aimed at teen girls. The story wasn't bad, the writing could have been better. The characters were rather flat and not all that interesting. The protagonist, 'Wren' kept asking questions over and over again, plus I just don't get into the whole teen drama, romance thing. "