Embers and Echoes (Wildefire, #2)

Sep 10, 2012 Kat Kennedy added it

I've been trying to finish this one for ages. I really enjoyed the beginning but I just haven't been able to get into it. I'm putting it down for awhile.

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Apr 30, 2013 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ember and Echoes by Karsten Knight :

Wow. Wow. Wow. I loved book one and now book two took it to a whole new level of amazing. I don't really know how to express my feelings but I will try. The book started right where it left off , and it did NOT disappoint at all. Karsten knows how to keep his readers going, man does he blow you away with the ending to book on and the start of book two.

Ashline Wilde is my second favorite female character, and she is coming to a close first. She does not take cr...more

Ember and Echoes by Karsten Knight :

Wow. Wow. Wow. I loved book one and now book two took it to a whole new level of amazing. I don't really know how to express my feelings but I will try. The book started right where it left off , and it did NOT disappoint at all. Karsten knows how to keep his readers going, man does he blow you away with the ending to book on and the start of book two.

Ashline Wilde is my second favorite female character, and she is coming to a close first. She does not take crap, and you just got to love her attitude. Seriously kind of scary and would not want to be on her bad side, but you can't help but admire all of her. Seriously there is not one thing I would change about her, she does everything she can for those she cares about and loves. She puts it all out there no matter what, and doesn't take the crap. She has baggage but she doesn't mind helping someone with theirs. In this book she is just more amazing and I didn't think that could happen, she grows much more mature, stronger and even more smartass than book one.

Karsten's characters are in one word amazing, I can't explain it but his just come to life and makes you think you are there with them, feeling what they feel, wishing you could just hug some of them in some spots and just be their friend, and it doesn't happen often enough that an author keeps people on the edge of your seat, biting your nails, and wondering what the hell is going to happen next. You cannot predict Ashline so don't try.

Then there is Colt swoon worthy jerk of the year Colt. I loved him and then I started to hate him. Wow. I did not see any of what happened to him coming. Again another amazing character who you cannot predict, you think one thing and something else happens, you start thinking he's an ass and he's not, you think he is good and nope not at all. Ahhh he was making me so frustrated I wanted to scream, which I am not going to lie I did a little. Some parts I couldn't believe what was happening but then I was like I am in love. Then there was Wes whoa baby, back up. When he got introduced I was already half in love with him. Through the book my love grew for him , he was a good guy, and Aurora wow what another amazing character who I cried hysterically for and she is not the only one but I don't want to spoil it for anyone. But these new characters Wes, Aurora the four seasons, Rose Wilde and even Eve amazing, amazing, amazing.

This author gets these characters and nailed them right on, with all the information on them, their pasts and everything about them. He makes all their feelings seem real, even the horrible ones. I can't gush enough and I know I keep repeating myself but I can't get over it. All I know this is a book I recommend to everyone, it has a little bit of everything for everyone. Ahhh I am already ready for book 3 and I know I will be biting my nails waiting waiting waiting!!!(less)

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Jul 22, 2011 Cory marked it as to-read

Eventually, I will finish Wildefire.

Until then, I will say that I like the title for this book. Perhaps the cover will be cooler too.

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Oct 24, 2012 April (Books4Juliet) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dystopian-fantasy-paranormal, favorites, 2012-releases, on-bookshelves

You can't run someplace new and not fill up the new space with the old stuff. The things you want to leave behind are the very things you can't. - Ash

I'm indestructible, Ash. That doesn't mean I'm incapable of feeling. I still experience love, and I can still experience pain. - Colt

When we reached the ending of Wildefire, the first book in the series, we learned that Colt isn't someone we thought he was. He isn't human. He isn't the same Colt. With this horrible realization, Ash ran away from...more You can't run someplace new and not fill up the new space with the old stuff. The things you want to leave behind are the very things you can't. - Ash

I'm indestructible, Ash. That doesn't mean I'm incapable of feeling. I still experience love, and I can still experience pain. - Colt

When we reached the ending of Wildefire, the first book in the series, we learned that Colt isn't someone we thought he was. He isn't human. He isn't the same Colt. With this horrible realization, Ash ran away from him and decided to find her sisters--Rose, the youngest of the Wilde sisters who is known to be very dangerous and whom she never met, and Eve whom she learned isn't dead but in Nether, held captured by the Cloak. In the process of finding her sisters, she met Wes, the hot and gorgeous Aztec God of Night, and Aurora, the Roman Goddess of Dawn.

Embers & Echoes started exactly where the first book ended, and with that huge cliffhanger ending in Wildefire, expect another thrill ride, lots of suspense, actions, mysteries and of course romance.

This was the second time recently she'd saved a boy from being chained and tortured.
"Let's hope I don't regret saving this one," she whispered to no one at all.

The looks that you and Wes have been exchanging the last forty-eight hours are so hot that I'm surprised you don't need sunglasses to keep from getting pregnant. - Aurora

What I loved about Karsten Knight's books is the humor and wit. This book doesn't lack of those. It balances the story especially when the book is full of suspense and heart-throbbing actions. There are old enemies, old foes, new friends--all these characters are amazing and very well-developed. You just can't help but love and care for them. So when a character died, well… of course it wasn't pretty, and it was absolutely not fun at all. I have to say that this book is even more heartbreaking for me than Wildefire 'cos once again I lost my favorite characters. The author isn't afraid to kill his characters--characters that I loved ever since Wildefire and I think it was a brave move. I just hope Karsten will continue to create beautiful Gods and Goddesses in the next books--characters that I will love as much as I love the others (may they rest in peace *wink). And please… oh dear Author, please, can you at least spare me some pain and heartache by not killing any more of my favorite characters?

Not as much as I loved Wildefire, but this one is really good. More suspenseful than the first. The mysteries and twists are even more intriguing. I am not fully satisfied with the ending because for me it's tragic. But overall, this book is amazing. The secrets and the revelations aren't what I expected either. There are more secrets from the past that are yet to unfold and I'm excited to see them revealed on the next book. Yes, sometimes I got frustrated because I didn't know who to trust anymore--the characters are unpredictable! So expect betrayal, revenge, and murders. I enjoyed it and I am eagerly anticipating the third. Full of actions, mysteries, suspense, wit and even drama, this book will put you at the edge of your seat.

You make a decision whether you want to spend your life staring at the dark horizons…Or whether you want to spend it catching every sunrise that you can. - Wes (less)

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Aug 27, 2012 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-sophomore-challenge, arc

Ashline Wilde wanted nothing more than to leave Blackwood Academy behind and to escape the memories of everything that happened that May. But as she learned when she arrived at Blackwood, you can’t always run from your past.

It will follow you. And ignoring it can have devastating consequences. Consequences she’s still reeling from.

But when her end of year plans take a drastic turn, she decides to face what she’d been trying to avoid and heads to Miami to track down the sister she knows only from...more

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May 09, 2013 Leann rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ashline Wilde, age 16 is a reincarnated volcano goddess, Pele on a mission. Her younger sister has been kidnapped by the Cloake, a supposed Miami based cult. Ashline is nearly killed by her boyfriend and once she gets away she hopes to never see him again, but that isn’t in the cards. Ash comes in contact with the Four Seasons, who are power hungry deities and finds that they are working for a very wealthy woman who’s goal is to use Ash’s six year old sister, Rose, to open the portal to the neth...more

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Feb 03, 2013 Esther Shaindel rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Definitely fiery! With the amount of times Miami is burnt, frozen, overgrown, electrocuted, or blown up, it's amazing it still exists!

Ash's search for her little sister leads her to more of what she experienced in the first book in regard to her trust of others, her quest to live a normal life, and her desire to patch things up with her sisters. As her visions show her more and more of her past lives, she doesn't know who...more

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Nov 17, 2012 Natasha rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Truly and engrossing read. Okay huge spoilers so anyone who reads and have not read the book have only themselves to blame if they read further.
Ashe is one of my favorite female leads. So after finding out her boyfriend is a deity as well he shows a bit of true insanity. Ashe uses her lava powers to glue him to ground to get away from him. She eventually goes to Miami to find the enticing the Aztec god of night Tezcatlipoca but referred to as Wes. Also their are tidbits into the long lost litt...more Truly and engrossing read. Okay huge spoilers so anyone who reads and have not read the book have only themselves to blame if they read further.
Ashe is one of my favorite female leads. So after finding out her boyfriend is a deity as well he shows a bit of true insanity. Ashe uses her lava powers to glue him to ground to get away from him. She eventually goes to Miami to find the enticing the Aztec god of night Tezcatlipoca but referred to as Wes. Also their are tidbits into the long lost little sister of Ashe and Eve and boy she is even worse than Eve. She truly loves blowing things up and is spiteful and entitled. The book introduces 3 antagonists along with a re-introduction to Lily who like they will a problem but the true instigator of all the misfortune is Colt because they promptly get killed off one by one. The first one to die is Norse goddess of Winter who I felt sorry for when she asked Ashe to not leave her alone while she died despite Ashe being the one responsible for it. Then comes the death of said Norse deities boyfriend. Lily becomes a true entitled bint who despite the fact that she looked pained when trying to Kill Ashe deserved to be stabbed in the heart from a broken champagne glass. Her final moments are spent on one last rant on how the people she betrayed first ruined her life. The final one gets offed by the psychotic Rose's explosions. She is taken to Wes's home and eventually gets Ashe to the netherworld where Eve is kept. There its revealed that the reasons there are less gods is their own fault. The gods spent their eternal lives not gaining wisdom but being entitled bullies. The spooky force that gods feared is actually a friendly hivemind allergic to hatred. They only took Eve when Ashe had enough of the emotional strain she put upon her. Even after being freed Eve proves that Ashe is the only reasonable one of the family along with the only one who has a fundamental moral core while Eve would turn off any guilt relating to her adoptive parents guilt and cause chaos. Colt reveals his mater plan of making the three Wildes one as they were all once the whole Pele. Then Rose commits the act that removed any amount of sympathy I did have and could have had for her. She then throws Raja out a thirty foot window. And Eve steals Raja's baby to join Colt and his insane love fusion love plan making me wish that Ashe would break her jaw and cripple her.What a ride it was. I hope Rose dies painfully and slowly from an implosion for ironies sake. While Eve gets stuck in a cave instead all of them fusing back into one.
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Sep 03, 2012 Van rated it 5 of 5 stars

Embers and Echoes, the sequel to Wildefire was an amazing-emotional rollercoaster! I read Wildefire last year and really enjoyed it. Karsten left readers with a shocking cliff hanger…so I knew I had to read the sequel ASAP. Embers and Echoes starts off exactly where the last book ended, with Ashline and Colt emerging from the motorcycle accident, and where readers learn the revelations about Colt’s true identity (don’t want to spoil the series for those who haven’t read it yet). Ashline has a dr...more

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Nov 04, 2012 The Twins Read rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: nicole-s-shelf, purchased

Embers and Echoes is book two in the Wildefire trilogy. Wildefire, in case you haven't read it yet, ended with an epic cliffhanger. Book 2 starts right where Wildefire left off, and without a lull in the timeline, readers will be jolted back into the story's fast pace and action-packed scenes.

Ashline is a strong heroine; she's no damsel in distress, no Mary Sue. She's snarky and acerbic and funny and filled to the brim with bad puns. She's no different than how she was in the first book, althoug...more Embers and Echoes is book two in the Wildefire trilogy. Wildefire, in case you haven't read it yet, ended with an epic cliffhanger. Book 2 starts right where Wildefire left off, and without a lull in the timeline, readers will be jolted back into the story's fast pace and action-packed scenes.

Ashline is a strong heroine; she's no damsel in distress, no Mary Sue. She's snarky and acerbic and funny and filled to the brim with bad puns. She's no different than how she was in the first book, although maybe she's a tad bit more violent here. In Embers and Echoes Ashline is, thanks to a rather informative dream, on a mission to find her little sister, so she heads off to Miami where she encounters Wes. He is the Aztec god of the night and the only time he has access to his godly powers is when it's night. (Surprise!) Wes is a great guy, he's protective, funny and really cute and what really made me like him was that he wasn't exactly like other male characters out there. Sure he's hot, he's ripped, he's brooding and secretive and all that but he wasn't overbearing and didn't crowd Ashline. He wanted to protect her and go all he-man on her but he actually understood that Ashline was more than capable of taking care of herself. Kudos to that. Colt is still present in the story, I won't say much about him so as not to spoil anyone, but his role in the story was totally unexpected. I don't really know how to feel about that. Some moments I love him to bits and pieces and others I just want to slap him silly. (I loved him in the first book though.)

Miami is also where our lovely heroine meets the Four Seasons. I, personally, had a hard time taking the name seriously. I admit that the gods that comprised the Four Seasons were creepy, and weird and psychopathic but...Four Seasons? The first thing I thought of was the drink, then the hotel, so there. It doesn't exactly sound like something that inspires fear or awe in people. They were working with Lesley Vanderbilt and there were some shady stuff going on that made me cringe in distaste but...Four Seasons. Yeah.

There were a lot of aspects of this book that I liked. The strong cast of characters with their different personalities, the fast pace and the action-oriented scenes. Ashline and Wes' relationship, despite the myriad number of complications that arose, and the way the plot twisted and turned and twisted some more but didn't end up a convoluted mess. There were times when the viewpoints switched from third person to second person and it should've been annoying, but it wasn't. I'm also glad that in this book we get to find out more about the Cloak and the connection between Ashline and her sisters and we get to glimpse scenes from Ashline's past that answers a few questions but then raises a few more.

So, filled with action, betrayal and heartbreak, Embers and Echoes is a satisfying sequel to Wildefire. For those of you who haven't read it yet, go grab a copy and immerse yourself in the wonderfully chaotic world of this fiery volcano goddess.

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Aug 15, 2012 Adrienne Fray rated it 4 of 5 stars

I never read a sequel before I read the first book. Because that's just dumb, right?
How is a girl supposed to know what's going on?

But when I picked up this ARC to review on my vacation, it was too little too late when I foolishly discovered that this book was actually the second in a series. I found myself on my plane, trapped with nothing to do but read the only book I'd brought with me. So I did.

This book was so fantastic. There is so much going on in Ash's world, so much death and regret, ro...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Kale rated it 3 of 5 stars

Pele incarnate is back and setting Miami ablaze in Embers and Echoes a Wildefire sequel. Ashline Wilde is on a quest to find her youngest sister but is in for quite a brawl. Lesley Vanderbilt still has a score to settle and she's enlisted her own local league of gods looking to spark their own agenda and they want to count the littlest Wilde as one of their own.

Unfortunately battling bad guys and saving her sister is just the start. Ex-flame Colt Halliday has other plans and Ash maybe playing ri...more Pele incarnate is back and setting Miami ablaze in Embers and Echoes a Wildefire sequel. Ashline Wilde is on a quest to find her youngest sister but is in for quite a brawl. Lesley Vanderbilt still has a score to settle and she's enlisted her own local league of gods looking to spark their own agenda and they want to count the littlest Wilde as one of their own.

Unfortunately battling bad guys and saving her sister is just the start. Ex-flame Colt Halliday has other plans and Ash maybe playing right into them.

I didn't love Wildefire. I didn't like Ash. But I did find Embers and Echoes resolved quite a few of my issues from the first book. Again I think the premise and ideas are solid. Plus in book two we find out some background and motivation for why characters like Eve and Ash are at odds with each other. Knight sets up the series story line by the end of the book so readers get an idea of where he plans on taking things. I think the pacing was good for most of the book, things were a little slower in the middle but the book was filled with a lot of action and quite a few epic battles to balance things out. There were a couple of scenes that didn't work for me. One was to be an emotional confrontation under a weeping willow that was more like an uncomfortable soap opera scene than the heart wrenching episode I thought it was meant to be.

Ashline was much more likable in this book, she's not as selfish and she's looking for her sister which helped remove her from the heroines you hate category. I also liked a lot of the newly introduced supporting characters. Yet I still found it hard to connect with the book. The world is filled with a lot of animosity which I think fuels the disconnect but the biggest challenge for me is that while Ash is more likable she's not to the flawed but lovable heroine stage. And while I give the author credit for not being afraid to off his characters, it's those characters who are likable, that I am interested in and invested in seeing make it through, that don't make it at all. And then we're left with mostly villains.

Overall I found Embers and Echoes entertaining but still unengaging. While I liked the sequel better than Wildfire, I'm still finding a disconnect. The heroine has come a long way and I really liked where the author is taking the story but I'm hoping as Ash evolves and more of the background and story is revealed, I'll find what's missing for me and along with a book I truly love.(less)

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Jan 22, 2013 Marielle ♥ dominus ♥ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Not that good.

Colt is a bad guy, what the hell? Hahhaha xD. I was just shocked, I didn't expected it. I guess that's a good thing.

And then...bam! There's Rose, her sister. And everything just keeps surprising me so ting, I didn't like it. Though it's quite good.

But almost everyone died. What's up with that? And Wes' left. In my opinion, that means he isn't really "IN LOVE" with Ash.

Then Ash had rescued Rose and Eve and in return, they betrayed her. Again, what's yo with that?

And then I learned...more

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Feb 27, 2013 Decka rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm still reading but i'm kind of ready to stop. The first book was awesome, i truly loved it. But the second one.... i wouldn't say interesting but a bit... dull. Every time i read a chapter i feel confused as hell! plus, i feel that Knight should have explained more about the Polynesian. Colt turned bad, that was a surprise. The only thing that kept me going, reading Colt's name and Ash little sister. Overall, i was going to rate this book less but decided against it for certain reasons. Hopef...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Alivia Anders is currently reading it

Shelves: 2012-reads, huge-favorites, wishlist

Dear Karsten Knight,

I am waiting. Waiting for this book.

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Feb 13, 2012 fяσzєη marked it as to-read

Shelves: covergasm, mythology

Oooh the cover's out.

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Mar 12, 2013 Perenelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: dead-really-dead, dying-right-now, fangirlin-way-too-much, kickass-female-protagonists, re-reads, myths, somedeepstuff, supernatural, uh-i-guess-u-can-call-it-girly, why-endings

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. OMG, really Karsten Knight???
You HAD to kill EVERYONE???!!!
Even the characters I actually liked???
Wow, this book was filled with SOOOOO many twists and turns, I never saw it coming.
Well, except for the cryptic "DONT AGE THE BABY" thing....
yeah, well, overall...AMAZING book with brand new characters and action-packed scenes.
And the part with Pele being a candelabra, that was certainly interesting. But now I'm wondering...
the goddess was split into the Spark, the Fuse, and the Ember, but who is re...more

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Aug 29, 2012 Debbie (at) I Heart YA Books rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: blog-tours-books

Embers and Echoes is absolutely amazing. I knew Karsten Knight was an awesome writer after I read Wildefire, but Knight totally took me to a higher level of his awesomeness in the sequel Embers and Echoes. I thought I knew a little where Knight was going to take his sequel, but I was wrong. Knight definitely blew me away with the storyline in Embers and Echoes, and one of the mind blowing was Colt Halliday, yes, notice I said his whole name. ( full names are used when you really want to do bodil...more Embers and Echoes is absolutely amazing. I knew Karsten Knight was an awesome writer after I read Wildefire, but Knight totally took me to a higher level of his awesomeness in the sequel Embers and Echoes. I thought I knew a little where Knight was going to take his sequel, but I was wrong. Knight definitely blew me away with the storyline in Embers and Echoes, and one of the mind blowing was Colt Halliday, yes, notice I said his whole name. ( full names are used when you really want to do bodily harm to a person lol!) I fell in love the gorgeous forest ranger Colt right along with Ashline in Wildefire, but this time around, Jerk is way too nice of a name for Colt. Yep! I love it when Ashline told Colt "Come near me again, and we'll find out what else you can regrow." She pointed at his crotch. Ashline is a girl after my own heart when she says this to Colt. Thank you Mr. Knight for Ashline's wonderful character!

Ashline is going to really have a rough time with love and fighting for her life, she will find out who Colt really is, plus trying to get Eve out of the Cloak's Netherworld and losing more of her friend, old ones and new ones. And she also will have to fight four sadistic gods and goddess's to get her little sister Rose back, with one of the sadistic goddess being Lily. Ashline has her hands full and on top of everything she is remember her past lives.

Ashline has to go to Miami for her fight and rescue mission and she meets Wesley who's the Aztec god of night and Aurora who's the Roman goddess of the dawn. Wes and Aurora offer their myth's powers to help Ash, but it clear that Wes is offering more than just his power to Ash and Ash is not refusing Wes. But Ash is starting to realize love for her really stinks when it comes to romance with gorgeous myth gods.

Embers and Echoes is an amazing sequel to Wildefire with thrilling action and chilling heart-break for Ashline with her sister, her friend, her enemies and her love life. I highly recommend Embers and Echoes as a must read beautiful kick-ass heroine you will love and be rooting for.
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Dec 04, 2012 Stacey (secsec1) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-books

I've been DYING to read Embers & Echoes ever since I finished Wildefire last year, it ended with such an AHHHHH moment I needed to know what happened next and Embers & Echoes didn't disappoint. It's jam packed with action, emotion, and tons of great back story, which is one of my favorite parts about this series. These books aren't just happening in the here and now, you're discovering the histories these characters have along with them, so when they find out some new shocking bit from t...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Siobhan rated it 5 of 5 stars

This Review can also be read on my blog Conversations of a Reading Addict

Where do I start? When I first read Wildefire last year I didn't really know what to expect, especially from such a young and new writer. But what I found was a story that grabbed my attention right from the beginning, and a protagonist that had grown to become one of my favorites.

In Embers and Echoes we continue to follow Ashline, as she begins to grasp her new powers as a Volcano Goddess. As you may realize, I love novel...more This Review can also be read on my blog Conversations of a Reading Addict

Where do I start? When I first read Wildefire last year I didn't really know what to expect, especially from such a young and new writer. But what I found was a story that grabbed my attention right from the beginning, and a protagonist that had grown to become one of my favorites.

In Embers and Echoes we continue to follow Ashline, as she begins to grasp her new powers as a Volcano Goddess. As you may realize, I love novels that are based on any type of mythology, especially ones that are done well. And I will say that this one was done very well.

In this jam packed sequel, Ashline continues her witty and sarcastic banter with all of the new and old secondary characters. This alone is one of the reasons I love this series so much, but also for the amazing prose, heart pounding fight scenes, and for the dialogue and the way Karsten's characters communicated with each other. The sarcasm was by far my favorite part, it added a sense of humor to a very grim storyline, and it shows that Ashline doesn't take herself or others around her that seriously.

Karsten Knight has a very eloquent way of writing. It becomes both beautiful and comical at the same time, a feat that is rare in many novels. He is not afraid to maim or permanently harm his main characters, whether that be physical or mental. I loved that the attraction between Ashline and Wes was slow building and felt real. His ability to write an amazing love story is very commendable, especially when readers might be hung up on certain characters from the first novel. He let us experience the romance through Ashline eyes and I absolutely loved that.

The flow of this novel was great, the plot kept me guessing most of the time and the driving force behind every action was fascinating. And the end! I did not see that coming at all and I felt myself feeling genuinely surprised.

Overall I loved everything about this novel, the characters, the back-story, the mythology and of course, the sarcasm. I must warn those who love short chapters, you will not find any here. This was the only part that I found frustrating because I always found myself wanting to read until the end of the chapter, but that would mean reading 50 pages! Other than that I can't say one bad thing about this book! I loved it!(less)

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Oct 01, 2012 Giselle at Book Nerd Canada rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: from-publishers, own

I was extremely glad I had Embers and Echoes after I read that Wildefire cliffhanger. Embers and Echoes picks up right after Wildefire. We find Ash with the truth of having another sister named Rose. The Four Seasons Gods and Goddesses seem to be after her, as well as the billionaire Lesley Vanderbilt. She meets more gods and goddess friends this time around, and with their help manage to track down Rose. What she doesn’t know is that Colt is also after her as well. What happens when she comes f...more I was extremely glad I had Embers and Echoes after I read that Wildefire cliffhanger. Embers and Echoes picks up right after Wildefire. We find Ash with the truth of having another sister named Rose. The Four Seasons Gods and Goddesses seem to be after her, as well as the billionaire Lesley Vanderbilt. She meets more gods and goddess friends this time around, and with their help manage to track down Rose. What she doesn’t know is that Colt is also after her as well. What happens when she comes face to face with the love of her life, the trickster?

Ash is such a spitfire, and I love it. She’s completely snarky and violent. Which makes sense because she’s a volcano goddess. I also love the fact that she rescues guys instead of the guys rescuing her. Lily is back and bitchier than ever. I rather liked how she took the role of villain since Eve was stuck in the Cloak Underworld. Wes is a great new addition and he seems more trustworthy than Colt ever was. And last but not least, there’s Colt. He’s the one behind the schemes and games and when he reveals the truth behind his trickery, I almost felt pity for him.

The mish-mash of all mythological tales are again combined in this trilogy. I rather like it. I would end up googling their names and reading up on all the stories. What I didn’t like was that there was no detailed history of why and how the gods are reincarnated as humans in the first place. (We need answers Karsten!) I also love that the cast is multi-cultural. It just seems so much more relatable since not everyone is a cookie cutter blonde in the novel. So much action in this one that I could not put it down. I love the action scenes. They were detailed enough to imagine in my mind’s eye. The dialogue always managed to crack me up. Especially Ash’s witty remarks towards anyone who was male. I also couldn’t fathom why everyone had to be gorgeous and wanted to hook up with every god or goddess that was around. Maybe Aphrodite is enticing them with her powers? Another confusing bit about the book was the switch from third person to second person. I thought it was widly annoying, and felt Karsten should have stuck to third person through out the novel. Second person viewpoints should stick Choose Your Own Adventure books.

In the end, I really enjoyed this one. I can’t wait to find out what happens in the next novel. There’s a lot of questions i want answered.(less)

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Sep 15, 2012 Jessi Larie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, books-i-own

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Oh. My. Wow! I am currently speechless, please give me 3.5 seconds......
Okay. Ahem. So, um, this book rocked my socks. It was fast-paced, action-packed, and full of twists and turns. The stakes are high and nothing is what it seems. And boy, did everything go to hell in a handbasket...

Mr. Knight really knows how to play your emotions! I felt a vast array of them - shock, horror, sadness, joy, regret. Mostly shock. This book was a rollercoaster of emotion! There...more

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Sep 16, 2012 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: death, owned, p-strong-female-lead, quest-mission, read-2012, past-lives, sn-gods, young-adult, fave-super-para

Ah good, no middle-book-syndrom to be found here. A lot more violence and a little less crazy sister though. Eve is stuck in the netherworld and a group of gods have kidnapped Ash's sister from her previous kidnappers. And now that she knows her boyfriend Colt is a creepy liar, she's on her own, headed to Miami to get back both her sisters. There she meets Wes, god of the night and his friend Aurora, some goddess with wings, who are willing to help Ash in tracking down her youngest sister by goi...more

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Apr 26, 2013 Teresa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Surprising Discovery. Lots of Twists and turns. And deaths of her friends. Ashline ends up in Miami trying to save her younger sister Rose who has been kidnapped by the Four Season Gods/Goddesses and Lesley. Suddenly on her journey, Ashline has a new love interest - Wes - god of the night. Unfortunately Wes cannot deal with the death of his friend, Aurora, tortured by the Four Season as sacrifice. He needs time to heal and he leaves Ashline because he can't deal with it as Ashline was very much...more

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Oct 19, 2012 Anna Tee (The Bursting Bookshelf) rated it 5 of 5 stars

I was lucky enough to receive Wildefire for review last year, and I absolutely loved it. Ever since then I've been dying to read the sequel and thanks to the amazing Simon and Schuster Canada, I got a copy for review a short while ago. As soon as I got it, I read it right away, loving every minute of it. After loving the first book so much, I knew there was a great chance that the book might not live up to the legacy of the first, but luckily, it very much surpassed it.

Ashline was just as kick b...more

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Aug 26, 2012 Sophia C rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Rating: 4.5 Stars

Sequel to Wildefire, MAJOR SPOILERS!

Worth the buy? Yes. I bought it and I loved it!

Theme: Mythology

Fan the flames: A teen goddess fires up her search for love and family in this sequel to Wildefire. Ashline Wilde may have needed school to learn that she is actually a reincarnated goddess, but she’s ready to move beyond books. She leaves her California boarding school behind and makes for Miami, where she meets a new group of deities and desperately seeks her sister Rose, the god...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Lauren (Nose in a Book) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

Originally reviewed at Nose in a Book.

I reviewed the first in this series last year on the blog and I was intrigued by the plot but I was not overly impressed with the writing overall. I’m not sure why I read the second in the series, but I was drawn to the characters again – all the gods and goddesses – what was Knight going to have them do this time? I must say that this time, I definitely preferred the plot and characters to the first novel although there was still a lot going on. The end of...more Originally reviewed at Nose in a Book.

I reviewed the first in this series last year on the blog and I was intrigued by the plot but I was not overly impressed with the writing overall. I’m not sure why I read the second in the series, but I was drawn to the characters again – all the gods and goddesses – what was Knight going to have them do this time? I must say that this time, I definitely preferred the plot and characters to the first novel although there was still a lot going on. The end of the last novel left us with a cliffhanger so there was a lot to resolve with this one and Knight made sure that we got some answers but he also raised a bunch more as well. Typical second novel, yes?

We start off with Ash trying to explain away her sister’s disappearance to her parents and then discovering that Eve might not be gone after all. But she knows that her youngest sister that she’s been dreaming about is in Miami so she convinces her parents that’s where Eve is as well and that she’s the only one that can bring her home. So we have a new setting for the novel. Where, there was only one enemy at the boarding school in the first novel, there are many in the bigger city. Whereas Eve and Colt were her biggest worries in California, Ash knows nobody in Miami and it’s uncertain who she should trust. One of the first things she does after arriving in the city is rescue a guy from some thugs that are torturing him in this crazy UV-lit room. Why the UV lights? Turns out he’s the Aztec god of night and the UV light takes away his powers! Ash finds herself in a bigger world of mythological trouble than she thought.

Ash is taken in by Wes, the god of night, and his friend Aurora – another goddess – as they try to figure out exactly what’s going on in Miami. Some characters from the first book make appearances, namely Colt, but for the most part the lineup is entirely new. Working with her new friends, Ash discovers that some gods are working with Leslie Vanderbilt to…try and take over the world, simply put. They have Ash’s younger sister, Rose, and all Ash cares about for most of the book is getting her back. We’re reintroduced to the Cloak – although not well as I don’t remember them well from the last novel – and they give Ash better motivations. Some more secrets are revealed and all hell breaks loose, of course. It wasn’t so jam packed as Wildefire but it was still fairly ridiculous. It’s kind of nuts that it’s a series when the books themselves are almost stand alones.

In better news, Ash gets a new love interest in Wes and I wholeheartedly approve of him. There seems to be a history that Ash, Wes and Colt can’t escape though so I guess I’ll have to read Afterglow and find out how it all ends…(less)

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Aug 29, 2012 Tiffany (For Those About to Read...) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Embers & Echoes takes place exactly where Wildefire left off, which was great because we get to see Ash’s reaction to Colt surviving a horrific motorcycle accident. In true Ashilne Wilde style, it was priceless.

As with Wildefire, there is a ton of violence in this novel. However, while the violence was a real turn off in Wildefire, it now makes a lot of sense to me. We are talking about a bunch of gods here. They are almost always vengeful and violent! I am so glad Karsten Knight has written...more

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Feb 27, 2013 Alexis (The Literature Lion) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2013, mythology

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I really loved Wildefire, when I read it about a year ago. It was simply awesome in my eyes because I loved Ashline. Her snarky attitude and quick wit made me respect her a lot and she made it entertaining to read. I also really liked all of the mythology. It's like my guilty pleasure! It was nice to learn about all different cultures rather than just Greek mythology too! In other words, I simply adored Wildefire.

Not many people had similar feeling...more REVIEW: http://theliteraturelion.blogspot.com...

I really loved Wildefire, when I read it about a year ago. It was simply awesome in my eyes because I loved Ashline. Her snarky attitude and quick wit made me respect her a lot and she made it entertaining to read. I also really liked all of the mythology. It's like my guilty pleasure! It was nice to learn about all different cultures rather than just Greek mythology too! In other words, I simply adored Wildefire.

Not many people had similar feelings about the first book. Some people hated all the violence and vulgar language. So not many people went and read Embers & Echoes after reading Wildefire. I was so happy to read Embers & Echoes, I was practically bouncing off my chair!

I have to say, I was extremely let down. I expected some awesome action scenes and wonderful romantic scenes, but honestly - everything was cliched. There's just no other word to describe this book than cliched.

All the fight scenes - especially with the Four Seasons - occurred the same way. Ashline would be overpowered and about to die, and then BAM. She figured out a solution and magically killed each member of the Four Seasons easily. It's like NO! Ashline does not just have an awesome mind and be able to see something that will save her life. It would been more believable if not every member of the Four Seasons was killed off, or even killed off my Ashline. Maybe a minor character could have helped, or a natural disaster - ANYTHING!

The romance was just ehh. The book took a span of about a week. That means she meets Wes, and they seem to have an AMAZING connection. WHAT!? Okay, I get you're these reincarnated gods, but you really think you would be able to tell you have a history in a few hours? If that was possible, then why couldn't Ashline tell that with Colt - her so-called SOUL MATE? This frustrated me a bit, but Wes was pretty cute so I put up with it.

It may seem like I didn't like this book, but there were things I did like. Ashline is still somewhat of an idol for me, because she's so strong. Things go down in the dump SO many times for her, but she just keeps pushing and making things work for her. I really respect that about her!

Also, the plot was pretty awesome. Everything with Ashline dreaming of her past lives, to trying to save Rose and being betrayed. There were a couple awesome twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat!

Lastly, I think this book will appeal to readers of Wildefire who simply didn't like the first book because of the vulgar language. I think the publishers took that into consideration, because there was pretty much no vulgar language in this book!

So I really wanted to love this book as I loved Wildefire, but it really didn't do it for me this time around. I was planning on rating this book a two, just because I hate things that aren't realistic, but the plot and Ashline still rocked.
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Sep 14, 2012 Book Twirps rated it 3 of 5 stars

When I read Wildefire I fell in love with the book. It introduced me to a wide range of characters, many of whom were reincarnated gods that I knew very little about. I loved the world of Blackwood Academy. The action was awesome and the characters a lot of fun. Also, the ending left me wanting to immediately dive into the second book and I had to wait over a year for the sequel. The horror! The minute I received my pre-ordered copy in the mail I set all of my “required” reading aside and dove i...more When I read Wildefire I fell in love with the book. It introduced me to a wide range of characters, many of whom were reincarnated gods that I knew very little about. I loved the world of Blackwood Academy. The action was awesome and the characters a lot of fun. Also, the ending left me wanting to immediately dive into the second book and I had to wait over a year for the sequel. The horror! The minute I received my pre-ordered copy in the mail I set all of my “required” reading aside and dove in.

The following may contain mild spoilers from the first book. You’ve been warned.

The book picks up right where Wildefire left off. There’s no flashback to the moment, or a quick summary. You’re right back with Colt and Ashline and dealing with the aftermath of the accident and Colt’s big reveal. His reveal leaves a bad taste in Ash’s mouth and she ends up leaving him and going her own way. When she receives a tip that she can find her mysterious little sister in Miami, she hops a flight to begin her search. When she gets there, she finds out that a familiar face from book one has her sister, and she has a group of gods working for her who call themselves “The Four Seasons”. The gods have a plan of their own which includes revealing themselves to the world through questionable means. Lucky for Ash, she’s met a couple of other gods who are on her side that are willing to help her rescue her little sister, and in the process, stop “The Four Seasons” from wrecking havoc. The closer she grows to one of her new “friends”, the deeper the burn she feels for Colt and his betrayal. Just when she thinks she may have a chance at a new beginning, the mysterious trickster reappears and she finds out his betrayal goes even deeper than she originally thought.

Okay, so I know that summary is a little vague, but I don’t like spoiling my reviews with too many details. Let me just say that there is A LOT that happens in this book, and while I enjoyed a lot of it, there was a lot that left me scratching my head. There were several plot points that I felt were reconciled too quickly. “The Four Seasons” could have really grown to be this awesome force, and I felt that they kind of fizzled. It seemed like just as I had put the pieces together, something changed, which isn’t always a bad thing, but in this case, I just felt as if there were too many things happening. As I said earlier, many of these things lost steam leaving me a little underwhelmed. Characters are introduced and then either killed off or they just disappear. I wanted more and I felt like I didn’t get a chance to connect (either positively or negatively) with a lot of them. I also felt like the book could have ended before it did. In fact, there were about two other places in the book where I felt it could have ended and I would have been satisfied. While it all ties together in the end, overall, it felt kind of disjointed to me.

My second problem with the book was Ash. She really started to get on my nerves. I appreciate a dry and sometimes sarcastic sense of humor, but I like my characters to have a little more depth and I didn’t get that from Ash. She was overly sarcastic, and I didn’t get it. She just didn’t seem real to me. I don’t think anyone is sarcastic 90% of the time when communicating with others. I was more forgiving in the first book, but in this one it just seemed to wear on my nerves. It felt as if every time she had a conversation she was throwing out one liners, and being a smart-ass. It made it hard to like her.

Another issue I had was the ending. It’s another cliffhanger, and while sometimes cliffhanger endings can be effective, I was expecting it this time around, and it felt a little melodramatic to me.

While I am looking forward to the next book in the series, I’m not frothing at the mouth for it like I was after reading Wildefire. Embers and Echoes is a fun action-packed read. I just wished it had felt a little more grounded in purpose.(less)

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