From Ashes (From Ashes, #1) in Buddy Read Zone

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Shelves: ride-a-cowboy, the-alpha-syndrome, angsty, highschool-college, cry-me-a-river, paperback, 0wn-ya, emotional, virgin, 3-is-a-crowd

Aside from her dad, who passed away when she was six, Cassidy Jameson has only ever trusted one man: her best friend, Tyler. So of course she follows him to Texas when he leaves for college. She just didn't expect to be so drawn to their new roommate, Gage, a gorgeous guy with a husky Southern drawl. The only problem? He's Tyler's cousin.

Gage Carson was excited to share an apartment off campus with his cousin. He didn't mind that Tyler was bringing the mysterious friend he'd heard about since th ...more

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Dec 08, 2012 April added it

This book was all over the place... I'm not sure where to start.

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Dec 03, 2012 Aman rated it really liked it

Rating: 4.5 stars

Reviewed @ Enticed by Books

Hot Damn! I need to find myself a southern man!

Let me clear the air by saying that whatever the cover suggest, From Ashes by Molly McAdams does not have any kind of cheating involved, and that was one of my biggest concern reading this story. I'm so, so happy after finishing it, the story ends at a very positive note, and it is such a good learning experience. Initially, it reminded me of Because of Low, just because how the characters were acting, b Rating: 4.5 stars

Reviewed @ Enticed by Books

Hot Damn! I need to find myself a southern man!

Let me clear the air by saying that whatever the cover suggest, From Ashes by Molly McAdams does not have any kind of cheating involved, and that was one of my biggest concern reading this story. I'm so, so happy after finishing it, the story ends at a very positive note, and it is such a good learning experience. Initially, it reminded me of Because of Low, just because how the characters were acting, but From Ashes is much more serious and emotional book. It has plenty of steamy & swoon-wothy scenes, but we also get to see an insight into the abusers life, and more importantly the after effects and the coping process.

From Ashes sounds like a tear-jerker book, but it is not. I never once cried reading it, the best thing about this book was that it was focused more on the positive aspect rather than the reliving or rehashing the abusive part. It was more of moving on, and happy ending kind of a book, the process was painful though. Cassidy has been abused physically by the parents for 12 years, and the only stable person in her life was Tyler, her rock. After she turned 18, they both move to Austin, texas to live with Tyler's cousin, Gage. Then all the fun began.

Gage is THE PERFECT Gentleman. He is so polite yet so freaking hot the next moment. I loved that he took stand when need, and didn't force anything. He's definitely a catch. Gage & Cassidy have an insta attraction, but none of them acted towards it for a very long time. Part of the reason for the delay was Tyler, and I get the connection Cassidy has with him because he's always been there for her, but I just wished he never existed in the picture. I hate him so much (Read the book, and you might feel the same way). People like him are coward, and attention seeker, I just wanted to smack him tightly for what he did in the beginning. He was disgusting. That's all.

Cassidy is so strong, and I applaud her for going through the horror, and turning up so positive. With positive, it doesn't mean she was all happy & haha, it means that she didn't let that thing cloud her judgement or disorient her in any way. She was a good person, and I loved that she found Gage. They were so perfect together, there were moments where I felt that they should talk about everything, and don't let a simple misunderstanding get between them, but they, its life, those things happens. And his family was so loving, it doesn't get better than that. Gage is a romantic, and he proved that part in the end. The last 20% or so was my favorite, and I was like reading a full on romance novel.

I'm so freaking happy to have found this book. Normally I don't read books with series issues because it breaks my heart, but From Ashes made me happy, and gave me hope. I loved it so much! Everyone needs to read this book, it is a little long, but so worth your time. Molly Adams is me new favorite author, and I can't wait to read more by her.

A Copy was provided by the Publisher and Edelweiss for an honest review (Thank You!).
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Dec 02, 2012 Julie rated it really liked it

Shelves: ugly-cries, love-triangles, contemporary-romance, own-on-kindle, dysfunctional-tormented, hot-book-boyfriends, na-college-new-adult, abused, 2013-book-challenge

4 Stars!

This is the second book I've read by Molly McAdams and one thing that I really like about her books is how she doesn't build up the book then rush the reading through the ending leave the reader wondering "what now". While this book was a heart wrenching emotional read, I found that reading this book really stressed me out. I felt like I was anticipating something really bad to happen to Gage and Cassi beside their their miscommunications and missed opportunities with one another. I love ...more

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