Shadows (Ashes #2) by Ilsa J. Bick → Start Date: February 14th, 2014

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

There was a group of us that read book 1,
Please feel free to jump back in and read book 2 with us!

[Gisbelle]

Yay! I can't wait :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

me neither!!

[Gisbelle]

Trisha, I might not be able to start this one until Friday

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh no worries. I can wait until then too
so excited to read this one tho :D

want me to change the date?

[Gisbelle]

Sure :) thanks. This is my only buddy read this month and I can't even start on time. Shame on me lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh no! lol
no worries :)

[Gisbelle]

I finished Prologue last night

(view spoiler)[ It took a while for me to understand what was going on lol not sure because I read it too late at night or what. I was so glad Tom was okay :) (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

me too! LOL! but I've had Girl Scout cookie booth sales all day :)
finally have time to read! yay!

YES! I totally agree with your spoiler (view spoiler)[ I was so confused, I had to look at my previous review and read the synopsis for book one before I remembered what could be going on..... (hide spoiler)] lol

but I'm so glad to get an update from that part of the story! I think this one is going to be good!

[Gisbelle]

lol I was like "who the heck were these people???"

I haven't read more yet. Too distracted by other books XD I'll be back to update once I finish part one.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh and lol
I didn't remember who Chris was (did you??) so I looked at our old thread

NOW I remember :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

okay, I'm done with Part I and Part II

OMG (view spoiler)[ Yikes. Peter is in a really bad spot.

Chris and jena aren't in a much better spot

holy crap! Alex is in an AWFUL spot!! (hide spoiler)]

this one really starts off with a bang

AND once I remembered Chris, I think I remembered just about everyone else, thank goodness! Lots of POV!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

okay, I just finished Part III

Yikes! this part has been pretty gory and bloody!!

Alex (view spoiler)[ I can't believe that woman actually SENT her out there. Awful. With a gun that didn't work :( (hide spoiler)]

Wolf (view spoiler)[ Holy good god! I cringe EVERY TIME she talks about her attraction to this guy. Yuck. Just Yuck Yuck Yuck. I wonder if he is truly gone now (hide spoiler)]

Tom (view spoiler)[ He can't die!! he can't die!!!! :( (hide spoiler)]

all in all , so far, I've been pretty much CONFUSED!
I don't remember half of the people they are mentioning and this is all so fast paced that I'm having trouble trying to remember who anyone is WHILE trying to keep up! Ugh, it's kind of exhausting.

I'm hoping the next section will be easier!

[Gisbelle]

So sorry Trisha. I was a little busy during the weekend. I'll try finishing part 1 by the end oft the day.

Well, based on the prologue and how confused I was when those people were mentioned, I'm not thrilled to see more of that either :/

Oh Chris lol it took me a while to recall who he was too :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

no worries. Yeah....it's pretty confusing. I don't remember all these names...maybe I'll dig through our old thread again :D

[Gisbelle]

Ugh all these names are really confusing!

I just finished part I

To be honest, I thought Spider was a HORSE at first :/

And Wolf?? Who the heck was this guy in book 1?

I kinda thought of Texan Chainsaw Massacre when it was mentioned that they wore human skin.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I know, the human skin part is really gross!!

Wolf is the Changed out in the clearing - but I think she fought him and ran in book 1 (I'm only guessing tho)

Spider....yeah...another one of the Change right? Along with Acne or Pimple or something right?? Ugh, I can't remember them all!!

I was trying to remember who all the females were too! Argh! So annoying that there isn't any handholding to remind us about book 1 :(

[Gisbelle]

Oh thanks for much! I totally had no ideas who was who. Too many names and yes, it would be so much better if there were something to remind us about those characters.

Are you enjoying this book so far? I might be a little slow. You know, being a very impatient person and all, I tend to get frustrated when the book confuses me.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I'm enjoying it for sheer entertainment value. I'm frustrated I don't know who anyone is so I'm taking it at face value and just trying to go along with the story - which is kind of easy since I don't remember anyone!! LOL!

I do remember Tom and Alex but they are so far apart and living separate lives that it's almost like reading 2 books at once. I'm hoping their stories merge together soon :)

and no word on Ellie yet :(

[Gisbelle]

Me too. I remember only Tom and Alex. Oh Ellie :( I hope she is ok.

I'll read part 2 tomorrow.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I just finished part IV

wow..it's really getting crazy

Tom (view spoiler)[ YIKES, neither he nor Alex can get a fair shake. both of them run from one crappy situation to the next. it isn't even about survival, it's just crazy. NO ONE is safe with ANYONE else!! (hide spoiler)]

Alex (view spoiler)[ ugh, her situation has gotten much much worse but hopefully this Daniel situation and keeping him alive will help keep her alive (hide spoiler)]

wolf (view spoiler)[ I don't think he's dead (hide spoiler)]

[Gisbelle]

Is it getting better? I'm in middle of part 2, and it's so boring.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

well...yes and no.
entertainment, it's interesting. I'm enjoying it but it's still kind of confusing.

I just finished Part V

lots of action but....near misses. it's pretty crazy

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

and I'm done...Hmmm...I'm not sure how I feel about this one...

I think it was too confusing to start
and never gave us details to remember anyone

yeah, there was a slow part in the middle

and I'm kind of bummed at the end.

I will read the last one tho :)

keep me posted on how you're doing Gisbelle!! :)

[Gisbelle]

So glad to see you at least rated it 3 stars :) I'll try finish part 2 tomorrow.

[Gisbelle]

Sorry Trisha. I couldn't read part part 2. It was just too confusing and boring for me.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

No worries...I don't blame you :)