Title: From Flame and Ash
Series: Elements of Five #2
Series: Elements of Five #2
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: November 19, 2019
Blurb
NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues Lyric’s
epic journey in this spellbinding sequel to From
Breath and Ruin.
Lyric lost her past, her friends, and even her connections
to both worlds when she found out about the Maison realm and her calling. But
now she must put that aside and travel back to the Maison realm to continue her
training as the Spirit Priestess. Only her journey isn’t to Rhodes and those
she fought alongside before. This time, Easton and the other Obscurité warriors
will stand by her side as she tries to unlock her final three elements.
However, just as she starts to learn more about what she’s
been prophesied to do, a Seer’s wish and the calling of the Lumière kingdom calls her forth, thrusting
Lyric into another journey where she must trust those on both sides of the
age-old war to survive…and keep those she loves safe.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
From Flame and Ash is the second book in the Elements of Five by Carrie Ann Ryan. The book is not a stand-alone and I would recommend starting the series from book one. I read From beath and ruin when it was released and still I had a little bit hard time to adjust into this world again. Just for the first couple of chapters though. The book ends with a cliffhanger and if you don't like that, my suggestion is to wait for all the books to be released before reading the series.
As most YA stories do, this book wandered into the waters of a love triangle. Lyric is attracted to Rhodes, even though we know that she is not his soulmate and Easton and it made me worried that it was going to drag for the rest of Lyric's story. Emory's name kept popping up and in the back on my mind, I had her also as an option for Lyric's love. For most of the book, I was just wishing that she would settle on one person, so I would stop rooting for (possibly) the wrong one.
I know I shouldn't have started with the romance stuff, but I felt like the story was focused 60% of the time on Lyric pinning for those two guys and 40% on advancing the story, hence the reason for the 4 stars. I would have loved to see Lyric learning more about the world she is in because it seems like everyone is keeping information from her. In my opinion Lyric should focus more on unlocking and controlling the elements than finding who her soulmate is. A little bit more focus on the secondary characters would be also a thing I would love to see. They are very interesting all of them and I feel like they have so much more to tell. I have so many questions about them and I wanted them answered.
I liked the story and especially the last 25% of it. Some things were heartbreaking and others made me turn the pages and reading as fast as I could. It was exciting and I could almost say that I am happy with them because they will make Lyric grow as a character and help her with her elements. Then I remember everything that was lost and it makes it very hard to say that. I deleted the happy sentence at least 3 times, but it was an essential part on Lyric's journey.
Overall, I would recommend the book even though I wished for a less romantical turmoil from Lyric's part.
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Author Bio
Carrie Ann
Ryan is the New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance.
Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and
Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She
started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry
and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and
novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional
and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her
clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
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