I've only known one Phoenix, his name was Fawkes.

From Ashes by Molly McAdams

From Ashes is a love triangle between Cassidy, the girl with the horrible past, Tyler, the boy that helped her through the horrors and his good looking, mysterious cousin Gage.  A story of love at first sight had some bumps along the road for Cassidy and Gage.  Will love prevail or will Cassi’s troubled past keep her from love forever?

What I did not like, this book started out a crazy great story, but it had huge plot holes, bad communication between characters increased those plot wholes.  There were several instances that were not realistic.  That I couldn’t believe two people in love would just believe or take someone’s word without making sure from the other person.  Tyler made some stupid mistakes and lied to both Cassi and Gage. But the lies were so dumb and with all of the time that Cassi and Gage were spending together you would think that Cassi would have asked why he hated her living with the guys so much, etc.  There were some unnecessary characters and story lines that did nothing for taking the story forward or developing the characters.  This of course is my opinion, so take it or leave it.  I absolutely hated the story with Conner Green and though it was dumb and not necessary.  Even with these dislikes, I really liked the book.  I gave From Ashes 3 out of 5 stars on Good Reads. While I'm at it, follow me on Good Reads!    

What I did like, was the story.  It was fun and the love story was good.  I enjoyed Gage’s character and enjoyed the story when it was from his point of view.  I also like the phoenix and the “from ashes” idea from the story.  I liked that her mom changed in the end and that there was a good part of her before she died.  I loved Gage’s big family and especially his mama.  I loved the house he built and how forward thinking he was at such a young age.  If you have not known someone like that it’s hard to imagine, but I have known people that have always known what they wanted to do where they wanted to live and they have achieved these goals.  So this is easy for me to comprehend.  Have you ever known anyone like this?  Both of my brothers are in a way like this, they have both known that they wanted stay in the city they were born in and on the most part have known what they wanted to do for a living and pretty much have known the course of their lives or have made their own dreams come true. 

I would recommend this book to my 17 and older audience, but to anyone younger than that, there are plenty of other books on my blog for you to read.  This is not a young adult book, but rather from the New Adult genre and is not suitable for teenagers.  There are some graphic scenes and some things that are talked about that would not be ok for younger audiences.

I want to read another book From Molly McAdams, I enjoyed her characters and look forward to more from her.  Thanks for stopping by and Keep Reading my Friends!