Review #33 - Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Title: Ashes
Author: Ilsa J. Bick
Published: 2011
Publisher: Egmont

A brief synopsis; (Via Goodreads)

No, she thought. No, please, God, I'm not seeing this

Seventeen-year-old Alex is hiking through the wilderness when it happens: an earth-shattering electromagnetic pulse that destroys almost everything.

Survivors are divided between those who have developed a superhuman sense and those who have acquired a taste for human flesh. These flesh-hunters stalk the land: hungry, ruthless and increasingly clever...

Alex meets Tom, a young army veteran, and Ellie, a lost girl. They will fight together and be torn apart, but Alex must face the most difficult question of all: 
In such a vastly changed world, who can you trust?

A story of high-wire tension, gut-wrenching twist, and burgeoning love, Ashes will leave you breathless.

Thoughts of Steel by K.E. English - Guest Post! ¦ Tour Stop!

Title: Thoughts of Steel (The Ruination Gods) Book 1
Author: Keith Edward English
Published: February 10th, 2016
Publisher: Ravenswood Publishing (Chimera Imprint)

A brief synopsis; (Via Goodreads)

The world turns cold as steel when it begins to die, and the divine will answer for the plight of man...

Life, as the inhabitants of Zepzier know it, ends as things of myth become a harsh and terrifying reality. Everything that Phalax, a battle-hardened defender of the kingdom of Cavia, has cared for begins to slip through his grasp as nightmares begin to plague his world. When he loses everything, he is left with nothing but a need for revenge, and the road to vengeance will be paved by the blood of both friend and foe.

Phalax once upheld justice. Now, right and wrong have no meaning to him, and morality has no bearing on his actions. He worships no gods, not even those who imbue him with incredible power. He will murder the enemy of his homeland and leave no threat standing. Nothing will stop him--no mortal, no demon, no god.

Review #32 - Wuthering Heights

Title: Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily Brontë
Published: 1847; 2002
Publisher: Penguin Classics

A brief synopsis; (Via Goodreads)

Published a year before her death at the age of thirty, Emily Brontë’s only novel is  set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors. Depicting the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct for poetry and for the dark depths of human psychology.

Guest Post! 'Why YA?' by R P Channing ¦ Gatecrash Tuesday!

R P Channing started writing three years ago, but never published anything even after churning out over a million words of fiction. Thirst: Blood of my Blood is the first book he dared to publish. When asked why, he said, “Because it’s the first thing I wrote that my wife actually enjoyed reading.” When not hammering away (most literally) at his keyboard, he can be found buried in a book, reading anything from romance to horror to young adult to non-fiction to comedy. 

You can find R P Channing at his Website, Amazon and Twitter.