Okay… well, that was horrible. Goodness, I hate feeling like this. You know, that feeling of complete disappointment? I really, really wanted to like this one. Everything I saw about it was fantastic, the reviews were wonderful, the cover is gorgeous, the synopsis intriguing – and yet, An Inheritance of Ashes fell completely flat.
I don’t know what it was about the book that finally made me realize how much I was starting to loathe the thing. I was so confused about it all. I had no idea what the setting was, for one thing. This was supposed to be a fantasy, but the only thing that felt like fantasy was the introduction of the Twisted Things. Otherwise, I thought this book was some sort of historical fiction. The mentality of the characters,
I don’t know what it was about the book that finally made me realize how much I was starting to loathe the thing. I was so confused about it all. I had no idea what the setting was, for one thing. This was supposed to be a fantasy, but the only thing that felt like fantasy was the introduction of the Twisted Things. Otherwise, I thought this book was some sort of historical fiction. The mentality of the characters,