I have to say that the blurb for the book sums up the plot perfectly….In Ash, Abrahams tells the story of four college friends, an ex-con, a lonely fry cook, and a secretive group of prepared civilians as they each battle to survive in southern California after a series of nuclear attacks. Theirs is a gray world covered in ash and nuclear fallout. Do they hunker down? Do they bug out? Do they find their salvation above ground or below?… so I’m not going to rehash it in my own words because there’s no need!!
First and foremost, I have to applaud the author on what he’s doing here. It’s a unique and fresh way to do the post apoc books. The series he plans deals with the same core characters but puts them into different situations. He says that different heroes will emerge with each book and if some characters die in one book, they will be back in the next. I love the idea of this and am looking forward to reading them all!!
Anyway, this one deals with a Nuclear Attack. The fallout is bad and life as we know it is gone. I loved that the author dives into the action straight away. We get enough information on the attack to satisfy me and we get enough character development to keep them interesting. It’s a very easy story to get into and its easy to pick out some favourite characters too! One of mine died here but I know he will be in the next book so I’m ok about it.
In all, this was a great read. I gave it 4 stars because I didn’t like the way the kids believed the group over the radio so quickly!! They were willing to eave everything behind so easy that it just felt wrong. Other than that small bit, I loved everything else about it. It’s well written and thought out, it’s fast paced and exciting and it’s the start of something fresh and new in an over-saturated genre.
Kevin Pierce is as good as always. He is easy to listen to and was clear and concise. He has plenty of tones for the characters and even does the female voices really well.
I was given this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.