Kitty's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 5 STARS 
 Review copy provided for an honest review 
 kittyWhen you see the genre on a book as "paranormal" your mind automatically thinks vampires, werewolves, shape shifter. Jeaniene Frost has brought a different dimension to the paranormal realm with "The Beautiful Ashes". She had me hook, line and sinker from the beginning of this wonderful novel and brought back to life the old stories of "David and Goliath" and "Judas" in a modern day setting with two people who tugged on my heart-strings right from the start. 
 As the story unfolds, we learn about Ivy, how she was raised and who and what made her into the woman she is today. She finally started to play the game and denied the hallucinations she always had were real. Until she loses everyone who she loves and has to face the reality of what she was seeing was real ... a parallel realm of death and destruction. Now, she has to face who and what she really is and make decisions that could ruin her, Jasmine, Adrian and the world as we know it. 
 Adrian has always know who and what he was. Raised in the demon realm by a destructive "father", his fate has always been sealed. He will betray the Davidian when the time comes. But he, himself, has always felt betrayed and used. First by Demetrius and constantly by Zach ... The demon and the Archon. Now, faced with his fate, he has to decide to either embrace and future or run from all that he has known. The decision he makes brings him closer and closer to the one person who could bring him down and make him fulfill his fate, the last Davidian, Ivy. 
 As the story unfolds, you get drawn into two realms battling it out in "The Beautiful Ashes". You are also drawn to both Adrian and Ivy as they battle through demon realms and their growing feelings for each other. You cheer on Ivy as she learns to use the gifts of her ancestors and hope that she can convince Adrian to believe that he is is the master of his fate, not what was written. When they finally admit to what they are feeling, the book explodes - literately. Saving Jasmine is Ivy's first priority, saving Adrian is her most important priority. 
 Written with unfulfilled passion, humor and suspense, Jeaniene Frost brings us into a paranormal world that is filled with hate, betrayal and love. The supporting characters are as intriguing as the main ones and only enhance the book ... each of them have their own pasts that just brings more intrigue and understanding to the world that Ivy did not know exist. Will we see an HEA for Adrian and Ivy, I could only hope! 
 When you see the genre on a book as "paranormal" your mind automatically thinks vampires, werewolves, shape shifter. Jeaniene Frost has brought a different dimension to the paranormal realm with "The Beautiful Ashes". She had me hook, line and sinker from the beginning of this wonderful novel and brought back to life the old stories of "David and Goliath" and "Judas" in a modern day setting with two people who tugged on my heart-strings right from the start. 
 As the story unfolds, we learn about Ivy, how she was raised and who and what made her into the woman she is today. She finally started to play the game and denied the hallucinations she always had were real. Until she loses everyone who she loves and has to face the reality of what she was seeing was real ... a parallel realm of death and destruction. Now, she has to face who and what she really is and make decisions that could ruin her, Jasmine, Adrian and the world as we know it. 
 Adrian has always know who and what he was. Raised in the demon realm by a destructive "father", his fate has always been sealed. He will betray the Davidian when the time comes. But he, himself, has always felt betrayed and used. First by Demetrius and constantly by Zach ... The demon and the Archon. Now, faced with his fate, he has to decide to either embrace and future or run from all that he has known. The decision he makes brings him closer and closer to the one person who could bring him down and make him fulfill his fate, the last Davidian, Ivy. 
 As the story unfolds, you get drawn into two realms battling it out in "The Beautiful Ashes". You are also drawn to both Adrian and Ivy as they battle through demon realms and their growing feelings for each other. You cheer on Ivy as she learns to use the gifts of her ancestors and hope that she can convince Adrian to believe that he is is the master of his fate, not what was written. When they finally admit to what they are feeling, the book explodes - literately. Saving Jasmine is Ivy's first priority, saving Adrian is her most important priority. 
 Written with unfulfilled passion, humor and suspense, Jeaniene Frost brings us into a paranormal world that is filled with hate, betrayal and love. The supporting characters are as intriguing as the main ones and only enhance the book ... each of them have their own pasts that just brings more intrigue and understanding to the world that Ivy did not know exist. Will we see an HEA for Adrian and Ivy, I could only hope!