1.5 stars, DNF at 50% 
 Amber to ashes 
 I started reading this book because I was too curious for my own good, then about half way through reading I realized this book was made up basically very long and dull inner dialogs, which were overly descriptive and wordy. So at 50% I quit. 
 To be honest this book started alright, since I generally enjoyed books that has school element, I was pretty excited with the dinner hall scenario, but then the story got really weird. I thought the story got real, really fast, there was hardly any time for a breather, it went straight to the ugly, and harsh truth. 
 Shortly after Amber met Brock, she confessed her dark, dark past, and then very soon there was the revelation of Brock's dark, dark secret. This was very much an instant attractions, lust, love that sort of romance, which was quite disappointed, because what else is new? So, one girl fall in love with two guys, which I have no issue with the plot, as long as the girl ended up with both, for me that's the happy ending (one can only hope, right?). I got tired of love triangles and flaky characters, in fact I quit despise them, and this was distance to be a love triangles story, it was clearly state in the blurb, and in the prologue, which I almost didn't want to read base on that. As far as I've read, I thought Amber was a cheater, she was committed with one guy, than not only she has very strong feeling and lust for another guy, but she does thing with him as well. 
 I didn't like Amber, I thought her character was very contradicted, and inconsistent, given her background I had a really difficult time to believe she would date and fallen in love with not one but two drug dealers. Not to mention, she was most likely born addicted (it was implied), and I had a feeling that before she met Brock she had never smoke weed before, then guess what, Amber easily give in and started smoking weed, because Brock wants her to tried. So she give in easily, she didn't even fight to against it. Brock was a terrible influences on Amber, I didn't get far enough to see how Ryder influenced her. But I can't imagined it was any better. 
 What really bothered me which I also found it unrealistic, was how Amber was simply ok to surrounding herself to drugs. Even though she said she doesn't trust easily, as in she doesn't trust people or believe in love at all, she easily fallen for Brock, whom I was very indifference for. I thought Amber was a tough, and strong character, but she was anything but. She made poor choices, and hardly have any self-control. I didn't like her philosophy of life, I didn't like her personality, attitude, I just didn't like her at all. 
 Brock was another character I really didn't like. I thought Brock's poor excuses have to be being control, and recruiting friends to deal drugs was just wrong and a rich boy get what he want. I didn't believe his reasoning of the only thing he can control was to become a drug lord and deal drugs. 
 I actually liked Ryder better compare to the other two leading characters, because at least Ryder didn't bother to pretend nor did he give excuses on what his character. Even though I didn't finished this book, I kind of hope Amber ended with Ryder instead of Brock, that guy just gives the creep. Or better yet, Ryder should get his girl, who is nothing like Amber. 
 I had a really hard time trying to read this book, I was very much detach to the story, and skimming through the inner dialogs which was a lot...in the end I just didn't care enough to finished to story.