King of Ashes

Le dernier S.A. Cosby est sorti en anglais! As-tu hâte à la version française? Spoiler : il est vraiment bon!

 

« A son returning home.
A dangerous debt.
Secrets about to ignite . . . and a family consumed by flames.

Roman Carruthers left the smoke and fire of his family's crematory business behind in his hometown of Jefferson Run, Virginia. He is enjoying a life of shallow excess as a financial adviser in Atlanta until he gets a call from his sister, Neveah, telling him their father is in a coma after a hit-and-run accident. When Roman goes home, he learns the accident may not be what it seems. His brother, Dante, is deeply in debt to dangerous, ruthless criminals.

And Roman is willing to do anything to protect his family. Anything.

A financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, Roman must use all his skills to try to save his family while dealing with a shadow that has haunted them all for twenty years: the disappearance of their mother when Roman and his siblings were teenagers. It's a mystery that Neveah, who has sacrificed so much of her life to hold her family together, is determined to solve once and for all.

As fate and chance and heartache ignite their lives, the Carruthers family must pull together to survive or see their lives turn to ash. Because, as their father counseled them from birth, nothing lasts forever.

Everything burns.»

I’ve been waiting impatiently for months for the new S.A. Cosby and it is here at last!

 

It’s gripping, intelligent and tragic. The characters are rich and complex. You can’t help but feel for Roman, Dante and even for Neveah, even if she’s the least likable of the three siblings. All serious and all about work. To her defense, her brothers didn’t give her a choice, Roman left for Atlanta and Dante rendered unreliable because of his drug addiction and party lifestyle.  

 

As I kept on reading, I found that Roman is slicker than I expected. It was troubling to see him develop a tolerance for violence. We all know it happens, but it’s still disturbing. 

 

Little note I know that the author chose not to recount the hospital visits to their father in order to avoid redundancy, but I admit that at the beginning, it bothered me.

 

King of Ashes makes us reflect on how far we're willing to go for our loved ones. We know Roman is doing it for the right reasons, but to what extent do the ends justify the means? The story is intriguing! How will they get out of this? In what state? What price will they have to pay? Will it fail?

It’s also about family, loyalty, organized crime.

 

I’ve only red All Sinners Bleed, so I can’t compare to his global work (which is all in my TBR, by the way), but I really enjoyed it. There are a lot of twists and turns that keep the readers on the edge of their seat. 

 

One of my favorite reads of the year!

 

How about you? Have you read it? Do plan on reading it? Are you impatiently waiting for the French translation?