Except maybe Adair who just loves to bullshit people about eating them in his basement. It’s a bit discomforting to read about these characters who enjoy bloodshed and still feeling a sense of pity for them because even they have a certain set of morals. No one wants to be the girl dissecting bodies or the monster who enjoys torturing people and yet with book two the author shows us a side of the characters that speak to us like Nita’s fear of police brutality for being a brown person or Kovit’s fear of isolation. Now, for a YA book to write characters that are wholly unrelatable and despicable is a bold move.

I can’t say that ever death or torture happened for a reason in this book, but rather every violent action was decidedly done by the characters. What I love about Only Ashes Remain is that it never went overly expletive with its gore. Instead, Nita is being hunted by a powerful company and instead of hiding away, Nita decides that the best way to keep the monsters at bay is to become an even worse one herself. The storyline of Only Ashes Remain follows Nita and Kovit’s escape from the Market of Death, but being out of the market doesn’t mean freedom for our favourite unnaturals. Not Even Bones is one of my favourite books to date, so I had really high expectations for book two. TRIGGER WARNING: TORTURE, BODY HORROR, MURDER ADD IT TO GOODREADS || AMAZON || AMAZON KINDLE| | BOOK DEPOSITORY Now caught in a game of kill or be killed, Nita will do whatever it takes to win. But killing Fabricio is harder than Nita thought it would be, even with Kovit by her side. And the best way to start building her reputation? Take her revenge on Fabricio, the boy who sold Nita to her kidnappers. Nita must make herself so feared that no one would ever dare come after her again. There’s only one way to keep herself safe. But with a video of her ability to self-heal all over the dark web, Nita knows she’s still a prime target on the black market. ONLY ASHES REMAIN BY REBECCA SCHAEFFER BOOK TWO OF MARKET OF MONSTERSĪfter escaping her kidnappers and destroying the black market where she was held captive, all Nita wants is to find a way to live her life without looking over her shoulder. I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for this book to come out, so when I was chosen for the tour I screamed! I cannot wait for everyone to read this book and just maybe fall in love with the two monstrous babies!

Not even bones only ashes remain