Dust

Ember #3

by Tess Williams

Purple, white, and blue lightning had shot out around him. His hair had been whipped by the wind. The sound was deafening, but not so frightening as his voice. Then Jaden was gone...

One broken girl, one irritated boy, and one big liar. The story continues in Dust. Evelyn and Ikovos find themselves in the world of Zeta, seeking their lost friend. But in this new world of sunlight, gods, dust and pleasure, Jaden is lost, even to himself.

605 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 11, 2013

About the author

Died May 2, 2014.

Reviews

[Jessica Grace Kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was so disappointed when I read this book! I didn't hate it, it was still good, but in comparison to the others in ember it wasn't nearly as captivating. Ember was truly amazing, in fact it was so good I started reading just about any book I could get my hands on that Tess Williams has written because I enjoyed it that much! Dust was the worst of all of her books I have read. It pains me to say that, because there was potential and she really is a great author. Also, the subject matter in this book didn't really match the rest of the ember series. I am a believer myself so the discussion of God and religion didn't bother me, however there was so much of it and it was so drawn out! Don't get me wrong, Jaden's internal struggles are an important part of the series, but for religion to be such a key part of it. I think it should have been introduced earlier, not so suddenly in such large quantity! It was almost like I was reading a completely different book series! I did think Ikovos's new romantic escapades were nice, but they seemed kind of thrown together. Make me LOVE the love story, Tess is usually so amazing at that! Evelyn's character seemed to go backwards to me. In obsidian she grew so much and became so much stronger, braver, and wiser. She somehow reverted to her clueless old self! Don't get me wrong, she has always been naive, but in a " I just don't understand what your talking about" way, not in an " I am completely oblivious" way. I will probably read book four because I have made it this far in the series and I have enjoyed the rest of her books so much. And there were good points. Cassius was so funny, and it a way he deepened Jaden's character. Also, I still love Jaden and Eve. I Always will! I really loved that the moment Jaden heard Eve sing and really saw her, he was head over heels. That was sweet.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not at all what I was expecting, but fantastic non the less. And I LOVED Cassius. He was so full of himself the whole time, and I died laughing! Can't wait till book 4 comes out!

[Andréa · Rating 3 out of 5]

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This series had a great story line. I was hooked to the first book, the second I still liked but more iffy. This one I didn't really like. It had the potential, but I had to force myself to finish it. I think it focused too much on Christianity for me. Like literally just came out of nowhere and what the foundation to everything. I love how they deepened Jayden's character and loved the idea of him forgetting things and having to start from scratch basically. It showed new sides. But I just didn't click with the whole God talk every 5 seconds. It was fine when it was first mentioned a few times but then it just became the basis. Still had it's good parts though. Also has more typos and bad editing just like the first two.

[Faith Russell · Rating 3 out of 5]

So...um...what? I was super confused with this book. There was so much religion stuff. Where did that come from? I felt like it was a totally different story from the other two books. There was nothing hinting in those books to what happened in the third. It was totally weird. There were some parts I liked but it was just so much bible stuff that it made my brain hurt. I wanted a more action-packed kicking ass book like the other two but I got an endless preaching about god. I'm kinda disappointed with this one but there was parts that made sense to me so that's why this book got 3 stars. This book seemed to revolve more around god than the actual characters of the story. This book totally fell short compared to the first two. I don't know why it ended up this way. Maybe this was what it was intended to be all along or something changed in writing that made it end up like this. I don't know. All I do know is I'm pretty disappointed because I was expecting a book more like the first two, with lots of missions and fighting, but it's actually more like a church service in a book.

[Meghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

this review will take some pondering. for now, it was still hilarious, still tween friendly. evie is still the most adorable airheaded character. she isn't the protagonist in this one though. I need to go back and reread the first one because I don't remember some important stuff.

[Katrina · Rating 1 out of 5]

the first book was so good but it just went downhill from there. the third book was way different than I expected and it let me down

[Andrea Figueroa]

I had a hard time reading this book. I got into the series, despite the editing issues. I have read enough self-published books to make this not an issue. I took issue with the fact that this book felt like a retelling of the Bible or something. I am not religious and enjoyed the first two books, but then towards the end of the second the series started having series religious vibes. Maybe I did not read the synopsis or whatever for this series and missed where it said it was religious. I took a long break from this book because of the religious stuff. I ended up going back to it and finishing it because I was invested in the characters at this point and wanted to see how it all ended. It would have been a great book had they just kept it a vague good vs evil instead of trying to shove God/Jesus down the reader's throat. I am an atheist living in Oklahoma, I get enough of that as it is.