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Aurora's Ashes
When sixteen-year-old Alexander "Ace" Burnell moves to Manhattan from Long Island with his single mother and twin brother, Justin, shortly following his father's suicide, he knows two things for certain:
1. Junior year is to be terribly hellish, no questions asked.
2. He's going to work his hardest to get away from his "family" for college.
However, when Ace encounters Aurora Garland on his first day at his new school, he's immediately entranced by her elusive nature. She's an enigma. She's unfathomably beautiful. She's in utter control of herself, the situation she finds herself in, and seems to tie puppet strings around everyone's mind. As the beginning of the school year progresses, Ace learns that everyone around Aurora knows not much of her, and most of the boys harbor similar amorous affections toward her. However, upon becoming more acquainted with her, he discovers that she has a highly self-destructive personality.
With his friends and his lust for a girl, Ace finds himself seduced by the idea of a New-York-City-esque reinvention, exposing himself to the full spectrum of a reality that toys with both his - and the reader's - heart and wits. Aurora's Ashes addresses several social and coming-of-age issues, some of which are peer pressure, adolescent romance, innocence, the various types of depression, and how to cope with the transition from youth into young adulthood.
Please be aware that there are mild sexual, drug and alcohol references present in this work and its recommended readership is age 16+.
1. Junior year is to be terribly hellish, no questions asked.
2. He's going to work his hardest to get away from his "family" for college.
However, when Ace encounters Aurora Garland on his first day at his new school, he's immediately entranced by her elusive nature. She's an enigma. She's unfathomably beautiful. She's in utter control of herself, the situation she finds herself in, and seems to tie puppet strings around everyone's mind. As the beginning of the school year progresses, Ace learns that everyone around Aurora knows not much of her, and most of the boys harbor similar amorous affections toward her. However, upon becoming more acquainted with her, he discovers that she has a highly self-destructive personality.
With his friends and his lust for a girl, Ace finds himself seduced by the idea of a New-York-City-esque reinvention, exposing himself to the full spectrum of a reality that toys with both his - and the reader's - heart and wits. Aurora's Ashes addresses several social and coming-of-age issues, some of which are peer pressure, adolescent romance, innocence, the various types of depression, and how to cope with the transition from youth into young adulthood.
Please be aware that there are mild sexual, drug and alcohol references present in this work and its recommended readership is age 16+.
304 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2013
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Hia Chakraborty
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October 23, 2014
Great book but the author is kinda a decrepit repitle...
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