Her power has attracted the wrong kind of attention. Now a centuries-old witch wants to burn her at the stake… the threat, Georjie and Lachlan travel to Dundee for clues to the fiend’s power. Learning that the ashes of three Wise will increase Daracha’s power, and the ultimate goal is the destruction of the veil between worlds, Georjie realizes she’s in way over her head.
When the vengeful hag’s shadowy pet demon comes after her, Georjie narrowly escapes into the Fae realm. There, she’s warned against returning to face the danger by someone who has tangled with the witch before. She’s encouraged to start a new life within the protection Queen Elphame’s realm can provide. But Georjie won’t let the monster roam free, even if it means risking her own life.
Can Georjie unlock her magic or will the black witch claim her ashes?
Ashes of the Wise is the second book in the gripping Earth Magic Rises YA contemporary fantasy series. If you like wicked action, dark tales, a little romance, and bold heroes, then you’ll love A.L. Knorr’s wild ride across realms.
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I loved Ashes of the Wise. It’s the perfect blend of suspense and mystery with a tad bit of romance.
Georjie’s journey picks up right where it left off. With the help of Lachlan she’s able to track down some leads that may aid in her search for the truth about what happened hundreds of years ago.
What she finds about Daracha is surprising to say the least.
The information will send her on a quest in which her friends can not follow.
Along the way she ends up learning a bit more about herself. Things that have her questioning who she really is.
The ending made me eager to find out what happens next. I can’t wait to start the Heart of the Fae.
Ashes of the Wise (Earth Magic Rises, #2) (a spin-off of the bestselling Elemental Origins Series), my twenty-sixth read from author A.L. Knorr. Well-written, the characters, even the minor ones, are well developed with an attention-grabbing storyline. I’m a character reader, I get into the characters. Who and what they are. Why they do the things they do. The things that make the reader get invested into the characters and thereby the story. It’s been almost a year since I read the first book but I came up to speed quickly. I’ll be reading more from this author & in this series, in fact, next up is Heart of the Fae (Earth Magic Rises #3) ! (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 – July 24, 2018).
I am loving this series! Book 2 following on from book 1 is every bit as good if not better and once again I find myself lost in the story! Fast paced and action packed we follow Georjie and Lachlan to Dundee in Scotland and learn more about Scottish lore and the fae! A fascinating fantasy world that this author has built has action, magic, friendship, learning and will just grab you from start to finish!
NO BRAINER 5 STARS
Fantastic story that carried me away on every step, leaving the reality of my life behind and wove me into the very fabric of the tale as only the very best authors can!
It’s beautiful, scary, action packed and left me with a feeling of hope.
RECOMMENDED SERIES.
A page-turning wonder.
This second book in the Earth Magic Rises series has a little bit of everything that a fantasy reader would love in a book; a little bit of magic, a little bit of light fae and dark, a little bit of romance, a little bit of mystery, a little bit of conjuring spells, a little bit of ancient runes, a little bit of grimoire, a little bit of weird magical creatures, plus a whole lot of enjoyment. A page-turning wonder. The ending left me breathless and definitely wanting more.
A.L. Knorr has always been a favorite author. One of the reasons for this is that when she writes a series (and I encourage anyone who has not read her other books to rush and do so) it somehow ends up that the initial book is fantastic – and then later books are somehow even better. She’s certainly done that with her latest series, Earth Magic Rises. The first book in this series, Bones of the Witch (separately reviewed) was pretty darn perfect, but somehow she’s gone and produced a sequel, Ashes of the Wise: A Young Adult Fae Fantasy (Book 2), that’s even better. Maybe it’s because she takes the characters and world developed in Book 1 and, rather than simply adding in plot, expands on them adding new characters, back story, world-building and story-line that are themselves even more exciting than the superb start. I adore both Georjie and Lachlan and love the story arc that is being developed. I’m totally confident that anyone else will too, so this book is easy to highly recommend.
A page-turning wonder.
This second book in the Earth Magic Rises series has a little bit of everything that a fantasy reader would love in a book; a little bit of magic, a little bit of light fae and dark, a little bit of romance, a little bit of mystery, a little bit of conjuring spells, a little bit of ancient runes, a little bit of grimoire, a little bit of weird magical creatures, plus a whole lot of enjoyment. A page-turning wonder. The ending left me breathless and definitely wanting more.