Ashe's & Ice blog tour. Review, Playlist & Giveaway! ~ '

She is desperate to remember.
He is aching to forget.
Together, they are not broken.
But together, one may not survive.

Jade wakes up with no memory of her past and blood on her hands.

Plagued by wicked thoughts, she searches for answers. Instead, she finds a boy who doesn't offer her answers, but hope. But sometimes, when nightmares turn into reality and death follows you everywhere, hope is not enough.

LUST. LOVE. LOSS. Sometimes, all that is left are Ashes and Ice.

Ashes & Ice via Amazon

So you want to know more about me, eh? Well, the short of it is: I grew up with a book under my arm. I frequently read until dawn by flashlight so that no one could see I was up by the light under my door. I scribbled stories in the corners of notebooks and was convinced I would be a novelist one day. And then *BAM* twelve years later it happened!

Rochelle Maya-Callen ~ Goodreads

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Jade has no memory of her past aside from brief and extremely disturbing visions, and an unexplainable fear of water. Desperate to unlock her past and stop the visions, she attempts to uncover the secrets her memory holds just out of her reach. There is something dark and dangerous inside Jade; a whisper and a fog clouding her mind.

Conner is instantly mesmerized by Jade, captivated with her mysery. The boy who has tried to remain invisible now wants nothing more than to be seen.

The story was a little slow to start, but once the pace quickened it was hard to set the book down. Deliciously dark, mysterious and intriguing with undertones of a paranormal horror story. Ashes and Ice will keep you wondering until the end. Who is the mystery man with the piercing blue eyes that appears just barely in Jade's line of sight; then dissapears before she can focus? Who is the girl that haunts her waking nightmares? Will the love her and Conner share be enough to save them, or will the darkness that dwells inside Jade consume them both.

The banter between Conner, his mom and his uncles added depth and realism to the story for me. All the while Jade and Conner are battling their feelings for each other, their inner demons, and attempting to unravel a string of brutal murders; life goes on in the background for this family. Card games, family dinners, fixing the broken down car.. normality in the center of insanity was a nice touch.

I would definitely recommend this book. There are shadows of several of my favorites reads hovering around Ashes and Ice.. Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Beautiful Creatures, Anna Dressed in Blood and Hereafter. I anxiously await the next book in this series!

Want to know what songs Callen listened to while she was penning this twisted little tale? Here a few selections from her playlist (giveaway details to follow).

Changed by You by Between the Trees