Review: I really wanted a HEA
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
Rising from the Ashes is the second in Jessica Prince's Picking Up the Pieces series but it works well as a standalone. This time the focus is on Savannah 'Savvy' (Emmy's bestie from book 1) and Jeremy (who we also met in Picking Up the Pieces).Told in dual POV Rising from the Ashes tells the story of why Savvy and Jeremy (former high school sweethearts) are no longer together. The dual POV works really well here because we see both sides of the argument surrounding their relationship and breakup. Whilst Savvy is still struggling with a decision she made years ago, Jeremy has no idea why Savvy ended things. It was interesting to see how they both dealt with the spilt and how they work as friends now.Savvy is sweet, witty, fierce and vulnerable; it was interesting to see her as more than Emmy's friend and support. Jeremy is still friends with Savvy but has always loved her and doesn't really understand what happened all those years ago. I really liked Jeremy and didn't think he deserved a lot of what happened to him. I won't hold his choice of girlfriend against him too much (*ahem* Charlotte), although it did make me wonder how guys can be so blind to how horrible girls can be.The secondary characters are well imagined and I loved the friend group dynamic they had going on. I did wanna shout at Emmy a couple of times for being kinda selfish, but in general they were a fun addition to the story!