King of Ashes: A Novel

King of Ashes was as scorching hot as this blazing Houston sun in the background! Let it burn!! ‌ When Big Roman gets the call that his father is hospitalized in a coma he returns to his small hometown of Jefferson Run. As soon as he touches down he's boots on the ground, helping his sister Naveah by helping out at the family's crema . He also has to take of some not so pleasant business of saving his brother Dante from some trouble he inadvertently found himself in. But, Roman is just that guy to save and protect his family by all means. He's calculated and has a big picture vision to turn it all around. ‌ I rarely ever go into a book blindly, but if it's written by SA, I don't even have to question what it's about. I have full confidence that it will HIT! KoA was an atomic bomb of a novel!  ‌ I think by now SA readers know what to expect in his books: 1. Adam Lazar White's Stellar narration (complements the books exquisitely!)2. Graphic bloody violence and 3. Deep Southern backwoods vibes. But even with his consistency on some fronts, there is still so much more that you could never expect that makes each read more exciting than the last!  ‌ One thing SA will do is evoke a heightened spirit of anxiety within me. I had a cardio workout just sitting and reading!!! The sheer dread and panic I felt from page 1 to the end had my heart racing!! I feel like I was thrust into this hot, country mess and I wanted to get out of it. I'm not about this life. But, I can surely sit in the comfort of my own home and read about it! ‌ This book had me so stressed with an overflow of suspense, mystery and drama! Dante didn’t want to listen, the two psycho brothers were ruthless and Rome was doing the most. Poor Naveah was going off the rails. The crematorium? So clever! I say this with my whole heart and mimic so many others - I want to read this book over again for the first time! (Blacktop Wasteland is still my fave) ‌ Thank you to @macmillan.audio for my ALC!