Rising from Ash Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A rare demisexual sapphic romance set at the South Pole, held back by how often it stops to explain asexuality.
A rare demisexual sapphic romance set at the South Pole, held back by how often it stops to explain asexuality.
Verdict: A moving, deeply felt continuation: after more than five years together under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Cam leaves the Marines for college while Sharon deploys to Iraq after 9/11, and alone for seven months, Cam makes new friends, supports the families left behind and realises she is autistic. It is the highest-rated book in … Read more
Verdict: A sweet, poignant first love under military secrecy: in 1998, introverted Marine Cameron Warren, autistic but not yet diagnosed, meets gregarious military kid Sharon Rodriguez, and the two fall hard while hiding their relationship under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Readers adore Cam and call the portrayal of DADT unforgettable; knowing Sharon’s fate from Dal … Read more
Verdict: A tender, grown-up slow burn about grief and making room for new love: nearly forty and still mourning her partner Sharon, autistic former Marine Cam Warren takes a sabbatical to drum in a community college jazz ensemble and discovers the new director is her old high-school music teacher, Laura Clark. Readers were moved to … Read more