This book feels very much like a sequel -it actually follows onįrom a short story published in a collection in 2009. Moth teams up with Jason, the son of a vampire hunter, to investigate Eager to find out who hasīeen hurting these young people, and wondering if she is being framed, Under very vampiric-looking circumstances. Juggling her new vampire world with herįamily who still live in the human world, things get even moreĬomplicated when former college classmates of hers start turning up dead Story of Moth, newly created vampire living in Boston and trying toĪdjust to her new (after)life.

The standard, very little in fact-it is more action based. Usual fare though, in that the vampire is a young woman, and the object MAHONEY, Karen Falling to Ash Random House, 2012 341pp $18.95 pbk APA style: Mahoney, Karen: Falling to Ash.Mahoney, Karen: Falling to Ash.' Retrieved from 2013 Children's Book Council of Australia 20 May. MLA style: 'Mahoney, Karen: Falling to Ash.' The Free Library.I’m just starting The Eternal Kiss anthology, but if all of the stories are as good as Mahoney’s, I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy this collection very much. Overall, for Karen Mahoney’s first publication, she scored big with me with Falling to Ash.

Maybe I’m hoping and wishing there’ll be more of Moth and her friends later on, but isn’t that the point of a short story? To get you intrigued enough to pick up a full length novel? The connection she has with her family is dyfunctional enough to be entertaining her relationship with her sire/maker is vague enough that I get the feeling there’s more to that story and I would love to know what it is and the introduction of a vampire hunter’s progeny, Jace, allows for a lot of teenage turmoil in the future. Honestly, Falling to Ash is the perfect setup for a new YA series and I’m really eager to find out if there is going to be more of Moth later on. During her visit, some ugly truths are revealed and Moth must learn to adapt or to deal. She comes back to her hometown at the request of her sire/maker and to visit her mother’s memorial service. She’s only been a vampire for 10 years and she’s still coming to terms with it. This is the first story I’ve read by Mahoney and I have to say I’m intrigued by her character Moth who is still in the early stages of life as a vampire. I’m still thinking about this, but I’m starting this idea off with a review of Karen Mahoney’s Falling to Ash, which can be found in the The Eternal Kiss anthology, edited by Trisha Telep. For those with bigger collections, I think this will be the best way to really showcase each individual story off and then maybe do one big review at the end over the entire collection. I’ll still review an entire anthology at one time, but only the ones with four or five stories. I’m jumping on the bandwagon and starting to do little ‘reviewettes’ (as I’ve seen them called) on short stories found in anthologies.

Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney