Bad Ash
Bad Ash. Sparks fly -or Bad Ash 1— is the first book in the teen romance trilogy written by the Spanish veterinarian and author Alina Not, who is best known for the saga how to call you love. The work that concerns this review was published by the Crossbooks publishing house in 2021. Since then, it has conquered the Hispanic public, which has contributed with a wide variety of reviews so that this title is read by many more people.
Entire communities on bookstagram, booktok and booktube talk about how Bad Ash is one of those volumes that has helped them break reader's block. Besides, History has turned out to be misleading for some, because treat certain clichés and platitudes from a different angle, and this has surprised fans of contemporary romance.
Synopsis of Bad Ash. sparks fly
The typical girl, typical love
Ashley Bennett She is a high school student who leads a life like anyone her age: she goes to school, goes out with her friends, goes on dates... She not the most popular in its class, but neither is it presented as the common youth literature romantic cut: a young woman with no experience in love relationships. In fact, their first kiss was given years ago, with someone she has been in love with ever since: Tyler Sparks.
Tyler is the captain of his school's soccer team., as well as one of the most desired adolescents by the school community. Among his admirers, of course, is Ashley. His crush is so obvious that everyone notices: herself, her friends, the students and Tyler himself, who is the boyfriend of a girl that nobody seems to stand. Despite this, Ash does not lose hope of conquering his crush.
The proposal
Still, this is an uphill plan, at least until Tyler's best friend approaches her and offers to help her get the guy she likes. Cameron Parker chooses her because he thinks he has what it takes to get Tyler away from his girlfriend, and get him to spend more time in his usual group.
Cam se offers polish a bit to Ash for turn it into the type of woman his partner would date, i.e. a bad girl. Is that's why the book is called Bad Ash.
The transformation
Cinema and literature are full of references to the transformation that a woman undergoes to obtain the attention of a man.. The scene is usually carried out thanks to contact with a person who coexists within the social group of the object of desire.
Usually the lady changes and gets what she craves. This is because, upon seeing her, the gentleman succumbs to her beauty, and realizes that an attractive woman has always existed under her invisible facade. In Bad Ash. sparks fly this concept is a bit misplaced.
At first it seems that it is going to be the typical love story of the ugly duckling, but Alina Not opts for that aspect in this book. Ash tries to change to impress Tyler, however, shortly after he understands that all he is doing is showing the world her true personality, which had been kept in the shadows because no one had given him the opportunity to reveal it.
Main characters
Ashley Bennett
Ashley is the protagonist and narrator of this novel. She is about a young woman who is studying her last year of high school. Her life seems to be very ordinary, except for the fact that everyone knows that she is in love with her neighbor. for four years. When she gets the chance to win him over, it's easy to see that Ash is smart, outgoing, and confident.
cameron parker
Cam is the second captain of the school soccer team. Although he is a lovable knave, all he really wants is to make up time with his best friend.. Therefore, she takes advantage of his charming green eyes to convince the invisible girl of the institute. His plan—which he dubs “The Salem witch trials”—falls apart when he realizes that he has feelings for Ash, with whom he has a chemistry neither of them shares with anyone else.
Tyler Sparks
Tyler comes off as a stereotypical bad boy.: At the beginning of the plot he behaves aloof, is rude to Ash and takes advantage of his love. However, he is also a character with internal conflicts that not many people really know. Over time, he becomes friends with Ashley, and it is to her that he shows a little of what he carries inside of her.
About the author, Alina Not
Alina Not
Alina Not was born in Logroño, Spain. She studied Veterinary Medicine at the University of Zaragoza, where she specialized in Animal Welfare. From a very young age, she felt a great passion for reading, which, over time, gave rise to an innate curiosity to write her own stories. As she delved into creative writing, she became a fan of young adult books., a genre that he usually reads and writes frequently.
While working as a veterinarian, Alina Not decided to create a high school trilogy that was a bit out of the norm for books. written by authors contemporaries. From that thought was born Bad Ash. sparks fly, published in 2021. The same year the second installment went on sale: Bad Ash. Without fear. In 2022 the third book in the saga hit the shelves: Bad Ash. breathe.
His second series, how to call you love, take the romance towards other dimensions. The plot begins when a young woman begins her first year at university. It is in that place that she decides that she needs to experience what it is like to really be in love with her. However, she meets the bad boy of the day, and she must choose between love and her own well-being.
Other books by Alina Not
- Bad Ash. sacred ground 1 (2022);
- Bad Ash. sacred ground 2 (2022);
- How to call you love Shouting (2023);
- How to call you love in whispers (2023)