Stones to Ashes

About This Audiobook

Imagine a boarding school where the halls shift like a puzzle box and the rules rewrite themselves overnight. That’s Wirt’s new nightmare—a place called Silver Hollow Academy, where every morning brings fresh horrors and no adult remembers last night’s chaos. Kailin Gow’s *Stones to Ashes* drops readers into a twisted fairy-tale logic where logic is the first casualty, and survival means learning to fear the right shadows. Wirt, a cynical foster kid with a razor-sharp tongue, isn’t built for magical dares, but the school’s hunger for his defiance forces him to either break or become the thing it feeds on. Gow’s worldbuilding is delightfully unhinged, blending *Alice in Wonderland* meets *The Hunger Games* with a dash of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*’s snark, all wrapped in a ticking-clock stakes race that never lets up. It’s messy, violent, and weirdly heartfelt—a YA fantasy that doesn’t talk down to its audience but trusts them to keep up with its whirlwind logic. Chris Patton’s narration sells the absurdity with a mix of weary sarcasm and genuine dread, making Wirt’s journey feel like a rollercoaster you can’t look away from, even when the tracks vanish beneath you.