Before the Ashes — Cecelia Earl

Kari is nobody special. She's a high school spirit enthusiast, an aspiring Homecoming Queen, and a struggling student who benefits from tutoring sessions with the actual Homecoming Queen, Julia White. Kari's a pleaser, and she'll deny herself anything if it means making someone else happier, and that includes Julia. So, if that means studying to get a good grade on her math test, then that's what she's bound and determined to do.But studying and doing well on a test, even to please her friend, soon becomes the least of her worries.Kari's just another senior at Shady Creek High School until shadows creep to cover the land around her renovated farm house one autumn evening. It's a night she won't remember, but its impact will shake the world as she knows it--because in those shadows hides a powerful, conspiring demon with big plans for her.Before the Ashes is a Kingdom Come Series Short Story, A Prequel to When Ash Rains DownPraise for Before the Ashes:Sweet with a menacing touch at the end.~ Vera, Amazon Reviewer Perfect Prequel for the Kingdom Come series. I absolutely look forward to reading more. I highly recommend this series!~ Kimi, Amazon ReviewerKari, one of the trio of friends known as 'Karis Cubed' is disappointed not to be Homecoming Queen. She decides to swallow her disappointment and make the occasion special for winner, Julia White.Her efforts don't quite go to plan, however, and the arrival of a strange, mysterious boy shakes things up.This is an intriguing short prequel to the series. It definitely gave me a 'Point Horror' vibe, a series of books I absolutely loved as a teenager.I am looking forward to reading the other books in this author's series. ~ Gayle, Amazon and Goodreads Reviewer