5/5 stars.This is the 4th time I'm reading this book. And the third time I finish this book with my mouth open. The third time I was rocking through strong emotions - with the characters, about the characters. This is the third time that I am proud of the author and delighted that this book exists. Because I think every person should understand how to write a book in the most incredible way.In this book you can experience all kinds of emotions. Fury, about the world where the characters live. Ha...

okay. in 2019, some things are going to change. i am going to take the whole ‘new year, new me’ to heart, beginning with not waiting YEARS to read a book that everyone has told me to read. because i really havent been living my best life without this. this was the fantasy story ive been needing recently. i was very much impressed with the world building - this introduced a lot of different aspects, and whilst not everything immediately affected the plot of this particular book, i felt like there...

What a whirlwind! This book was just so damn exciting to read! I felt high constantly, because Sabaa Tahir was not letting her readers breath for even a moment. Well, she’ll give you a minute or two, then it’s back to chaos again, AND IT WAS AWESOME!I can’t believe this was actually intended to be a standalone at first. As if they were planning to leave us with that ending and so many plot lines left open. I did fear at first that the plot was taking centre stage and there wasn’t going to be any...

“This life is not always what we think it will be,” Cain says. “You are an ember in the ashes, Elias Veturius. You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. You cannot change it. You cannot stop it.” I think a lot of people will understand me when I say that the best kind of books are those that provoke strong emotions in you. My favourites are made up of books that filled me with happy excitement or, alternatively, books that ripped my heart out and made me cry. An Ember in the Ashes, however

So I started rereading this with a promise to write a "very, very scholarly review" similar to the ones I wrote for Twilight and Wicked Saints. But the thing is that, with those books, I genuinely had strong feelings; I was motivated to sit down and bang out a review that sizzled, paired with graphics and artwork and intertextual and historical analysis. Those reviews were written out of an actual desire to do them, not because I had nothing better to do. The thing is this. This is the thing: I

An Ember in the Ashes is truly a unique and captivating book that I recommends everybody reads! Cannot wait for the second book in this series =D

HOLY SMOKES THAT WAS GOOD. I'm sososo happy that there's going to be a sequel. I'D BE SO MAD IF THEY JUST LEFT ME HANING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YAY FOR SEQUELS. *throws confetti*

4.5 This book is totally going to have a sequel.

Really enjoyed this one!!! Flew through it - here's my booktalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUzvC... =D

I started this one years ago and put it down due to a reading slump, but here I am, picking it back up at just the right time and excited to finally tackle this series!

My original review for this book consisted of the following statement:Ugh. So boring.And for some reason those three words have kinda pissed peeps off and landed me in some hot water elsewhere. But no matter. I feel like enough time has passed for me to give my true feelings. So here they are:This book is mediocre. There's nothing special about it. Nothing groundbreaking is contained in its pages. In other words, it's average. And that's what a 2 star rating for me is. I'm one of those reviewers...

sometimes you read a book and you know instantly - this is going to be huge. whether it's the quality of the writing, the freshness of the premise, the way it piggybacks onto something already immensely popular, or just a case of right time/right zeitgeist - you just know. and this book is going to be a star. and it should be. this book is a perfect example of crossover YA. there is nothing juvenile about it, and it will have broad appeal to adults as well as teens. it has fantastic world-buildi...

"Ten burning hells."First person - present tense - multiple POVs: That's uncharted territory for me. And after 400+ pages, here I'm, only barely getting used to the narrative. But once you look past that, An Ember in the Ashes is a solid, thoroughly enjoyable read."Skies, she's beautiful."Let's start with the good. The plot-line here is amazing. There's never a dull moment in this high-fantasy world created created by Tahir, which appears to inherit a little from ancient Rome. Though there are t...

“The field of battle is my temple. The swordpoint is my priest. The dance of death is my prayer. The killing blow is my release.” One word.E*X*P*L*O*S*I*V*E*Dear Book Gods,I beg you to forgive me for not reading this masterpiece sooner. I will graciously accept any punishment you deem appropriate. I would also like to thank you for bringing this book into my life. You guys rock!Sincerely, Sabaa Tahir's new stalker fan The story “You are full, Laia. Full of life and dark and

"The swordpoint is my priest. The dance of death is my prayer. The killing blow is my release." ‎An Ember in the Ashes is a double PoV fantasy+dystopia novel that takes place in the Martial Empire , an alternate universe with an uncompromising class system.Elias is a soldier, a Mask (elite class) in a military academy: The very much dreaded and torturous, Blackcliff. Laia belongs to an oppressed class, that of Scholars and her brother has been charged with treason. Laia joins the Res

Throne of Glass has been *forgive me* dethroned as my favorite horrible book of all time. An Ember in the Ashes has raised bad literature to an art form. As a fantasy, it’s dismal. As an alternate history, it’s atrocious. As a romance, it’s cringe-worthy. As a poignant bildungsroman that poses tough questions, it fails utterly. As a self-contained, standalone novel, it is a disaster—but that, at least, was always the plan.Part I: World-BuildingWe find ourselves in a harsh desert. Once this land

It took me forever to read this book, and the reason is that it never really engaged me. Tahir is a good writer and the story has much to recommend it. The story is delivered through two first person points of view in present tense – which is a bold and refreshing approach. I’m just not the reader it’s aimed at.Ember in the Ashes is the first book I’ve read (all the way through) in decades that wears its YA colours so boldly. Many things that are complex in reality are made simple. The “factions...

This review can also be found on my blog, Dana and the Books.This book was amazing. Sabaa Tahir, I love you.An Ember in the Ashes has been hovering on my to-read list ever since it's release about a year ago.  It got a lot of praise, a lot of hype, and it's all totally warranted.  It even earned a spot on my 'favourites' list.Laia's grandparents are murdered and her brother taken prisoner; her only course of action is to join the resistance against the empire to save her brother.  Elias is a sol...

This book will destroy you.(PS: Elias is mine shhhh no one understands him like I do)

⚔️Most favourite character : Helene Aquilla⚔️What surprised me: The unexpected turn of events towards the end. Now we can expect more than one strong villian in the sequel.⚔️What worked out that made me jumped to the next book without even waiting for a blink:The confusion between the characters worked out quite well towards the end and there's so much to look forward to. The writing doesn't waste words. So yes, 400 something pages awaits me for more chilling reading.⚔️Elais and Laia:These chara...