4.18 AVERAGE


Such great continued character development and world building. I enjoyed the first book immensely but Crown of Embers is when I fell in love with this series.

I loved this book. Elisa has become one of my favorite heroines. She feels so real and relatable in world that is anything but. And Hector? I can't even handle how much I love Hector and how fiercely loyal he is. Excellent book!

An impressive read. Carson's writing shines.

Such a relief to read something that's not a bitter disappointment. More of a review later.

I was curious to see what this book would do considering that they
Spoiler killed the two possible love interests for Elisa
in the first book.

Elisa is now the one that must make decisions for the fate of the country that she's begun to call home. Elisa teams up with some of the characters from the first book and
Spoiler PRINCE
Storm. I was totally on board the Hector + Elisa train at the beginning of the novel, but I'm kind of considering the Elisa + Storm train. I don't know. The romance in this series has me conflicted.

As always I feel like if they mention God one more time, I may pull my hair out. The religion just feels so underdeveloped and it bugs me a lot. Relationships in this book get messy. REALLY messy. Characters you thought that you knew grow and change -
Spoiler Belen especially
.

I think that this book is a case of me - not the book. I just have trouble with the religion aspect and the characters seem to rub me the wrong way. I am, however, excited to see more about Storm in the future though.

THIS BOOK WAS COMPLETELY FANTASTIC

If I didn't already know how this series ends, I would be freaking out right now!

review to come!

wow, this woman knows how to tell a story.

A little bit of a slow start, but the plot picked up towards the middle. A clean read. Not my favorite book, but I will read the next one to see what happens.