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A ​Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

51 reviews

r1vana's review against another edition

5.0

Not gonna lie. I did kind of pushed myself to finish this book in a day. And I succeeded.
Never have I expected this many deaths in this book, with characters that I have been attached in so little amount of time, with little appearance: Harper and Darin. Their presence has impacted many people around them: Helene, Laia, Elias. 
Not gonna lie, I was not expecting a HEA with this book, bcz of Elias being the Soul Catcher. But again, the author was able to twist up: Mirra is alive and deciding to take Elias’ place as the SC.


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Characters:

•Helene: in the first two books, I genuinely disliked her and her “ignorance” towards the ones who are ‘inferior’ to the Empire… But! She does grow a lot from the end of book 3. In this book, she looses her little sister and her lover, who, she wanted to protect at all cost, but fail to. In that burden and heavy grief, she accepts on becoming the Empress until her nephew is old enough to become the Emperor.
The ending with Musa; let’s imagine that with both grieving with their partner, they get together…

•Laia: I don’t know why some dislike her character. I did love her. I get it, she was a roller coaster. She does acts upon her emotions and due to that recklessness, some fixed plans changes. But again, that is how fate is. She is definitely one of may favourite fantasy female character: strong, loving and ambitious. Death of her brother, Darin, was so sudden and painful.

•Elias: is now included in my book boyfriend list. This man has always been righteous, from the first book. Him being a Soul Catcher was hard bcz he was distant and always cold + it stopped the relation between Laia and him…( wish there were more moments together). But Mirra is alive and Elias was able to be with Laia.

I mean, this man legit crafted a wooden amulet for her, since she ‘looses’ her to the Nightbringer…
Also Keris aka the Commandant… wished she was killed by Helene, for her revenge on killing Harper. But I do understand the need to kill her in Mirra’s hands.

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Ps: as someone who loves mangoes, Elias and Laia made me realizes different ways to enjoy them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

alyssasaurus's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and War

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

chlomonte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

starting the new year off with an absolute banger of a book. i loved every page, a stellar ending to one of my now favourite series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Violence, and War

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

leah_duxbury's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cannot describe how much this series has meant to me as a reader and this book was the perfect way to wrap it up. This entire series has taken me through a wonderful journey. I loved all the characters through and through. Sabaa Tahir, I LOVE YOU. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and War

aargot1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Gore, War, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment and Colonisation

kilic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

shahdhazem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I loved this so much like the rest of the series it was a great conclusion. The plot was led out nearly perfect I loved how the author managed to explain everything flawlessly. There was a HUGE character development for both Laia and Helene which I absolutely loved. The series discuses themes of slavery and colonisation in a very complex way and it also lights a spot on mental health and how to find your self in the middle of absolute chaos also themes of losing loved ones. I'd strongly recommend this series but like I said before and will say again now check the trigger warnings before you read. I think that's it it was a really beautiful experience for me I got attached to the characters and got my heartbroken but still I can see myself re-reading the series in the futures cause it's exactly my type. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Slavery, and Torture

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Torture, War, and Violence