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An Ember in the Ashes

Sabaa Tahir

4.22 AVERAGE

dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was fine. Took me a while to get into it but I enjoyed it by the end. I would read the sequel if my library had them but I didn’t like it enough to buy the next book myself.

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adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

An Ember in the Ashes is a pretty good book. We love the love triangles but have a little hate on Keenan's love for Laia. When I was reading the book I literally annotated most things in caps. It made me happy, angry , engaged, etc.
My favorite quote is “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.”
It truly represents what the book is about. I was literally in a reading slump while reading this but all of the annotations in the book made me realize that I was really enjoying this book.
We also will ship Venturis and Laia
adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated
adventurous 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: Yes

j’ai beaucoup plus aimé en anglais qu’en français ? OUI. ILS ONT MON AME. TAKE MY SOUUUUL

yeah she did that

This is such an amazing book. Had me biting my fingernails in some parts and crying in the third trial. I think the story could’ve been told better in third person but still a great read
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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: Yes