A review by nicolesbookcase
A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel by Sabaa Tahir

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Loved getting a glimpse into young Elias and Helene. The illustrations were beautiful, especially the scenery; I did feel like the male characters didn't have a lot of differentiation looks-wise, so it was sometimes hard to tell the characters apart. The story felt very on brand for an Ember in the Ashes story and fit in very well with what we know from the main novels.

This is definitely a story that has to be read AFTER reading at least the first book in the Ember in the Ashes series, otherwise it will not make any sense. The worldbuilding of the first main novel needs to be set up before reading this graphic novel series.