kayceeisbookish 's review for:

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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A riveting edge-of-my-seat book from start to finish. This book was intense and hit the feels HARD. Like EMOTIONAL DAMAGE. So excited to dive into book 2

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism