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A review by acuriousreader
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
4.0
“Fools pay attention to words in a fight. Warriors take advantage of them.”
Ok, I thought I loved An Ember in the Ashes! But, A Torch Against the Night takes the cake… From page one you are thrown right into where AEITA left off, Elias and Laid escaping from Blackcliff. Elias is now a traitor to the empire and Laia a wanted Rebel Scholar, two people who were raised to hate each other must now rely on one an other for survival.
Every page is full of action, lust, love, and raw emotion. Leaving you not able to turn the pages fast enough! Sabaa Tahir really knows how to pul on your heartstrings with a love triangle and and ultimate betrayal.
“But you, Helen Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night- if you dare to let yourself burn.”
A Torch Against the Night is a heart wrenching action packed novel that will leave you wanting more, more, more!
Most sequels are are chalked full of recaps from the first book in the series to remind you of who the characters are and what happened, which usually leads the reader all over the place and makes the first third of the book boring and annoying. A Torch Against the Night is an exemption to this. The characters are rememberable and well written enough that recaps are simply not needed and thankfully aren’t given.
In addition you get a new POV… Helen Aquilla’s. Im not going to lie, i was not fond of Helen initially. I thought she was your typical hardened woman caught in a mans world (cause really, Blackcliff is geared towards men). However, having chapters in her POV made me understand her, feel for her, and even grew to love her character.
“If your sins were blood, child, you would drown in a river of your own making.”
The story of A Torch Against the Night is much darker than its predecessor and ill admit can even be downright depressing at times. but, Sabaa Tahir knows how to hurt us so good with our characters on the brink of death the entire way through. All in all A Torch Against the Night is a gut wrenching, lovely, dark read and is everything we could have ever wanted from a sequel. It will leave your heart so, so, full while you are sobbing hugging your favourite pillow.
I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars. It is a must read in my eyes!
Ok, I thought I loved An Ember in the Ashes! But, A Torch Against the Night takes the cake… From page one you are thrown right into where AEITA left off, Elias and Laid escaping from Blackcliff. Elias is now a traitor to the empire and Laia a wanted Rebel Scholar, two people who were raised to hate each other must now rely on one an other for survival.
Every page is full of action, lust, love, and raw emotion. Leaving you not able to turn the pages fast enough! Sabaa Tahir really knows how to pul on your heartstrings with a love triangle and and ultimate betrayal.
“But you, Helen Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night- if you dare to let yourself burn.”
A Torch Against the Night is a heart wrenching action packed novel that will leave you wanting more, more, more!
Most sequels are are chalked full of recaps from the first book in the series to remind you of who the characters are and what happened, which usually leads the reader all over the place and makes the first third of the book boring and annoying. A Torch Against the Night is an exemption to this. The characters are rememberable and well written enough that recaps are simply not needed and thankfully aren’t given.
In addition you get a new POV… Helen Aquilla’s. Im not going to lie, i was not fond of Helen initially. I thought she was your typical hardened woman caught in a mans world (cause really, Blackcliff is geared towards men). However, having chapters in her POV made me understand her, feel for her, and even grew to love her character.
“If your sins were blood, child, you would drown in a river of your own making.”
The story of A Torch Against the Night is much darker than its predecessor and ill admit can even be downright depressing at times. but, Sabaa Tahir knows how to hurt us so good with our characters on the brink of death the entire way through. All in all A Torch Against the Night is a gut wrenching, lovely, dark read and is everything we could have ever wanted from a sequel. It will leave your heart so, so, full while you are sobbing hugging your favourite pillow.
I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars. It is a must read in my eyes!