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An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
5.0
adventurous emotional medium-paced

 πŸŒ™ β€œπ‘«π’ π’Žπ’π’π’”π’•π’†π’“π’” π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’† π’˜π’‚π’“, 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 π’˜π’‚π’“ π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’† π’Žπ’π’π’”π’•π’†π’“π’”?”

πŸŒ™ β€˜π‘¨π’ π‘¬π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔’ by Sabaa Tahir

πŸŒ™ I just finished this book and all I can say is that Sabaa Tahir is one INCREDIBLE writer πŸ™Œ! She owned my soul and played with my emotions in all possible ways with her words. And I loved every bit of it.

πŸŒ™ I read this book as part of the #readersretreatsummerreadathon hosted by readersretreatbookclub , readersretreatbox_india , the._bookarazzi and myself πŸ€—. This book fulfils the 2nd prompt from Fantasy - a fantasy book featuring a weapon on the cover. Do join the readathon if you’re interested!

πŸŒ™ Summary:

Told in dual timelines, the book focuses on Laia, a scholar who faces the murder of her grandparents and is forced to go undercover as a slave in order to free her brother, and on Elias, who is the golden boy at the academy, but hates his life. The premise was about trying to bring about change to the Martial rule that enslaved the scholars and resulted in their death or led them to slavery.

πŸŒ™ Review:

This book is narrated from the alternating perspective of Elias and Laia, and combines the supernatural with an almost dystopian world, creating something completely unique. It is beautifully written, and I was hooked to it from start to finish!

In this book you can experience all kinds of emotions. Fury, about the world where the characters live. Hate, for all the cruel people. Empathy, for Elias who can’t carry the burden of the Blackcliff. Sympathy, to Laia who lost her entire family to death by the empire. And sadness, about the way we lose loads of amazing characters throughout the book. This book explores themes of friendship, loyalty, compassion, love, cruelty, strength, fear and many more. I’m super excited to get to the second book!