Sabaa Tahir
YA High Fantasy
Prepare for the jaw-dropping finale of Sabaa Tahir’s beloved New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series, and discover: Who will survive the storm?
Picking up just a few months after A Reaper at the Gates left off…
The long-imprisoned jinn are on the attack, wreaking bloody havoc in villages and cities alike. But for the Nightbringer, vengeance on his human foes is just the beginning.
By his side, Commandant Keris Veturia declares herself Empress, and calls for the heads of any and all who defy her rule. At the top of the list? The Blood Shrike and her remaining family.
Laia of Serra, now allied with the Blood Shrike, struggles to recover from the loss of the two people most important to her. Determined to stop the approaching apocalypse, she throws herself into the destruction of the Nightbringer. In the process, she awakens an ancient power that could lead her to victory–or to an unimaginable doom.
And deep in the Waiting Place, the Soul Catcher seeks only to forget the life–and love–he left behind. Yet doing so means ignoring the trail of murder left by the Nightbringer and his jinn. To uphold his oath and protect the human world from the supernatural, the Soul Catcher must look beyond the borders of his own land. He must take on a mission that could save–or destroy–all that he knows.
-Excerpt taken from Goodreads.
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My Opinion
“You are broken but it’s the broken things that are the sharpest, the deadliest. It is the broken things that are the most unexpected, and the most underestimated.”
(4.5 / 5) War has come and each character is faced with challenges that will change the course of their lives. The details of back stories, challenges and choices made all come together and conclude the story with finesse. This never lacked in entertainment and flowed quickly, finishing off each story smoothly.
Tahir knows how to end a series with a bang. It was heart breaking, happy and all the emotions in between. She definitely pulled at my heart strings with a few deaths (was that really necessary Sabaa?) and made me love these characters even more. This continues to be at the top of my YA favorites, I highly recommend this series!
AUDIO REVIEW: Being able to listen to the audio was perfect for me. With the intense scenes and war in this book, the voices were crucial in how it was delivered. The narrators did not disappoint! I thoroughly enjoyed the audio!
General content summary:
Language (some curses unique to the story)
Ghosts attack a village (many die, mostly adults, slit throat of child)
Physical violence (knives, fight, poison)
Killing (many with weapons and few details, with magic, a “bloodbath” with many dead with few details, details of stabbing and beheading, slit throat)
Nakedness (bathing with someone nearby, few details, women killed slowly in front of families with no details, beheadings, war)
Physical violence (weapons, blood, injuries, death, some details, multiple, cutting off an arm, punch)
War (attacks, killing, blood, weapons, beheading, stabbing, war strategy, breaking neck, some details, multiple, grief)
Prostitutes
Captivity (tied up)
F/F relationship (previous)
M/F intimacy (kisses, some details of intimacy with nakedness, multiple closed door scenes, desire and details of intimacy and foreplay)
Near drowning
Men pushed to their deaths (large height, some don’t die immediately)
Person steps on bodies and skeletons (sounds, touch)
Familial death (blood, grief, some details)
Wraiths (attacks, beheaded)
Torture (previous, captivity, torture, screams, child witnesses parent, death)
Thank you to Penguin Teen and PRH Audio for the copies!
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