Reviews with content warning for Torture - A Torch Against the Night

A Torch Against the Night takes the world we learned about in the first book and expands upon it. We have left Serra, and traveled across the Martial Empire, and in doing so have not only learned more about the world, but about the characters within it.

I really enjoyed the addition of Helene’s POV! I liked seeing more of the inner workings of the empire, and more of the politicking that happens within it. She has a very interesting character arc, and I can’t wait to see where it takes her.

I also think Laia had an interesting arc in this book. She really learned how to harness her strength and bravery, and I’m looking forward to seeing more growth from her over the next two books, especially since her main motivation from the first two books is now complete.

Elias is, as usual, such a constant. I think that it will be interesting to see how his new circumstances change him over the rest of the series.

I’m hoping that in the next few books we get more magic, more politics, and more character development. I think they’re all on the right track, but I want more of everything in the next two books. 4 stars

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aishallnot's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

3.75 rounded to 4 stars

This book moves slower than the first one which was hard to keep my focus at times. However, the story does pick up around 60% and i started to become more engaged with it. I am looking forward to continuing the series and I'm looking forward to starting the third book.

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imskylow's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

4.5

This was very good but also very hard to read with all of the genocide and torture happening in our world right now. There were definitely several times I had to put the book down and take a break.

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marlene_suntie_helton's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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juliapatt2007's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.0

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kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Really enjoyed it. Fell like the story slowed a little with all the travel, but it made up for it with all the twists!

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abby_can_read's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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I had a wonderful time reading this book. I'm glad I'm easily influenced and someone convinced me to read this series. I liked Laia and Elias and their relationship. The worldbuilding was good.

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notapenguin's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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