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maddie_rae_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
This series has been on my TBR for a few years now, and they keep staring at me from the shelf, so I FINALLY jumped in. I alternated between the physical book and the audiobook through my library on the Libby app. Let me just say-I am so glad I did!
This is a YA Fantasy set in a brutal world of militant rule and subservient scholars. We follow the POVs of a rebel daughter Laia as she fights to save her brother, and a graduating Silver marshal Elias as he discovers the world is not as it seems. Who do you trust?
I like that the POVs are of two people from very different backgrounds. It allowed different aspects of the world to be built up in a natural way without heavy monologuing and gave the story a fuller perspective of the world. The extended relationships sometimes felt superficial, but the immediate relationships built nicely. Dialogue was pertinent and definitely added to the current mood of the story-frustrating, happy, worrisome, etc. while also moving the story along.
Since it’s the first in a 4-book series, there are a lot of unanswered questions and it ends on a fabulous cliffhanger.
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
jordosba's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Slavery and Violence
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Blood, and Death of parent
chronicacademia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
mboicekeith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Rape
jyothym's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Torture
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault