A review by tinydonats
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

4.0

Bruh, the way this plot went off.

Laia is like my homegirl, I be calling her a dumb bih in my notes lmao. She's cool though, she cool.

This was so exciting. We started right where we left off in Book 1, right in the thick of it. I love the complex relationships. Even in Book 1, the relationships were complex and it made them more realistic. Not everything is black and white, and people can care about someone and still hurt them. It's just very layered and real and messy and I love mess. The relationships just get more complex and convoluted in this book. It's so stressful and *pain* and angst but also delicious and exciting.

The plot twists were so great, I was shook. It was fantastic. The characters get much darker as a whole, they all go through some harrowing things. The story as a whole turns darker and dire. The story shifts and Sabaa is nice and gives us her little plot building bricks to show us what she has in store.

I am so excited for the next two books because Sabaa is great and this plot, this world, these characters, have so much to offer and I'm really glad there are two more books of this.