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A review by ruekeyronay
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
5.0
Another review I'm not sure how to write because I want to talk about so much yet my mind goes blank as soon as I start writing.
Frist of all, as a Pakistani, it fills me with absolute joy to see such an amazing book by a Pakistani-American woman.
As you can tell by my rating, I loved this book like I knew I would. From the first page I was gasping and giggling, especially at the horrific scenes because I panic easily. The writing was so incredible, it's right up there with my favourite authors like Rainbow Rowell and Leigh Bardugo.
The characters were amazing, you couldn't stay mad at them for longer than a second. My personal favourites were Helene and (this may be weird) Izzi? The latter was just adorable and she deserves so much better, I hope she appears later in the series but I don't think that'll happen. Helene, on the other hand, made me so mad sometimes because of her views about the Scholars and slaves etc but it was hard to not like her. She's strong and an utter badass.
Of course, I loved Laia as well. It was so easy to relate to her feeling cowardly and like she couldn't own up to her mother's legacy but she goes through so much and proves herself and everyone else wrong. Elias, I liked most of the time but sometimes I did not. This boy legit fell in love with every woman he saw.
The mythical elements in this story were incredible to read about, maybe it was because they were from my culture, things I actually heard about in my own life or because Sabaa Tahir wrote about them so beautifully.
I'll admit, the romantic elements made me a bit uncomfortable but that may be because I'm a prude when reading and it was written in a way that went perfectly with the book but had poor me dying from a heart attack.
The trials and the action scenes in general were so fantastic. I absolutely adored reading them and that scene in the Trial Of Strength just killed me over and over until I was nothing but my pain.
This book was a masterpiece, I loved every second of it. I never understood what a book hangover was until the next day where I couldn't read anything else and had a killer headache.
Frist of all, as a Pakistani, it fills me with absolute joy to see such an amazing book by a Pakistani-American woman.
As you can tell by my rating, I loved this book like I knew I would. From the first page I was gasping and giggling, especially at the horrific scenes because I panic easily. The writing was so incredible, it's right up there with my favourite authors like Rainbow Rowell and Leigh Bardugo.
The characters were amazing, you couldn't stay mad at them for longer than a second. My personal favourites were Helene and (this may be weird) Izzi? The latter was just adorable and she deserves so much better, I hope she appears later in the series but I don't think that'll happen. Helene, on the other hand, made me so mad sometimes because of her views about the Scholars and slaves etc but it was hard to not like her. She's strong and an utter badass.
Of course, I loved Laia as well. It was so easy to relate to her feeling cowardly and like she couldn't own up to her mother's legacy but she goes through so much and proves herself and everyone else wrong. Elias, I liked most of the time but sometimes I did not. This boy legit fell in love with every woman he saw.
The mythical elements in this story were incredible to read about, maybe it was because they were from my culture, things I actually heard about in my own life or because Sabaa Tahir wrote about them so beautifully.
I'll admit, the romantic elements made me a bit uncomfortable but that may be because I'm a prude when reading and it was written in a way that went perfectly with the book but had poor me dying from a heart attack.
The trials and the action scenes in general were so fantastic. I absolutely adored reading them and that scene in the Trial Of Strength just killed me over and over until I was nothing but my pain.
This book was a masterpiece, I loved every second of it. I never understood what a book hangover was until the next day where I couldn't read anything else and had a killer headache.