Update! Here's my full review: http://www.bookishrealmreviews.com/2017/03/an-amber-in-ashes-by-sabaa-tahir.html

I definitely feel some type of way about this book. I just don't know the exact feelings haha. This book was extremely slow for me and at some parts of the book I considered DNFing it but for some reason I was curious enough to continue and see what happened to the characters. Let me start by saying that I despised the love square. To me it was completely unnecessary. I think the world building could have used more work. I know people were saying that this had a Roman type feel to it but I must have missed it because to me it just felt as though it could have taken place anyway. Throwing in words like Coliseum and Legionnaire doesn't complete world building in my eyes. I don't know I just feel like this book could have used a lot more work. I did like the writing style and the ending was enough for me to have a slight interest in the second book but its not a high priority and I'll probably check it out from the library. I just don't think this was a good book for me.