Author: Sabaa Tahir
Type: Young Adult Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Yes, An Ember in the Ashes #1
Pages: 446
Copyright: 2015
Publisher: Razorbill
Rating: 4 out of 5
Summary: from Good Reads
Laia is a slave.
Elias is a soldier.
Neither is free.
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.
It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.
But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.
There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.
Feelings:
This book was not what I was expecting. It took me a little time to start liking it. It was worth the first three chapters of adjustment. I really enjoyed this book. Laia is worried about being like her parents and brother and through the story we see that she is more like them than she knows. We as readers see her in a way that she doesn't and I really liked that.
Elias struggles with who he is becoming and how it isn't what he would chose. He doesn't really have a choice though and it is the lack of choice that makes him want to break free.
I wasn't sure how the going back and forth between two narrators would work but I ended up really enjoying it. I recommend this book and am looking forward to the next in the series.
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