Ember in the Ashes An Ember in the Ashes, Book 1, (Paperback)

from LibStaff2

Wow. I'm impressed. And the novel is this author's debut. This book is a YA/NA dystopia that's part Sci-fi, part historical fantasy, and part spy thriller. The world-building is fantastic and the characters are dynamic and well-designed. The plot and storytelling are woven like a fine tapestry. I...

from nilaffle

Well gee, this book is the definition of tension. I actually took a few months' break from reading it because it got so intense (and also, the 2016 U.S. election was happening and the world was bleak enough as it was). I was very sure everyone was going to die at any given moment. It is spine-tin...

from bell7

When her brother Darin gets captured by a Mask for his sketches of Martial weapons and her grandparents are murdered in front of her eyes, Laia's life changes forever. She knows she isn't strong and courageous like her parents, Scholar Resistance leaders, were but she's determined to free her bro...

from amandacb

In the recent spate of alternate-world-type dystopias, Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes is a true standout. Combining tense action with thoughtful emotional undertones, the narrative is breathtakingly paced--I finished it in two days. Laia enlists the help of the Resistance, a band of rebels u...

from knotbox

This story about prisoners of an unjust world is extremely well written, but is populated by characters who aren't unsympathetic, but are kinda unlikable. The short is that I didn't really like Elias much. He didn't get a chance to grow much in this book, not nearly as much as Laia, or, I suspec...