Review: A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir

Title:  A Torch Against the Night

Series: An Ember in the Ashes #2

Author:  Sabaa Tahir

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

Publication Date: August 30th 2016 by Razorbill

 Format: Hard Cover

Source: Library

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Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.

Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.

But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene—Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike.

Bound to Marcus’s will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own—one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape…and kill them both.

Ahh yes I am so glad and happy that I check this book out from the library, because I had to find out what happen next after the An Ember In The Ashes cliffhanger ending. And ohh my a lot happens in this book that I just can't explain without spoiling anybody. That just say a lot happens that goes down well I think at least a lot of good and bad stuff goes down in A Torch Against The Night which I thoroughly loved and enjoyed reading ever moment of it. It kept me on my toes throughout the whole book and there were also some twist and turns that I so did not see coming that had me surprise. I so love when an author can surprise me with the twist in there books that I so didn't see coming, and there were some twist in this book that left me super surprise. Just Ugh I wish I can tell you but no I won't give you any details about the A Torch Against The Night, because you have to experience this book and see what you think about it. I was fangirling while reading through the whole book because I so ship Elias and Laia together because to me there are just meant to be together. Now we do get three different pov's in this amazing book as like the Ember in the Ashes we get Elias and Laia pov's, but we also get Helene pov's. Which I don't know how I felt about reading her pov at first, because I really don't like Helene. But I tell you the truth I really did enjoy reading Helene pov's because we get more in depth and learn a lot more about Helene. I still don't like Helene but I just felt just terrible for her on what she was going through as blood shrike and under control of the crazy Emperor Marcus. Now I am going to leave it off here because I don't want to spoil anything, but all and all I just loved and enjoyed everything in A Torch Against The Night to me it was absolutely a fantastic book. But I do totally understand why some readers don't like this book so much and that absolutely alright I just loved and enjoyed it more. Now I can't wait for the third book A Reaper at the Gates to see what happens next after again a cliffhanger ending in A Torch Against The Night. A Reaper at the Gates will be one of my highly anticipating books that I can't wait for it to come out next year!

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Sabaa Tahir grew up in California’s Mojave Desert at her family’s 18-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, raiding her brother’s comic book stash and playing guitar badly. She began writing An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor. She likes thunderous indie rock, garish socks and all things nerd. Sabaa currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.