A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

A Torch Against the Night (Ember Quartet, #2)

by Sabaa Tahir

‘Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy’ – Us Weekly

The sequel to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut An Ember in the Ashes, that’s captivated readers worldwide.

After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt Elias and Laia as they flee the city of Serra.

Laia and Elias are determined to break into the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison to save Laia’s brother, even if for Elias it means giving up his last chance at freedom.

They will have to 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.

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I reading this as part of the tour hosted by ARC Around the World Tours . This is the second book in this series and it picks up with the hot stopping action that left us at the end of book one. This book certainly does not shy away from the cruelty and violence of the characters. You almost hope that the actions that are being carried out don't but they do it so close to reality it scary.
Be ready their is a lot of heart ache to be had in this story. I really liked that we got to learn a lot more about Helene character and how she comes in to her role as the blood shrike you really hurt for her as you follow her story line she gives up so much for the empire in this book, ya just want her to get her happily ever after though it does not look like that happens in this book by the end.

One other thought i had on this book is that it did a really great job of sharing the culture of the empire. I feel like i really know this world that laia, helene, and elias are growing pu in. Their a lot of hurt and i hope that at some point we get to see a great remaking of this world.

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