A Sky Beyond the Storm: An Ember in the Ashes Novel: 4

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By the way, I knew the moment Helene tells him to stay away… that wasn’t going to happen, but I expected him to just get badly hurt or gives us a scare.

She was also my favorite character, and I love how she was so strong, so fierce, and so determined to save her people. When we left Elias at the end of ‘A Reaper at the Gates’ he was Elias no more, but The Soul Catcher and he was going to forget everyone from his life. Her strength was wonderful to see especially as she didn’t always see it in herself, it made me route for her more.Helene and Musa had a sweet moment together at the end, and it seemed like it was hinting toward a potential relationship for them. its very much a satisfying and appropriate conclusion to the story considering the events of the previous book. I give the Ember Quartet recognition for being one of the first series to truly get me interested in fantasy as a genre. Thus, logic dictates that she was probably going to suffer the most in the book, and maybe even die (given Sabaa Tahir has no compunctions about being really mean to characters.

I LOVE THIS POST SO MUCH and reading through your thoughts definitely bought all the tears and emotions back from reading it 😭😭😭💖💖💖 There was something about this book that made me not able to give it a full 5 stars and I couldn’t put my finger on it but now that you’ve mentioned the whole death prophecy thing and how it made it so obvious that none of them would die.This is why I prefer medium-paced books over fast-paced books, so I think that was one of the drawbacks of this novel for me.

And then there is this book, which contains both, but that teaches us enough lessons that it barely feels like fiction anymore. So much suffering, so much pain, so much hurt that he’d carried for centuries, and all because of those Augurs.

For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). People who died in previous books aren’t just forgotten about, they’re spoken about and you can see the impact they’ve left on other characters, I like that they’re still remembered because they were part of the journey.

Seeing Livia in this was just great, I think people tend to overestimate her, but she takes zero nonsense, there was a part I was like GURL. I've learned of hope, I've learned not to turn away from it, not to scoff at it and dismiss it with a wave of the hand. It was the perfect level of emotion and adventure with an emphasis on stories which made it really special. How do I even conclude this review, these books are literally ingrained in to me, like in every which way, I am so so so thankful to Sabaa for writing this series, because it genuinely means so much to me.I thought the potential of him and Helene was sweet and I definitely like the idea of them when developed. Things/phrases are reiterated throughout from past books and what the Augurs have said, it’s kind of driven into you and like certain phrases that just make me feel happy but sad at the same time.