An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir
4/5
Razorbill 446 pages April 28, 2015
In a Rome-inspired fantasy world, Laia is a Scholar who infiltrates the brutal Blackcliff Military Academy as a spy to save her brother from prison. There she crosses paths with Elias, a soldier who wants nothing more than to be free of the empire he serves.
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Tahir built a world so brutal and vivid it feels genuinely unsafe — and from a worm who lives underground, that's saying something. The dual POV between Laia and Elias creates delicious tension, and the Blackcliff scenes are intensely gripping. The Roman-inspired setting feels fresh and lived-in. Four battle-scarred worms.
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