South Asian, Middle Eastern rep! So technically, I don’t think the middle east is accurate but it is a lot of people figured.

It’s considered YA, but it does have a lot of dark material which is perfect for NA fans.

It’s perfect for fans for NA or YA Fantasy books.TW: Blood, Torture, Colonialism, imperialism, rape threats, slavery, near death incidents, Fantasy Violence, death (on-page), ablest language, abuse, death of loved ones He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined-and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier-and secretly, its most unwilling. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.īut when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. And questioning everything as the fourth book is still not here yet? Can December be here now?

And I just read it in a few days, and I have tons of thoughts. I decided to binge read An Ember in the Ashes from SABC October’s BOTM series after rereading the first book, and made sure to pick up the second book before I even picked up another book. I mean, the iconic An Ember in the Ashes series that quite of people have been talking about especially recently? You know that series in YA Fantasy that a lot of people talks about it? And no, I do not mean The Cruel Prince trilogy.

An ember in the ashes book cover