So, there’s this book coming out in April that you may have heard of called An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. I was super lucky and got an ARC of it and because I am awesome at impulse control, maybe read it was earlier than I meant to. Whoops, bad me.
The bright side of me not being able to stop myself from doing anything is that I can officially tell you it definitely lives up to the hype. The beginning is a little slow and it took me awhile to warm up to the characters but the world-building and mythology are spectacular, the stakes are incredibly high, the brutality is real and followed through on in a way not often seen in YA. Also, the end is fucking epic. Let me put it like this: I’ve mentioned a few times that I’ve been in a pretty bad reading slump,the only thing I could force myself to finish for awhile were rereads of my favs and this book.
Anyway, the point of today’s post is not an in depth review of An Ember In The Ashes, that’ll come much closer to publication, but to get you guys excited for it. MTV did an eclusive interview with Sabaa Tahir where she tells you a little more about the book and who she’d ideally cast as the (incredibly terrifying) Commandant (oh, did I mention the movie’s already a go?) along with a sneak peak at the first chapter.
MTV EXCLUSIVE: Go Inside The Brutal Empire Of ‘An Ember In The Ashes’
Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It’s a story that’s literally burning to be told.
LAIA is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire’s greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.
ELIAS is the academy’s finest soldier— and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias is considering deserting the military, but before he can, he’s ordered to participate in a ruthless contest to choose the next Martial emperor.
When Laia and Elias’s paths cross at the academy, they find that their destinies are more intertwined than either could have imagined and that their choices will change the future of the empire itself.
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Brigid
REBEL SCHOLARS WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME. SUBSCRIBED TO THIS BOOK.
Morgan @ Gone with the Words
AHHH I can’t wait to read this book, it sounds epic!! Ever since I heard it described as a Gladiator, ancient-Rome like world I’ve been dying for it. Glad you loved it so much 😀 And ROSAMUND PIKE! I haven’t seen Gone Girl but I can picture Jane Bennett being a frosty, terrifying dictator.
S.Huston
Ok, so I am super happy for the author and I am freaking ridiculously excited to get my hands on this book ( I have it preordered through Amazon) but I HATE the fact that it’s already got a deal to be made into a movie… I can’t really explain why, I just wish that the book had been released before the big deal about a movie adaption came about. Maybe it’s my selfish nature causing me to not want to share with the “movie fans”.
Andye @ReadingTeen
I’m so glad you liked this!! It’s one I’m really looking forward to & I might have to just bump it up the TBR list. ☺️☺️
Hannah @ The Irish Banana Review
I can’t think of this book without seeing Steph sit down in the middle of NYCC and start reading it as soon as she got her hands on it. LOL
I’m on a bit of a high fantasy kick, so I think I’ll be grabbing this one soon. It’s staring at me from my bookshelf.
Ari
This book comes out on my birthday and I truly hope to love it because I am actually dying to read it! 😀
Ari
Coming back to say how great this story is, not that I’ve read it. I hope that everyone will enjoy it because it is AMAZING! There’s so much love for it in my heart 😀
Diamond
This book looks sos good. I love the cover and I’ve heard so many great things about it 😀