An Ember in the Ashes discussion

I didn't like it either. Then again i'm thinking that i'm in the wrong demographic.

I didn't think Laia was annoying.

If I'm being honest, I didn't like it. This and Red Queen were two of the most hyped YA books of 2015, but I didn't really see anything special or gut wrenching. It was also pretty repetitive.

I also kind of felt a bit duped when the author decided it was going to be a series instead of a standalone. That was the reason a lot of people bought the book. For a fantasy standalone. The marketing was pretty off.

Kiran wrote: "If I'm being honest, I didn't like it. This and Red Queen were two of the most hyped YA books of 2015, but I didn't really see anything special or gut wrenching. It was also pretty repetitive.

I agree completely - especially about the stand-alone into series. Sigh.

Monte wrote: "I think Tahir is a good writer, she has good flow, a good grasp of vocabulary, but she doesn't understand how to weave emotion into her words, nor does she seems to grasp the concept of sentence va..."

You voiced it all so perfectly! I might give the second book a shot, but legit, I don't really care for the characters. The book carried a somber mood, but the characters almost had none