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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sabaa when I catch you!!
This book does its job, but I do think it's the weakest in the series.Helene gets NOTHING are you KIDDING ME?? what was the point in making her suffer so much???? She winds up alone while Laia and Elias just get off free???? Yeah Darin dies, but Mirra gets brought back conveniently and Laia is just fine with that.
Keris is one of the most chilling, well written female villains I've ever read, and you END HER STORY LIKE THIS????? HUH??? So, it could have been better. I honestly think this series could have been expanded into 5 installments. (And also written as an adult series.)
This book does its job, but I do think it's the weakest in the series.
Keris is one of the most chilling, well written female villains I've ever read, and you END HER STORY LIKE THIS????? HUH???
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, War
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Genocide, Slavery
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If I could give this book more stars I would!
This series deserves every acclaim! It is truly a literary masterpiece that I don’t think will ever be topped and it not being more popular is a CRIME!!!
Everything is stunning, from the world building, to the characters, to that stakes, all the way down to very prose on the page! Simple amazing!
I want to say more but I am still so fresh of reading it and nothing I could say would to it justice! It is an experience I wish on everyone!
This series deserves every acclaim! It is truly a literary masterpiece that I don’t think will ever be topped and it not being more popular is a CRIME!!!
Everything is stunning, from the world building, to the characters, to that stakes, all the way down to very prose on the page! Simple amazing!
I want to say more but I am still so fresh of reading it and nothing I could say would to it justice! It is an experience I wish on everyone!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ngl I'm kind of glad to be done with these just so I can finally move on to something else. They weren't bad. I love the writing and the story. I was just kind of bored at times?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Grief, War
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War
Moderate: Slavery, Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
and with that series comes to an end. I've been with this series for over a year now and as someone getting back into fantasy, this honestly helped with exploring the genre even more. I wanted to see how things end with the characters and w/o getting into spoilers im just glad that my predictions were wrong 💀.
i will say tho that i do prefer the first half of the series more than the second. the story was a lot easier to follow and we saw a lot of world building even in the second book which was nice. This book really sets up the ending and whats next in the ember universe (i.e. heir). if i had to rank the books it would torch>ember>sky>reaper. Overall i think this is a solid especially if were new to fantasy. im going to start heir soon since its my most anticipated release of this year but maybe after a couple of books 😅
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love this series, but this one was actually my least favorite. I think that is mostly because the entire series has led up to a huge, dramatic conclusion and it felt like the conflict resolved much too easily for the tension I have experienced throughout the rest of this series. There were still plenty of gut-wrenching twists and a lot of depth to this book, but I think the climax felt a little flat for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Classism
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Police brutality
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Sky Beyond the Storm was the best ending this series could have had.
I was skeptical about this book after Reaper, but once it got started I couldn’t put it down. The emotional twists and turns, the story, and the characters all added up for this to be an epic conclusion and a beautiful ending for characters that went through so much loss and suffering. But as the series reminded us throughout, “where there is life, there is hope”
Surprise MVP for me was Helene, I looked forward to her chapters and felt her pain and struggles so much. She became the woman her people needed her to be, and that arc was so compelling. Who knew she would become my favorite character?
This book has solidified this series for me, and I will definitely be reading Heir when it comes out. 4.75 stars.
I was skeptical about this book after Reaper, but once it got started I couldn’t put it down. The emotional twists and turns, the story, and the characters all added up for this to be an epic conclusion and a beautiful ending for characters that went through so much loss and suffering. But as the series reminded us throughout, “where there is life, there is hope”
Surprise MVP for me was Helene, I looked forward to her chapters and felt her pain and struggles so much. She became the woman her people needed her to be, and that arc was so compelling. Who knew she would become my favorite character?
This book has solidified this series for me, and I will definitely be reading Heir when it comes out. 4.75 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, War
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Racism, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury