They're nasty and brutal, full of evil surprises and even more evil things that you see coming but can't stop.Ī Torch Against the Night picks up right where we left off and, if you enjoyed the first one, it's very easy to be pulled back into the rhythm of the story and world without recapping. The pages just fly by in my desperation to find out what happens. I honestly don't give a shit anymore if these books are objectively good (what even is that, anyway?). And I think both An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night are told with nail-biting tension and perfectly-paced action. Because, for me, it’s not what a book is about, but how it’s told. I know they’re not something out of this world and I know the story is not that original, but I don’t care. "I’m not saying it’s the best book ever or anything.”īut, you know what? Fuck it. “I’m not sure I can take your opinion seriously anymore.” “This is just like ten million other books - how can you think it's so good?” But suddenly, out of nowhere, it was a bestseller! And that's when I got some unprecedented backlash for my review. Like most books I rate and review, I expected it to be forgotten in a sea of YA. I sped through it, loved it, rated it five stars, and thought that was the end of that. Last year, I read and enjoyed an advance copy of an unknown book from a debut author - An Ember in the Ashes. All that I love, all that matters to me, awash in blood. I realize I am not staring into his eyes.
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