A Torch Against the Night
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- Author：Sabaa Tahir
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Summary
After the events of the Fourth Trial， Martial soldiers hunt Elias and Laia as they flee the city of Serra。
Laia and Elias are determined to break into the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison to save Laia’s brother， even if for Elias it means giving up his last chance at freedom。
They will have to fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus， the merciless Commandant， the sadistic Warden of Kauf， and， most heartbreaking of all， Helene， Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike。
Bound to Marcus’s will， Helene faces a torturous mission of her own， one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape。。。 and kill them both。
This is an Alternative Cover Edition for ISBN-13 9780008160371。
Laia and Elias are determined to break into the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison to save Laia’s brother， even if for Elias it means giving up his last chance at freedom。
They will have to fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus， the merciless Commandant， the sadistic Warden of Kauf， and， most heartbreaking of all， Helene， Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike。
Bound to Marcus’s will， Helene faces a torturous mission of her own， one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape。。。 and kill them both。
This is an Alternative Cover Edition for ISBN-13 9780008160371。
Reviews
bernadette
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The fire in this book is 💯
Amy Moen
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Thrilling book from start to finish！ In the beginning I wasn't a fan of Helene but by the end of the book I was root for her and Harper。 Laia and Elias are truly a great couple love the chemistry between them。 Thrilling book from start to finish！ In the beginning I wasn't a fan of Helene but by the end of the book I was root for her and Harper。 Laia and Elias are truly a great couple love the chemistry between them。 。。。more
m。
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i love the idea of these books but something about them doesn't work for me i love the idea of these books but something about them doesn't work for me 。。。more
Lepicentrecult
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Plutôt bonne lecture， un début très actif， avec beaucoup d'action un délice。 Milieu de tome plus calme， et fin de livre avec de l'action mais pas trop brouillon。 Plutôt bonne lecture， un début très actif， avec beaucoup d'action un délice。 Milieu de tome plus calme， et fin de livre avec de l'action mais pas trop brouillon。 。。。more
Rajesh Konsam
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4。5 stars because of the excitement I had toward the end of the book。It would have been a clean 5/5， but the first half felt like a filler。Having said that， I like the execution of this gem of a book。 I adore Elias， Laia， and Helene （team Aquilla all the way）。And I like how morally grey Harper Avitas is （I was rooting for him， too）。Izzi and even Keenan were delightful。There's action， fantasy， suspense and a couple of bold decisions taken by the author， Sabaa Tahir， that made me appreciate her ef 4。5 stars because of the excitement I had toward the end of the book。It would have been a clean 5/5， but the first half felt like a filler。Having said that， I like the execution of this gem of a book。 I adore Elias， Laia， and Helene （team Aquilla all the way）。And I like how morally grey Harper Avitas is （I was rooting for him， too）。Izzi and even Keenan were delightful。There's action， fantasy， suspense and a couple of bold decisions taken by the author， Sabaa Tahir， that made me appreciate her efforts even more。 。。。more
Cindy
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Just when I thought I could not possibly be as enthralled in book 2， Sabaa Tahir was like “just you WAIT。” SO good！！！
Snakeinbooks
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Lo que más me ha gustado de estos libros son los personajes， para empezar la evolución de cada uno es palpable， siento que todos reconocen sus fortalezas y debilidades por lo que no fingen ser alguien o algo más。Como dije al principio， siento que la trama es un poco más cruda a lo que estoy acostumbrada， pues existe muchísima violencia y no es como que por ser protagonistas se salvan mágicamente， no aquí nadie se salva del dolor físico， incluso a veces sentía que había mucha sangre innecesaria。E Lo que más me ha gustado de estos libros son los personajes， para empezar la evolución de cada uno es palpable， siento que todos reconocen sus fortalezas y debilidades por lo que no fingen ser alguien o algo más。Como dije al principio， siento que la trama es un poco más cruda a lo que estoy acostumbrada， pues existe muchísima violencia y no es como que por ser protagonistas se salvan mágicamente， no aquí nadie se salva del dolor físico， incluso a veces sentía que había mucha sangre innecesaria。Este libro NO se enfoca en el romance， pero tengo que decirlo: soy Team Elias， ya después tendrán la oportunidad de leer ese plot que me tenía。No siento que exista gran diferencia en trama del primero al segundo libro， por lo que todo lo que he escrito aplica para los dos libros。 De igual manera se nota bastante la planeación para que sea saga porque todavía tengo muchísimas incógnitas que espero descubrir pronto。 。。。more
Jenna
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3。5
Alexandria Nicole
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Great and interesting story。 Will definitely be continuing the series。 I think it's just my mindset right now， but I'm not in love with this story like I feel I normally would be。 Great and interesting story。 Will definitely be continuing the series。 I think it's just my mindset right now， but I'm not in love with this story like I feel I normally would be。 。。。more
Jules
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Torn between a 3 and a 4， more because of the level of hopelessness， violence， and genocide than the writing itselfLots of TWs here: death， murder， （mention of） suicide， cutting， slavery， torture， genocide， mutilationPros- The Soul Catcher- The mythology- Avitas， Helen， Afya and TasNeutral- Laia and EliasCons- All of the death and destruction- The Nightbringer， the Commandant and the Augurs
oliver
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Most sequels are worse than the first one， but this was better？？？ And the first one was already amazing。—TWs: death， violence， torture， PTSD， genocide， mass murder including children， sexual assault， emotional manipulation。
Lizanne
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I was going to give this 2 stars but then the plot near the very end really got me。The only thing is that I don't care about any of the characters so it was a bit hard to care about the story as well at some points。（I also can't remember the last time I rolled my eyes so much while reading a book）You could say that it's a love hate relationship between this book and I。 I was going to give this 2 stars but then the plot near the very end really got me。The only thing is that I don't care about any of the characters so it was a bit hard to care about the story as well at some points。（I also can't remember the last time I rolled my eyes so much while reading a book）You could say that it's a love hate relationship between this book and I。 。。。more
Elcin Ceylan
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Yavaş başladı hızlı bitti。 Beklediğimden daha fantastik devam ediyor， bu değişimi beğendim。 Ama spoiler aldığım için istediğim kadar sevemedim。3。5 tan 3
Audrey
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I loved this book， in my opinion， better than the second book。
dee
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this book was a ROLLERCOASTER of emotions。 all the plottwists had me on the edge of my seat and i literally couldnt put it down。 some parts made me so angry， others made me wanna cry and other gave me 🦋🦋 （mostly the laia and elias scenes）。 anyways this book was so so good and this series is already one of my all time favorites。
rafaella
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Man was this bittersweet。
Auri
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Initial thoughts-love the story， it’s original and the plot twists are inventive and plentiful -the characters are developing with the plot-the major issue is the lack of information about places and people in the world。 Sometimes they are just thrown in without context and the impact is lost。 （I。e。 without knowing where a territory is and who lives there how are we supposed to know it’s importance in a war？）Full review to come！
Karla Arias
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Okay， lo amé。He escuchado muchas veces que usualmente las historias se arruinan en las segundas partes， y otras tantas lo he experimentado yo misma。 Bueno， "Una antorcha en las tinieblas" definitivamente es una de las excepciones a esta regla。 Me gustó mucho más que el primero y los nuevos personajes tienen que ver con esto （Afya， Harper， Tas， simplemente magníficos）， pero también conocer más sobre los que ya habíamos visto。Por supuesto， mi adorada Helene solo se hizo un espacio más grande en mi Okay， lo amé。He escuchado muchas veces que usualmente las historias se arruinan en las segundas partes， y otras tantas lo he experimentado yo misma。 Bueno， "Una antorcha en las tinieblas" definitivamente es una de las excepciones a esta regla。 Me gustó mucho más que el primero y los nuevos personajes tienen que ver con esto （Afya， Harper， Tas， simplemente magníficos）， pero también conocer más sobre los que ya habíamos visto。Por supuesto， mi adorada Helene solo se hizo un espacio más grande en mi corazón y sufrí con ella durante absolutamente todo el libro。 De verdad que lo único que espero es que ella tenga el final que se merece porque me la han puesto a sufrir demasiado。 （Ya， ya， terminé mi momento fangirl con Helene）Por otra parte， Elias sigue siendo uno de los personajes más interesantes de la historia y uno de mis favoritos。 Espero que se mantenga así， tomando en cuenta el destino que le depara al final de este segundo libro。Nuestra tercera protagonista， no precisamente mi favorita， logró que la tolerara durante la mayor parte del libro， aunque en algunas partes todavía me daban ganas de saltar al siguiente capítulo con tal de no tener que seguir oyendo de ella。 Entiendo sus motivos y blablabla， pero me sigue pareciendo un personaje bastante plano y básico （que ahora se vuelve invisible de la nada， que conveniente。。。）。 Bueno， Laia de Serra parece haber mejorado al principio del libro y luego se pone peor que antes。 Es que no la aguanto， la verdad。Cada día odio más a Keris "La Comandante"， pero al mismo tiempo adoro su personaje de villana。La historia trajo muchas sorpresas en esta parte， y me dejó completamente encantada。 Cada capítulo mejor que el anterior。 Ya me estoy consiguiendo el próximo porque necesito saber más。 。。。more
aashna
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ive been screaming for the past hour
Elisa
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Muuuuuy guay。 Me ha encantado el final。 Sabaa Tahir hace unos pedazo finales。。。 Estaba dudando entre tres o cuatro estrellas pero me siento generosa。 Que no。。。 me ha gustado mucho de verdad。Han pasado tantas cosas que creo que se me ha olvidado ya la mitad， pero voy a intentar recordar。 Voy ha hacer una crítica diferente; voy a poner lo que me ha gustado （+） y lo que no （-） en guiones para hacerlo rápido。 A ver de qué me acuerdo。-Helene me importaba más bien poco y su historia era un tercio del Muuuuuy guay。 Me ha encantado el final。 Sabaa Tahir hace unos pedazo finales。。。 Estaba dudando entre tres o cuatro estrellas pero me siento generosa。 Que no。。。 me ha gustado mucho de verdad。Han pasado tantas cosas que creo que se me ha olvidado ya la mitad， pero voy a intentar recordar。 Voy ha hacer una crítica diferente; voy a poner lo que me ha gustado （+） y lo que no （-） en guiones para hacerlo rápido。 A ver de qué me acuerdo。-Helene me importaba más bien poco y su historia era un tercio del libro。+Aunque me cae muy bien， eso es verdad。 Me parece muy fuerte y valiente y me encanta que esté enamorada de Elias， porque。。。 OBVIO。 Aunque no dice mucho de ello， solo que es su mejor amigo （porque lo es）。 +Ah y Harper también me gusta。 Me gusta que Keris confíe en él y él solo quiera saber más de Elias。 Una de las razones que hacen que quiera leerme el tercero es saber más sobre sus lazos familiares。 +Elias es DEMASIADO GUAY。 Es que lo hace todo bien。。。 Elias me inspira。 Sabe que va a morir en pocos meses y dedica su vida a ayudar a Laia y salvar la de Darin。 Lo afronta todo una fortaleza。。。 Me gusta cómo piensa y el pedazo corazón que tiene。 Las decisiones que toma son buenas en general， excepto alejarse de Laia。 Todavía no sé si me gusta que haya hecho el trato con la Atrapaalmas。 No pensaba que se fuera a morir de verdad。 Que pena。。。-¡Qué angustia me daba cuando Elias se iba a la Antesala！ Todos le recordaban que se iba a morir y yo no quería y era horrible。 ¡Qué agobio！+Laia tomaba decisiones buenas， o por lo menos decisiones que yo también tomaría。 Aunque la fastidia unas cuantas veces， me sigue gustando。+Sigo pensando en lo guay que es que Keenan sea el Portador de la Noche。 No me lo esperaba para nada。 Pensaba que la iba a traicionar en algún momento y ella no le iba a perdonar y se alejaría de él。 Y yo no podía esperar más ese momento。 Keenan no me caía muy bien。 Su físico bien y eso， pero entonces abre la boca y se lo carga todo。+La historia está muy bien pensada。 Las piezas parece que van conectando cuando avanza el libro。 Eso está guay。-Me agobiaba un poco lo rápido que cambiaba el camino de la historia。 Hay como mil hechos que lo tuercen todo y ocurres cada cinco páginas casi。Esto no sé si es bueno o malo: en el primer libro las cosas tenían mala pinta， yo sabía que se iban a arreglar y se arreglaban。 En este， las cosas tenían aún peor pinta， yo seguía con la esperanza de que se arreglaran， pero esta vez no lo hacen。 Mola que me haya sorprendido tanto， pero es que prefiero cuando las cosas van bien o cuando los problemas se resuelven rápidamente。 Sabaa parece que no tiene una pizca de miedo en matar a personajes， dejarlos rotísimos y mil atrocidades más。Voy a terminar con algo bueno。。。+El beso。 AHHHHHH。 NADA MÁS QUE DECIR。 。。。more
Lara
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 2。5 stars。 Although the first book was very tropey， I just couldn't stand this one。 I do enjoy the story， but the characters sometimes feel flat to me because they suffer major upheavels （being betrayed by a close friend， torture and murder of your family） but they just seem to bounce back in a few paragraphs。 What the hell？！ And ，o woe is me， those horny teenagers。🙄 Maybe I need to read something other than YA for a while。 I do want to continue with the series， but now I'm not so sure when I'm 2。5 stars。 Although the first book was very tropey， I just couldn't stand this one。 I do enjoy the story， but the characters sometimes feel flat to me because they suffer major upheavels （being betrayed by a close friend， torture and murder of your family） but they just seem to bounce back in a few paragraphs。 What the hell？！ And ，o woe is me， those horny teenagers。🙄 Maybe I need to read something other than YA for a while。 I do want to continue with the series， but now I'm not so sure when I'm going to that。。。 。。。more
Stephanie （Bookfever）
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I finished reading the first book， An Ember in the Ashes， almost exactly six years ago。 Yes， that's right。。。 it's been SIX years！ I really can't give an answer as to why I haven't been able to get around to reading the sequel， A Torch Against the Night， faster because I just don't know。 But thanks to the My TBR List meme and those voting for the book I finally have read it。 Do I regret waiting so long to read it？ Hell yes because this book was hella epic！I've got to admit that the start of the b I finished reading the first book， An Ember in the Ashes， almost exactly six years ago。 Yes， that's right。。。 it's been SIX years！ I really can't give an answer as to why I haven't been able to get around to reading the sequel， A Torch Against the Night， faster because I just don't know。 But thanks to the My TBR List meme and those voting for the book I finally have read it。 Do I regret waiting so long to read it？ Hell yes because this book was hella epic！I've got to admit that the start of the book was a little slow for me but I think that's normal when it's been so long since I've been in this world。 Luckily the more I read in it and the more I got reacquainted with the characters the more I started loving the book。 Soon it was hard to stop reading， I was that into it。I absolutely loved that A Torch Against the Night had three narrators， I had forgotten that about the first book。 Multiple narrators are one of my favorite things in books because it always brings so much more to a story for me。 I equally loved all of the narrators but I've got to admit that I was really a fan of Helene's POV。 Don't get me wrong I loved reading Laia and Elias' points of view also but Helene's character is so complex and intriguing。 I can't wait to see where her character goes next。I think in my review of the first book all those years ago I wrote that the world in this book is a harsh one and my view on that hasn't changed at all。 It's a very harsh world and I could see so many resemblences with how our world has been in the past and is now。 But that only made this book all the more compelling in my opinion。Will I be continuing the series now that I have finally read this book？ Yes I absolutely will。 I don't plan on waiting another six years to continue。 In fact， I have already bought the next book and am planning on reading it when I finish my current read。 I can't wait to see what's going to happen next。 。。。more
Soph
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4。5 starsI。 Love。 This。The plot twists throughout， the writing， the characters， everything。 I did feel the ending was slightly rushed， but that may have just been me rushing through it。 I haven’t gotten around to annotating my books （I don’t have the tabs） but this is one of the books that is so packed with quotes I wish I did annotate！Character wise， I really liked the development of both Laia and Elias， as well as getting Helene’s perspective。 Once again， this book made me cry， and I love how 4。5 starsI。 Love。 This。The plot twists throughout， the writing， the characters， everything。 I did feel the ending was slightly rushed， but that may have just been me rushing through it。 I haven’t gotten around to annotating my books （I don’t have the tabs） but this is one of the books that is so packed with quotes I wish I did annotate！Character wise， I really liked the development of both Laia and Elias， as well as getting Helene’s perspective。 Once again， this book made me cry， and I love how developed all the characters are- Izzi， Afya， Tas （I love him）， and Cook- who is super interesting and I have my theories！Relationship wise， I still love all the friendships and familial relationships。 I was so angry throughout half the book， because Laia and Elias weren’t together- I’m also not a huge fan of love triangles， but I knew my hunches were correct！ As well as that， the ending made me so happy！Plot wise， there were so many plot twists I didn’t expect in the slightest， and this is such a fast paced book， with so much action that you can never be bored reading it。 I also liked the journeying in this one， and how we got to see different areas of the empire。Overall， fantastic and I can’t wait to read the next book！ 。。。more
Athena Goddess Of Books
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4。25 stars。 The beginning felt boring to me but I found myself captivated near the end as the stakes were so high and the mysteries were being revealed。 Loved the plot twist with Keenan but the death element and the soul catcher， not so much。
Anxstxcia
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How not to love their story？ Do yourself a favor and grab this book series 💜
Danica
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3。5*
Monique
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I’m so intrigued by this seriesThere were choices narratively that I could have done without but I have to admit the reveal of The Nightbringer has me invested in a big way。 Lots of torture depicted in these stories but despite the ruthlessness （and hopelessness） I think I’m still going to pick up book three。
Sindy Anton
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After the first book I had high expectations for this book but I did find it quite eye throughout the beginning and middle。 I had trouble picking up the book and reading for long periods of time （especially Helen's chapters）。 However， the plot twist totally caught me off guard and I really enjoyed the book after reading it！ SPOILERSS **********************************************************************Throughout the book （and the first）， I was team Keenan >>> Elias and I feel so weird thinking After the first book I had high expectations for this book but I did find it quite eye throughout the beginning and middle。 I had trouble picking up the book and reading for long periods of time （especially Helen's chapters）。 However， the plot twist totally caught me off guard and I really enjoyed the book after reading it！ SPOILERSS **********************************************************************Throughout the book （and the first）， I was team Keenan >>> Elias and I feel so weird thinking that I shipped him with Laia after knowing the truth now！ Also what happened to Hel was just horrible， that scene was really hard to read。 。。。more
ShanShan ✨
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Well， I didn’t see THAT coming。 Even knowing what I know now， I still love Keenan。 He’s just as broken as the rest of them and I can’t wait to see what happens next。I didn’t care for Laia in the first book but I liked her a hell of a lot more in this one。 Her love and determination for her brother， Darin only made her stronger while also trying to embrace her ability。 I enjoyed Helene’s POV although towards the end was hard and I cried for her。 I can only imagine the pain she feels over everythi Well， I didn’t see THAT coming。 Even knowing what I know now， I still love Keenan。 He’s just as broken as the rest of them and I can’t wait to see what happens next。I didn’t care for Laia in the first book but I liked her a hell of a lot more in this one。 Her love and determination for her brother， Darin only made her stronger while also trying to embrace her ability。 I enjoyed Helene’s POV although towards the end was hard and I cried for her。 I can only imagine the pain she feels over everything she’s experiencing。 Between Elias， her family and her duty。 Then there is Harper and the bombshells dropped！ I mean wow。 I wasn’t expecting THAT either。 Oh and I also totally ship Harper and Helene。 😍🔥This gets 5 stars from me。 。。。more
Hailie Nauss
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