Reviews

Ember Quartet Digital Collection by Sabaa Tahir

still_july's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I’m so happy I finally finished the series! Returning to it from middle school/high school I was surprised by how much it hurt me (positive)!! I feel like it got a little slow at the beginning of the third book but maybe I just started getting a little tired… also who knew Helene would be my favourite character?? Bro’s been through it but the character development??

flux_6174's review against another edition

3.0

Quite the experience this book series, I must say-
With this series, Sabaa Tahir shows us light in the darkness, hope in a world of despair, and the human spirit reaching for greatness in difficult times. It's something much needed in the current world, that rekindles our spirit with hope, enlightenment, courage and wisdom.
This series is one of its kind: dark, complex, and vivid... and it may get confusing at times, for which- no worries- there's this wonderful official website: https://anemberintheashesbook.com/world/ too!
It was hard to get through, but the story and the idea was worth it...

rissasreading's review against another edition

4.0

Overall this was a good series. I don't think it lived up to my expectations of what I was waiting for after the first book. I found the writing to be a bit slow especially in the second and last book. It felt like we waited forever for action. However, when the action did begin to take off I was hooked, and engrossed in the book. I think I would've rated this series higher if some of the romance wasn't such a major component in the story. Some of the romance just didn't feel like it fit quite right into the overall settings, and emotions of the characters. I also wish we got more with Darin (especially him since we waited two freaking books for him), and Harper. Specifically more to do with Harper, and Elias.
Helene was definitely my favorite story line through the series, after the first book. The first book Laia was my favorite, but Helene quickly took that spot. Just because of how dark her story is and how much your heart breaks for her.
Overall I'd recommend this if you're in the mood for a romance and fantasy series, with some blood, betrayal, and death strewn throughout.
TWs for: rape threats, violence towards women, domestic abuse, war, battle scenes, child abuse

marianaaa's review

4.0

this series took me forever to read. i kept loosing interest than gaining it over and over again and i’m not really sure why. it was kind of upsetting because i’ve heard so many people loving this series, but i just couldn’t keep up with it. i didn’t really have any special connection to any of the characters because of this (except maybe for Helene). this made the death scenes not very impactful but it was refreshing to read a war story filled with so many realistic deaths as that doesn’t happen a lot in this genre of books (so good job author!). i know if i didn’t have any breaks between the reading then i definitely would have been emotional at majority of the deaths and i wish i were, so maybe i’ll reread in the future? idk actually lol. overall, it was a really good, intricate story. there was so much detail and depth in each of the characters, making it hard to hate any of them, and the relationships had nice dynamics. whoop whoop!!

brittmariasbooks's review

5.0

I really enjoyed the Ember Quartet. I also really recommend the audiobooks. I'm in love with Jack Farrar's voice. I made such a great decision to reread the first three books before finally reading A Sky Beyond the Storm.

Sabaa Tahir's writing is just so good. The battle scenes were movies in my head. The quiet character moments made me fall in love with the characters. They are so well written, very distinguishable. All have their dreams, the hopes that they fight for.

I really recommend the Ember Quartet if you are looking for a YA fantasy series with a little bit of romance, great fight scenes. But also, if you want to have your heart destroyed. Like good books do.