All the world can burn, but I will not simply leave her to suffer.” “I will not let you torment her to death, even if stopping you tears my own body to shreds. Laia, after getting her brother back, is looking to stop the Nightbringer, helping with the resistance and dealing with the fallout of Elias being, well, dead and the new Soul Catcher.

And honestly, they aren’t much better after the Reaper. And it drives me mad.Īfter the events of A Torch Against the Night, none of our main characters are in a good place. It is a fire that beckons me gently and then burns when I get too close. Love is joy coupled with misery, elation bound to despair. There’s some great side characters as well, but I truly love these main three characters. It’s dark, like really dark, but so good nonetheless.Īs much as I love the world and the stakes at hand, what’s kept me into this story so much are these characters, specifically Laia, Elias and Helene. I totally get why everyone loves this series.

I am SO GLAD she made me, because I love them. Well, not until my friend shoved the first two books into my hands and said READ THEM NOW. It seemed interesting enough, but not enough for me to move it up and finally get around to reading it. Like, three weeks ago, I still had the first book sitting fairly low on my TBR list. Hi, I’m Cassie and I’m new to this series. Skies save me from the men in my life and all the things they think they know. But in doing so, he has vowed himself to an ancient power that will stop at nothing to ensure Elias's devotion-even at the cost of his humanity. But while hunting for a way to bring him down, Laia faces unexpected threats from those she hoped would aid her, and is drawn into a battle she never thought she'd have to fight.Īnd in the land between the living and the dead, Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher. As Helene searches for a way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister's life and the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance.įar to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court, but in stopping the Nightbringer. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. A Reaper at the Gates ( An Ember in the Ashes #3)īeyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.

A reaper at the gate