A Sky Beyond the Storm: An Ember in the Ashes Novel: 4

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I think their different reactions showed some of the key differences between a ‘villain’ and a ‘hero’, as The Nightbringer turned into his pain and let it become a drive for more pain, hate and death whereas Laia used it to become a drive for justice and stayed true to what is good. His emotions and plans felt more intense and volatile whilst also being more human which added a lot to the story. It was the perfect level of emotion and adventure with an emphasis on stories which made it really special. I've learned of holding on and how you can never let go, you can never stop fighting, you can never give up on the people you love, because if it was them, they would never stop fighting for you.

There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, listening to thunderous indie rock, and playing guitar and piano badly. I find it so sad that people went off of Elias during Reaper because the whole point of it was that he kind of switched off his humanity so he could do his job as Soul Catcher, like don’t get me wrong I hateeeeed it with a passion, but it was pivotal to the story. It will rattle you so hard you won't know what to do with your mortal life for the next few days, the next few weeks. I am so disappointed in this book, and I truly think if it wasn’t for this I would have loved this series a lot. For example, I remember one moment with Helene when she said this was horrifying and this moment was going to haunt her for her whole life, but I couldn’t feel that emotion.I didn’t like that Elias’ narrative changed from him being a hot badass soldier to a sappy, mellow, angsty Soul Catcher. Since we had heard most of Nightbringer's history already, I was hoping this would dive deeper into Keris's backstory, and may be help understand her better. If there is one thing I know I will always remember about this book, it is that I will take Laia's courage, I will take Helene's intelligence and endurance, I will take Elias' strength and forgiveness. But now she can turn invisible (only when it's convenient, though), she's suddenly amazing at every weapon she picks up, and she has a jinn living inside her who grants her supernatural powers whenever she needs them.

I thought the potential of him and Helene was sweet and I definitely like the idea of them when developed. It opened up not only a link to the past (which I think was well explored as it always had a purpose and helped to give a message to you as a reader) but brought up emotions that Laia shared with The Nightbringer and how they both dealt with their pain. But it came and went in a matter of sentences, and her part in the end battle didn't make much sense either.This book made me feel a lot of things: anger, fury, rage, disappointment and an impending urge to pretend this book never existed.