I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the blog tour for A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT by Sabaa Tahir! I freaking adore this series and book 2 was better than book 1 IMO which is rather a rarity! It will easily make my top 10 of 2016 list! I'm sharing my favorite quotes from the book today! And make sure to enter the awesome giveaway for a finished copy of the book!!
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Title: A TORCH AGAINST
THE NIGHT
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Razorbill
ISBN: 978-1595148032
Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes
& Noble | iBooks
Elias and Laia are running for their lives.
After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.
Laia is determined to break into Kauf - the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison - to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars' survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.
But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must 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.
Now on to my favorite quotes!
“So you've made a
few bad decisions. So have I. So has Elias. So has everyone attempting to do
something difficult. That doesn't mean that you give up, you fool. Do you
understand?”
“Failure doesn't
define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a
leader or a waste of perfectly good air.”
“Don't lock
yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them
or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let
yourself feel anything?”
“Your emotions
make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away.
If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.”
“It takes only a
split second for life to go horribly wrong. To fix the mess, I need a thousand
things to go right. The distance from one bit of luck to the next feels as
great as the distance across oceans. But, I decide in this moment, I will
bridge that distance, again and again, until I win. I will not fail.”
“Veturius is a
Mask like the rest of us, yes. Bold, brave, strong, swift. But those were
afterthoughts for him. Elias sees people as they should be, not as they are. He
laughs at himself. He gives of himself - in everything he does. He's the things
that I can't be. He's good.”
“You fool, Helene.
When you love, there is always more pain.”
About Sabaa:
Sabaa Tahir grew up in California’s Mojave Desert at
her family’s 18-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels,
raiding her brother’s comic book stash and playing guitar badly. She began
writing An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor. She likes
thunderous indie rock, garish socks and all things nerd. Sabaa currently lives
in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
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Tour Schedule:
8/29: Buttermybooks
8/30: Once Upon a Twilight
8/31: Fiction Fare
9/2: Forever Young Adult
9/6: Bookish Lifestyle
9/7: Fiktshun
9/8: Two Chicks on Books
9/9: The Fandom
9/12: IceyBooks
9/13: Oh the Book Feels
9/14: What Sarah Read
9/15: The Young Folks
I loved this book. And you're right -- it's better than the first one and the first one was amazing
ReplyDeleteAn Ember in the Ashes has been on my TBR since before it came out and I can't believe I haven't managed to pick it up to read it yet! And now here's a fantastic review for the second instalment! At least I don't have to wait for the second book :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post.