An Ember in the Ashes

I don't know.
This book was good, and other than the love triangles (triangle? I feel like Helene and Elias were never going to be together) I can't really fault it too much(see also: instalove). But these days, it seems you can't sell a YA book without love triangles and instalove, so I've learned to overlook them. But I didn't develop a close relationship with many characters. Laia.. Laia. Laia was interesting. Many would call her spineless, but she was thrown into a very hard situation, that she'd never been in before, and imho, performed honourably. Elias was an interesting character as well. But at the end of the book, I still didn't care as much as I should about the characters.

I liked the relentless brutality of the book. Kept everyone on their toes. But still.. I didn't like it as much as other 4-star books I've read. I don't know quite why though, so I'll give it the 4-stars it deserves.