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

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Helene loses her sister and Harper (I was so angry and sad he died ) in this book and then she's left to rule an Empire she never wanted to rule and raise her nephew. This leaves Helene completely alone to rule an empire she never wanted to rule, and raise a nephew (when she didn’t want to do that either). So what I want to say is this: I really liked the process of him going from “Soul Catcher” back to Elias and the fact it wasn’t JUST Laia who helped him achieve this. whereas I read the rest of the series in a day or two) It made me very sad that his character got ruined.

I could never have pictured Elias’ storyline going the way it did, focusing on emotions and his struggle. The one who became an inspiration for everyone, as she was brave, kind, and she had no one, but she was still strong.

I didn't want to read this final book for I knew it was the end of a story that I never wanted to end and I'd never live again and now I feel empty and sad it is over.

But in the darkness the characters and story found small slivers of light to bask in, until they were finally able to lift the shroud of darkness cast over The Empire and reveal the gleaming star that is A Sky Beyond the Storm. But I realized that no matter how many times I reread this series, even when I start memorizing every single line of each and every book, it will still yield the same pain, the same love, the same heartbreak. I finished this book, and although those three characters died and completely shattered my entire being, there was hope afterward. again, this is a fantastic book and does the plot justice, but im still just personally not the biggest fan of said plot.And I was honestly ready to believe that they all indeed would die because that’s the kind of thing I was pretty sure Sabaa would do 😂😭 I’m glad though that Hel lived. A few Elias moments that got me emotional were when Elias’s chapters switched back from being “Soul Catcher” to “Elias. I liked Helene’s a lot, for its complexity as she learnt what the empire was like and decided what her role was going to be. And deep in the Waiting Place, the Soul Catcher seeks only to forget the life – and love – he left behind. As I have mentioned, the theme of war is predominant in this book as it is kind of like the final battle.

I think to add to that, Laia also explicitly says that she loved Keenan and I like that she doesn��t pretend that it never happened because once again that was what was needed for the story. It is unfair that someone as beautiful, as noble, as worthy of love and happiness and a good life had to endure one of such pain and sadness and loss. And now let’s go over that mess of an ending, because seriously I read it twice to try and understand what it was but it still left me confused.

My favourite thing about Laia is how determined she is and how she constantly persists after what she has been through.