A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. ArmentroutMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I received this free eARC novel from the author. This is my honest review.
I. Love. This. Book!!
Honestly, I may even say that I loved it more than the From Blood and Ash series. And only because Sera is such warrior and she is so intense. Don't get me wrong, I love Poppy, but Sera is just on another level of amazingness.
Nyktos is on another level as well, and boy, when he gets angry? Anyone in his line of vision will be demolished, and I honestly loved those scenes so much. He is so in control and exact in his decisions, but also very out of control and exploding with emotion. And when he has his sole focus on Sera? Let's just say that I really, really, really want to be Sera during those moments!!
The most heartbreaking moments in this novel was when Sera reflected on her life. She is 20 years old, and has never really known love - real love - and that breaks my heart. When she got a gift for the first time in her life, I was bawling like a baby because I would have given her so many gifts throughout her life. And when she got her first hug? I'm serious, I felt so gutted and so much sorrow for her. It makes me livid toward her mother, who treated her so wrong, and I may have sent many terrible scenarios her way throughout this book. I still do, actually.
This entire book makes you run through so many emotions, and it really has everything one will need to be satisfied. I can't even express how shell-shocked I feel about this masterpiece, but I will say that it is a must read novel!
And the amount of information overload we get is insane! Usually I gobble up a JLA novel in a day, but with this book, I really took my time and just got immersed into the story and the details we receive about the characters, the world, and the setting. And already I want to dive back in and start again because I am missing everything so much (and it's only been 20 minutes since I started this review!).
I have decided that Jennifer L. Armentrout is a goddess who graciously shares her amazing brain and visions to us mere mortals and shares her outstanding stories. I have read all of her books, 60+, multiple times, and I'm always left stunned and amazed at her effortless stories she creates. Many readers have gotten hooked, and will continue to get hooked, on her stories and I'm ever so glad I have been reading her novels for the past 9 years!
I'm very intrigued to see what the next novel will bring, and what our favorite characters will do with the new knowledge they received in the last chapter. I know it's going to be fantastic, no matter what happens, and, as always, I'm now just going to wait patiently for the next masterpiece from this outstanding author :)
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