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The Crown of Embers
(Girl of Fire and Thorns #2)
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Alternative cover edition of ISBN13: 9780062026538.
The second book in Rae Carson's award-winning The Girl of Fire and Thorns fantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones and Kristin Cashore. Tamora Pierce called the first book, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, "A unique and engrossing read!" A seventeen-year-old princess turned war queen faces sorcery, adventure, untol ...more
The second book in Rae Carson's award-winning The Girl of Fire and Thorns fantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones and Kristin Cashore. Tamora Pierce called the first book, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, "A unique and engrossing read!" A seventeen-year-old princess turned war queen faces sorcery, adventure, untol ...more
Paperback, 410 pages
Published
August 27th 2013
by Greenwillow Books
(first published September 18th 2012)
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No way. I read it at 13, and is totally appropriate for that age.
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JUST AS GOOD AS THE FIRST.
Everyone....if you haven't read this book becuz of ur bajillion other books in ur tbr pile....I forgive you.....
Ur life will be spared....
Now pick this series up now and read it. ;p
THERES JUST SO MUCH FEEELZ EVERYONE.
THE FEEELZZZZZ......AND ACTION......AND AMAZING CHARACRERS........prepare to fall in love. ...more
Everyone....if you haven't read this book
Ur life will be spared....
Now pick this series up now and read it. ;p
THERES JUST SO MUCH FEEELZ EVERYONE.
THE FEEELZZZZZ......AND ACTION......AND AMAZING CHARACRERS........prepare to fall in love. ...more

Rating: 4.5 Stars
I have to admit, I am a little upset. Not because of the cliffhanger ending, but because I was expecting one and it never came. Seriously. I pre-ordered this book and have been staring at it longingly on my shelves for MONTHS, refusing to be subject to a terrible, heart-wrenching cliffhanger, only to have an ending that leaves me jumping up and down for joy, completely satisfied and happy. Needless to say, we all need to re-affirm our definition of a cliffhanger ending.
Does Cro ...more
I have to admit, I am a little upset. Not because of the cliffhanger ending, but because I was expecting one and it never came. Seriously. I pre-ordered this book and have been staring at it longingly on my shelves for MONTHS, refusing to be subject to a terrible, heart-wrenching cliffhanger, only to have an ending that leaves me jumping up and down for joy, completely satisfied and happy. Needless to say, we all need to re-affirm our definition of a cliffhanger ending.
Does Cro ...more

Holy cheeseballs covered in roly polies. I can't form a coherent thought after finishing this book this morning. I will say that I was distracted ALL DAY at school because of the feelings pulsing through me after gobbling this book up. I just. I can't. I don't.
AAAAHHHHHHH. BRAIN IS IMPLODING.
There were so many times I wanted to smack all the characters! But thank GOD Elisa does what she does at the end, even if she does a certain other thing before then that makes her do the certain thing that ...more
AAAAHHHHHHH. BRAIN IS IMPLODING.
There were so many times I wanted to smack all the characters! But thank GOD Elisa does what she does at the end, even if she does a certain other thing before then that makes her do the certain thing that ...more

DNF
i simply do not care enough to continue
i simply do not care enough to continue

On sale $3.99 5/13/16 Here
On my second read this book held up very well the struggles Elisa faced and the Hector of it. Don't mind me while I swoon for Hector all over again.
Original Review
Pardon me while I pick my heart up off the floor. This was such a great follow up to Girl of Fire and Thorns.
The book starts off shortly after GoFaT ended. Elisa is trying to run the country, but it has been difficult she has been met with riots, new attacks on her life and threats from both inside and out. S ...more
On my second read this book held up very well the struggles Elisa faced and the Hector of it. Don't mind me while I swoon for Hector all over again.
Original Review
Pardon me while I pick my heart up off the floor. This was such a great follow up to Girl of Fire and Thorns.
The book starts off shortly after GoFaT ended. Elisa is trying to run the country, but it has been difficult she has been met with riots, new attacks on her life and threats from both inside and out. S ...more

Mar 24, 2011
Jodi Meadows
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
books-i-love-beyond-reason
I've now read THE CROWN OF EMBERS twice. If I could give it another five stars, I would. Being on my "books I love beyond reason" shelf will have to suffice.
Because I do love it beyond reason. ...more
Because I do love it beyond reason. ...more

Ok. So the whole time I'm reading this series and they talk about this girl with a gem in her bellybutton this is all I can see
Anybody? Ok. Moving on.
Giving this one a 4.5 as it didn't really pull me in as hard as the first book. However, this may be as a whole my new favorite YA fantasy series. I love the balance between politics, romance, and the magical elements of this story. I don't feel like I'm being smothered in cliche romance, the magical stuff is really interesting and the politics a ...more

Anybody? Ok. Moving on.
Giving this one a 4.5 as it didn't really pull me in as hard as the first book. However, this may be as a whole my new favorite YA fantasy series. I love the balance between politics, romance, and the magical elements of this story. I don't feel like I'm being smothered in cliche romance, the magical stuff is really interesting and the politics a ...more

Sep 19, 2012
Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
What a difference the introduction makes. I'll admit that the first time around, I abandoned this book because I could not get past the beginning. Ok, Elisa almost dies several times, her country is in chaos, but they are the most boring murder attempts/civil unrest possible. I don't think it's the writing, it's just tossing events after events at us with little character development that made the beginning intolerable for me, however action-packed it was.
However, past page 90 is where the book ...more
However, past page 90 is where the book ...more

Apr 05, 2016
Alienor ✘ French Frowner ✘
added it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
genre-fantasy,
2016-reads

Warning : This is not a review for the book, because I didn't reach further than 7% (Hector did shave his moustache, though, so : woot! #LittleVictory). This is only an extended status because
Anyway. Stop rambling Anna damn it.
All of that is to say that I'm taking a little time off Goodreads so I a ...more

Females! Young-adult females! And males, too, I suppose - drop what you're reading and check this series out. Or finish what you're reading and then check it out, as Rae Carson has come into her own with The Crown of Embers. Similar to the Mortal Instruments trilogy, the first book in the Fire and Thorns trilogy (The Girl of Fire and Thorns) didn't win me over, but its sequel did. Boy, it did.
In The Crown of Embers Elisa continues her quest to fulfill the duty given to her by her Godstone. As qu ...more
In The Crown of Embers Elisa continues her quest to fulfill the duty given to her by her Godstone. As qu ...more

Dec 14, 2015
Nastassja
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
everyone
Shelves:
fantasy,
best-young-adult,
dark-haired-heroine,
favorites,
upper-ya,
young-adult,
messed-me-up
Actual rating: 4.5 stars
A few tips how to write an excellent sequel:
-more characters' development
-more romance
-more political intrigue
-more romance
-more humor
-more romance
-more magic
-more romance
I loved this book. It was a whirlwind of emotions. I honestly did not expect it to be THAT good. I liked the first book, I liked Elisa, but now I admire the girl - what a wonderful character development indeed! She came a way from one of the most annoying heroines to one of my favorite her
...more
"I want to be queen of this great country not because someone is holding my hand,but because I can do it.Me.Elisa."
Damn son.I'm an emotional mess right now.This book was so damn good I want to somehow imprint it into my brain so that I can replay certain scenes over and over again.I liked Elisa in the first book but I love her in this one.I could finally completely connect with her and sense her huge character development.I really like Mara and Storm,too.And that last moment with Xim ...more

Apr 14, 2013
kiwi kili
rated it
did not like it
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Well, if you liked the first one, give it a go. I guess.
Oh no. Here I am again. The odd one out. The one person who just didn't like this book.
Sigh.
More of a review to come...
WARNING! SARCASM AND MILD HUMOR TO COME!! STEER CLEAR IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC!! Sorry about that. I've learned that sometimes you have to set up these little disclaimers for the "die-hard-fans-of-books" who will attack you for giving a book a bad review. Am I not allowed to have opinions here anymore? Are we suddenly living in "dystopian fiction" world? Because I threw that world ...more
Sigh.
More of a review to come...
WARNING! SARCASM AND MILD HUMOR TO COME!! STEER CLEAR IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC!! Sorry about that. I've learned that sometimes you have to set up these little disclaimers for the "die-hard-fans-of-books" who will attack you for giving a book a bad review. Am I not allowed to have opinions here anymore? Are we suddenly living in "dystopian fiction" world? Because I threw that world ...more

Jan 18, 2016
K.
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
2016,
plus-sized-narrator,
library,
2019,
2017,
bipoc-narrator,
5-star,
own-it-hard-copy,
favourites,
fantasy
Trigger warnings: violence, serious physical injury to a loved one, blood, stabbing, storms at sea.
24/6/2019
I STILL SHIP IT LIKE WHOA. But also, I'm bumping this down to 4.5 stars on reread. I found it slightly slower and slightly more middle-book-y this time around. I still love the characters, I still love the world, I still love the writing, I still love the plot. And honestly, this is a spectacular slow burn and I adore everything about it.
8/2/2017
I SHIP IT LIKE WHOA. Full thoughts to follo ...more
24/6/2019
I STILL SHIP IT LIKE WHOA. But also, I'm bumping this down to 4.5 stars on reread. I found it slightly slower and slightly more middle-book-y this time around. I still love the characters, I still love the world, I still love the writing, I still love the plot. And honestly, this is a spectacular slow burn and I adore everything about it.
8/2/2017
I SHIP IT LIKE WHOA. Full thoughts to follo ...more

3,5*
I enjoyed this book.
Elisa discovers it’s not easy being queen especially when it appears someone is trying to undermine her.
She makes mistakes and bad decisions and it’s very easy to forget that she’s only seventeen years old. But she’s intelligent and learns from her mistakes.
My issues with the first book weren’t really a problem here.
Elisa is no longer fat, not that I had any issue at all with her weight it was refreshing having a heroine that wasn’t stick thin. But it was the obsession ...more

6 out of 10
Ревью в моем блоге/This review on my blog
Living A Thousand Lives (please use Chrome/Yandex browser or Android/IOS to see the page; otherwise, spoiler-tags I use to make my post compact may not work)
Short-Soundtrack:
Lissie – In Sleep
Of Monsters And Men – Thousand Eyes
Toby Lightman – Holding A Heart
Genre: high-fantasy, YA
Stuff: magic amulets, political intrigues, adventures
Fail: religion stuff
WOW: world-building, cliffhanger
POV: 1st-person, female
Love-Geometry: zero
Quote-Core:
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Me, reading the first book in the series: Eh, this is okay, I guess?
Me, as soon as I finished this sequel: EXCUSE ME, WHO ALLOWED THIS BOOK TO BE SO DAMN GOOD????
Also, the phrase "I love you like a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little" is one of the most beautiful things I've read in my life. This couple. THIS FREAKING COUPLE. 😭😍😭😍 ...more
Me, as soon as I finished this sequel: EXCUSE ME, WHO ALLOWED THIS BOOK TO BE SO DAMN GOOD????
Also, the phrase "I love you like a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little" is one of the most beautiful things I've read in my life. This couple. THIS FREAKING COUPLE. 😭😍😭😍 ...more

Ahhhhhhhaowerfnoafhoawelfkdsljf......ok.
While this sequel wasn't as intense as the first one, I still enjoyed it just as much.
Elisa was just as strong of a heroine as she was in the first book. I loved the romance between Hector and Elisa. I was actually wary of Hector just because of how much I loved Humberto...But Hector isn't one of those male characters that tries to take the other love interest's place. His relationship with Elisa was totally different than Humberto's and that's something ...more
While this sequel wasn't as intense as the first one, I still enjoyed it just as much.
Elisa was just as strong of a heroine as she was in the first book. I loved the romance between Hector and Elisa. I was actually wary of Hector just because of how much I loved Humberto...But Hector isn't one of those male characters that tries to take the other love interest's place. His relationship with Elisa was totally different than Humberto's and that's something ...more

Jun 21, 2015
Andie
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy-sci-fi,
young-adult
Oh wow! What a fantastic follow up to The Girl of Fire and Thorns! And that cliffhanger!! I'm literally about to drive to the bookstore to hopefully find the last book because I simply cannot wait to know what happens next! I think, no I know, I have found a new OTP.
...more

LOOOOOOVE THIS SERIES! So much goodness and brilliance!

Apr 02, 2012
Brigid
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
those who love confident and intelligent heroines
Shelves:
ya-fantasy
Crown of Embers by Rae Carson Review

Holy Fuck, a book without insta-love! There must be a blue moon or something, right?

Thoughts:
Rae Carson may be one of the few authors of Young Adult fiction I love most. Here’s why: she doesn’t slut shame, she doesn’t write insta-love, she writes realistic character development, and she has the heroine save herself instead of the male lead swooping in.

But, she also does something I feel was quite brave: she created a story line that has a big influenc ...more

Holy Fuck, a book without insta-love! There must be a blue moon or something, right?

Thoughts:
Rae Carson may be one of the few authors of Young Adult fiction I love most. Here’s why: she doesn’t slut shame, she doesn’t write insta-love, she writes realistic character development, and she has the heroine save herself instead of the male lead swooping in.

But, she also does something I feel was quite brave: she created a story line that has a big influenc ...more

SERIES RATING AND SPOILER-FREE REVIEW:

How to sum up this trilogy? The Girl of Fire and Thorn has rich world-building, adventurous atmosphere and remarkable character development. Author also has great storytelling skills. It is so nice to have in detail planned out plot without any plot holes or disruptions of the flow of the story. To be honest, writing and story wise I hav ...more
Book 1: The Girl of Fire and Thorns - 4 STARS
Book 2: The Crown of Embers - 5 STARS
Book 3: The Bitter Kingdom - 5 STARS

How to sum up this trilogy? The Girl of Fire and Thorn has rich world-building, adventurous atmosphere and remarkable character development. Author also has great storytelling skills. It is so nice to have in detail planned out plot without any plot holes or disruptions of the flow of the story. To be honest, writing and story wise I hav ...more

what can I say... this book totally surprised me
it was the second time I picked it up and well I'm glad I did
I think this trilogy has very unique elements ... like the godstones and the at the beginning chubby protagonist ...
but what I really liked in this book was how the relationships between all the characters developed and changed...
hector for instant was such a revelation for me! his relationship with elisa really made this book fun and interesting
they were so sweet and sometimes awkward ...more
it was the second time I picked it up and well I'm glad I did
I think this trilogy has very unique elements ... like the godstones and the at the beginning chubby protagonist ...
but what I really liked in this book was how the relationships between all the characters developed and changed...
hector for instant was such a revelation for me! his relationship with elisa really made this book fun and interesting
they were so sweet and sometimes awkward ...more

I ABSOLUTELY LOVEDDDDDD THIS BOOK!!! IT WAS JUST ABOUT PERFECT IN EVERY WAY!!! PHEWWWWW, WHAT A RIDE!!!

4.5 Stars
THE CROWN OF EMBERS was an EXPLOSIVE READ that I absolutely LOVED!! It took me on the ride of my life, and filled me with such awesomeness that kept me up reading late into night, craving just one-more-chapter I couldn't get enough of!!! I loved the world building, the characters, the villains, the magical aspects, frankly, I loved just about every single thing in this novel, no, i ...more

I love fantasy. I loved The Girl of Fire and Thorns. I desperately wanted to read The Crown of Embers and be blown away, like I was with The Girl of Fire and Thorns. Was I? Oh, hells yeah. Abso-freaking-lutely, I was! It was amazing and perfect and captivating and when I was reading, the rest of the world dropped away and I had eyes only for this book. (Seriously, I looked up that first night while reading and realized that everyone in my house had already gone to bed, and it was nearing midnigh
...more

Who knew that underneath his mustache Hector was one big pile of swoon-inducing charm? (By the way, I want to thank the author for having him shave it this book, much obliged)

I hadn't read the first book in FOREVER. So when I got this one, I wasn't all anxious to read it. But then I read it. And I didn't put it down. And Elisa is so strong. And Hector is so sweet. And I loved loved LOVED it.
There was so much adventure. So much character development. So much complex politics. So much love from me ...more

I hadn't read the first book in FOREVER. So when I got this one, I wasn't all anxious to read it. But then I read it. And I didn't put it down. And Elisa is so strong. And Hector is so sweet. And I loved loved LOVED it.
There was so much adventure. So much character development. So much complex politics. So much love from me ...more

;_; I wish I wrote this myself. SO GOOD!!! My feels for Hector and Elisa are all over the place. I think I reread one scene more than ten times while I imagined myself in Elisa's shoes... ahhhhhhh where is my Hector?!
...more

This series just keeps getting better and better!!
I love these characters and the story that keeps unfolding
I love these characters and the story that keeps unfolding
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Rae Carson was born in 1973 in California and now lives in Arizona. She developed an enthusiasm for storytelling in her earliest childhood. She studied social sciences and worked in various industries after graduating from university before she realized her dream and became a writer. The Girl of Fire and Thorns is her debut novel.
In her own words, she "write[s] books about teens who must do brave ...more
In her own words, she "write[s] books about teens who must do brave ...more
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