June 2015 Book of the Month - An Ember in the Ashes

[Karen’s Library]

An Ember in the Ashes won for June's Book of the Month!

Spoilers are welcome but please hide them with spoiler tabs for those who have not read this book.

Enjoy!!! :)

[Sky]

yeeeeees! this will push me to read past the first few chapters. I admit, I've been struggling.

[Karen’s Library]

I'll be hitting this one fairly soon. :)

[Holli]

I just requested mine from the library. Can't wait! I have heard nothing but good things about this book.

[Donna (BookDragonGirl)]

I just started it. I'm so excited about this one!

[Sarah]

I'm on Chapter 11 at the moment. It's pretty good so far. :)

[Kimberly]

I read it last month and I was pretty impressed

[Ben]

I'll be joining again! Last month's RPO was so good. Thanks for that. :)

[W.J.]

Well that sucks! Went to download it, until I discovered the Kindle version was £6.99. And I refuse to pay that much on principle no matter how good it is. Will just have to wait until the price is lowered :(

[Karen’s Library]

Sarah wrote: "I'm on Chapter 11 at the moment. It's pretty good so far. :)"

Good to know. It's on my list for next week. :)

[Sarah]

I'm about 60% done and feeling so-so about it at the moment.

[Alison]

Woohoo, the audiobook is on scribd, I'll b listening to this with y'all!!!!!

[Karen’s Library]

I started this tonight and the first few chapters were (view spoiler)[BRUTAL! This world is cruel so far. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah]

I keep slamming the book shut and yelling at it. lol

[Karen’s Library]

I'm about halfway through now. I haven't been able to do fantasy that much lately but this feels a bit roman historical, which I love, and definitely dystopian, and even Hunger Games ish. So really enjoying it even though it has some pretty dark themes in it.

[Rose (The_Calm_Reader)]

I'm only about 50 pages in and so far it's really slow and just kind of meh....Hoping it picks up soon!

[Donna (BookDragonGirl)]

I felt that way at first too, Rose, but it does pick up. I'm a little more than half way and loving it. I would have been done now, but life keeps getting in the way. :(

[Rose (The_Calm_Reader)]

Good to know @Donna!

[Sarah]

There were a few yawn worthy moments, but overall it made me feel so many different emotions that I thought it was an excellent read. :)

[Rieko]

I just loved the world, all the supernatural creatures and the trials (omg the trials...)
But this book left me with so many questions.
(view spoiler)[ why does on earth is the female auger helping Laia?- Or who is Elias' father and why is his mother a crazy chick who tries to kill him all the time? (hide spoiler)]

[Kimberly]

I agree with you Rieko. I will be interested to see how this series pans out. I really enjoyed it and I'm along for the ride.

[Daniel]

54 pages in.
Still taking time to get used to the setting. I still need to become immersed in the story. Tons of potential though.

[Karen’s Library]

I'm not quite sure when this grabbed me, but it did! I'm about 55% in and really liking this. I really like Helene!

[Donna (BookDragonGirl)]

WOW...loved it!!!!! What a fabulous book!! Sabaa Tahir is an amazing writer, I can't wait for the next book in this series!

[Daniel]

100 pages in.
Still inching my way into it. Lots of promise.

[Karen’s Library]

I'm about 60% in. (view spoiler)[ It feels like the resistance leader is just using Laia. I don't think he has any intention of helping her brother. I hope I'm wrong! (hide spoiler)]

[Daniel]

44%.
Love, love, love.
Officially hooked.

[Karen’s Library]

Daniel wrote: "44%.
Love, love, love.
Officially hooked."

Yay, Daniel! Me too! :)

[Jen]

The audio is amazing. And the world is so hard, so cruel!

And @Sarah you are hilarious -

I'm about halfway but I need to go back and re-read some parts because I fell asleep last night listening - despite the fact that I was up until around 5am because I couldn't stop! lol!

[Karen’s Library]

Jen, who narrates the audio?

I've had such small windows of reading this week, but managed to get a bit read last night before my Nook slammed down on my nose when I dozed off. ;)

It just gets better and better. Love Izzi now too!

[Alison]

I started the audio but haven't been able to continue, can't wait to start back up!

[kynndra-jo]

Finished this one a few minutes ago. Absolutely AMAZING.

[Daniel]

Page 277.
I still like it a lot, although Helene is annoying me.
Wonder how this book is going to end.

[Karen’s Library]

Holy schnikes! 80%. (view spoiler)[ The 3rd Trial was intense!! (hide spoiler)]

[Rieko]

I'm not sure how to feel about Helene. She seems nice but I really don't know where she stands now at the and of the book.
I especially get confused because while Elias seems to be really attracted to Laia, he also seems to be interested in Helene. It generally confuses me, because Laia also has someone else she likes. It's like we are put in a storm of emotions and attraction XD but I still really enjoyed all of it.

[Karen’s Library]

Finished! Wow, I really loved this!

[Jen]

Karen wrote: "Jen, who narrates the audio?

I've had such small windows of reading this week, but managed to get a bit read last night before my Nook slammed down on my nose when I dozed off. ;)

It just gets..."

Narrators are Fiona Hardingham and Steve West - both are stellar. I didn't realise this but they also narrated The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.

I finished this earlier today and I think it's a 4.5 rounded up to 5-star book. I loved the characters - especially Elias! I also loved the plot twists that kept happening. I mean, you knew some of them couldn't possibly be the way things would turn out but how in the world were they going to fix it? That's what I enjoyed.
The romance was perfect for this type of story. Just a hint, hardly any at all.
I think that it compares with in terms of tone and in the writing. But I actually think it's better than both.

[Karen’s Library]

Jen wrote: "Karen wrote: "Jen, who narrates the audio?

I've had such small windows of reading this week, but managed to get a bit read last night before my Nook slammed down on my nose when I dozed off. ;)..."

I listened to The Scorpio Races and liked the narration so I'm sure I'd like this audio, then!!

The plot twists were really good. We were really left hanging quite a few times at the emd of a chapter. I normally don't like fantasy but really loved this one. Maybe my love of fantasy is finally coming back?! ;)

[Daniel]

Finished two days ago.
I'll post details once I get home from vacation, but I loved it.
One of my favourite reads of 2015.
Please read it guys. Seriously.

[Kim]

Daniel wrote: "Finished two days ago.
I'll post details once I get home from vacation, but I loved it.
One of my favourite reads of 2015.
Please read it guys. Seriously."

Just picked this one up to read next. Stopped in here to check and see if it was worth it, since it looks pretty lengthy. I'm sold, Daniel. Starting it in 3... 2... 1...

[Kim]

I'm 300 pages in.

(view spoiler)[ This love square is exhausting!!! (hide spoiler)]

It took me a little bit to get into it. There's a lot of terminology and geography at the beginning when you are being introduced to the world that is sort of confusing. But it's been entertaining. Hope t have it finished tonight or tomorrow!

[Kim]

OK. I finished. I really enjoyed it. Some places dragged on a little, but, in the end, I wasn't disappointed. I have so many questions!!!

[Daniel]

Oh, and for those who missed it, here's my review!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Donna (BookDragonGirl)]

Wow, Daniel, what a great review!!!

[Daniel]

Thanks Donna!

[Rebecka]

Just finished and I loved it. Can't wait for the next book, hopefully some questions will be answered.

[Karen’s Library]

Hahahah, the (view spoiler)[LOVE SQUARE!! That's hilarious! It actually didn't make me crazy for once. It was done very well I think. (hide spoiler)]

[Kim]

Karen wrote: "Hahahah, the [spoilers removed]"

I think the reason it made me crazy was because (view spoiler)[ usually I have it set in my mind who I'm a fan of pretty early on in a book/series. But with this series, everybody is so shady all the time, you can't really tell what to think! I guess it's refreshing to be kept guessing for once. (hide spoiler)]

[Daniel]

Kelly at Diva Booknerd and I did a discussion review of this book on Sporadic Reads. Check it out here!
http://www.sporadicreads.com/2015/07/...

My solo review is up on goodreads here.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen’s Library]

Daniel wrote: "Kelly at Diva Booknerd and I did a discussion review of this book on Sporadic Reads. Check it out here!
http://www.sporadicreads.com/2015/07/...

My ..."

Fun discussion, Daniel! I left a comment!!