November 2016-A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

[Andrea]

Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.

Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.

But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene—Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike.

Bound to Marcus’s will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own—one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape…and kill them both

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This is one of my all time favorite series. I liked this one just as much as the first book. I love the story and the characters.

[Andrea]

I have this book. I recently got it but I have so many others that are staring at me yelling that I haven't read them yet but I've thought about reading this since it is the book of the month.

[Roxanne]

I read this about a week ago and completely forgot it was group read. I enjoyed this book. I am not sure if it was my mood or the book but I didn't quite love it as much as the first one. I still think it is great story and amazing characters.