An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Laia lives with her grandparents and brother in a medieval world where they barely eek out an existence until her grandparents are slaughtered by the Martials and her brother is captured by the Empire. Laia must find a way to survive on her own and free her brother from prison.
Elias is one of the best soldiers in the Empire, but he is yearning to be free of their tyrannical reign. His only goal is to escape and live a life where fighting and killing are not mandatory.
Their story is told in alternating views between Laia and Elias. Sometimes the violence and brutality were a little hard to take, so I ended up skipping some of it. The story captures your attention quickly and never slows down. There always seems to be a love triangle in the young adult books, but this one has a love "square"and it did grow a little tiresome.
Overall, I did enjoy the book and plan on reading the sequel.
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