'Overwhelmed. Joyful! Disbelieving.' The first words that come to mind for Sabaa Tahir as her groundbreaking, award-winning An Ember in the Ashes quartet comes to an end.…
For those who've been following the series since its launch in the spring of 2015, we're nearing the end of a long, satisfying ride. The epicbooks, considered a major turning point in the world of YA fantasy, have expanded greatly since readers were first introduced to Laia and Elias five years ago.
I feel like there’s so little you can tell me at this point, but give me the broadest strokes: Given where we left off with takes us deeper into the mind of our main villain, the Nightbringer. We delve into new alliances, the most surprising of which might be that of Laia and the Blood Shrike. As young women born into war, albeit in different ways, both understand the cost of letting the Nightbringer and his allies win.
It was the details that I had to figure out. What are the characters saying to each other? Where are they emotionally? How do I get everyone to where I need them to be? How am I drawing in the larger themes of the series and offering a conclusion that feels true to theQuartet as a whole? I will say that I reversed a death at the last minute. It felt inauthentic, and I never want to kill characters for shock value.
It was strange to feel like I would not have that outlet anymore. But once I accepted it, the words came more easily. The last few chapters poured out of me. It felt like those words were sitting in my head for years, waiting for me to discover them. Journalists close out stories by writing -30- at the end. When I wrote my -30- at the end of, I wept. Apparently, I am a crier. The only emotion that’s come close to that is giving birth. Because metaphorically, that’s what writing a book is.
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