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A Sky Beyond the Storm: The jaw-dropping finale to the New York Times bestselling fantasy series that began with AN EMBER IN THE ASHES: Book 4 (Ember Quartet)

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Avoiding Spoilers like the plague (thank you everyone, like I could weep that I haven’t been spoilt)

The world was unique for a YA book, but I think it had a lot more potential that was not delivered. It left me yearning for more, and that’s not good as this was the end of the series. Helene Aquilla has come a long way from where she started, the girl who thought she was above everyone else simply because she was a Mask and others were not. As a character she has been through so much and it’s great to see how much she evolved and grew as person over the course of the story, which certainly had its share of ups and downs. Did it make me wish I wasn’t reading copies that I was borrowing from a friend so I could annotate them? YES (And I have never annotated a book before). She is now besties with Helene, and they hated each other in the first three books. All I can say is, why? What happened to her character? The main reason I liked her character a bit was because she was a plain, ordinary girl who was still strong. This just ruined everything.

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You have suffered. You have created suffering. You have killed. But you have also paid. With your life, twice over now, and with your heart, with your mind. You have guided thousands of lost souls. You have saved thousands of lives. You have done good in this world. Which will define you? The good? Or the suffering?” Besides that, she now has the title Imperator Invictus. However, she is reluctant to wear it because Keris Veturia was set on receiving that title, and Helene is afraid of fueling her wrath even more. And after all that drama and bloodshed, this entire series ends as a quest to answer who's Lovey. (We will all know who Lovey is ultimately but it seems so disconnected!)

When we consider how far she – initially introduced as an unrequited love interest for Elias – has come, it’s a remarkable bit of story craft. Her story in this final novel is one of both triumph and tragedy, and out of all the main characters, I love her ending the most. It feels fitting for the woman and the leader she has grown up to be. Once again, a character I didn’t initially like was Harper, this is technically valid because he literally tormented Helene to try and gain knowledge about Elias. HOWEVER he grows on you. I think after Reaper we were all desperate for some love for our beloved Blood Shrike, and Harper was the person we wanted for her! He’s always there, always ready to help no matter what. We have a title AND a cover and I feel so emotional. My favourite series will be coming to an end, I feel worried for all of the characters that I love. In the mango scene, Laia seduces Elias by eating a mango very passionately in an attempt to rouse his humanity.I loved that we got to see Helene fall for Harper and slowly realize that those feelings were reciprocated. It was lovely to see the multiple tender moments between them over the course of the novel. Darin of Serra, Laia’s brother, dies in battle just like Avitas Harper does while he was protecting Helene. Who does Laia end up with? I have 253 characters left for this review, but I am not ready to shut up about this book. I still have so much to say. If there is one thing I know I will always remember about this book, it is that I will take Laia's courage, I will take Helene's intelligence and endurance, I will take Elias' strength and forgiveness. I will take Avitas' soft, good, kind soul, I will take Livvy's beautiful heart, I will take Tas' innocence, I will take Darin's stubbornness, I will take Afya's loyalty, I will take Mamie Rila's loyalty, I will take Mirra's toughness, I will take Quin's determination, I will take the Nightbringer's love.

Though images haunt him of people in his former life who were close to him like Laia, Helene, and Keris, his mortality tugs on him. His story is about regaining his mortality with sheer will of mind, and to find himself – Elias Veturius – again. Elias and Laia Overall I'd recommend this if you're in the mood for a romance and fantasy series, with some blood, betrayal, and death strewn throughout. Can I just say, that I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy for characters to finally get together! FOUR BOOKS I have waited, and the fact that it was just so ahhhhh! I can’t get over it, and I don’t think I ever will it literally killed me off when reading them. I was like FINALLLLLLLY! I've been with the series for a long time. I started it over the Summer of 2018 when Reaper came out and binged all the books as a way of coping with my Summer Teenaged Angst™. I swear this book is powerful enough to spark a revolution. There are truths and there are lies. And then there is this book, which contains both, but that teaches us enough lessons that it barely feels like fiction anymore. It feels more like a memory.the phenomenal writing, character narrative, and entire atmosphere of this book is easily worth 4+ stars. ST has grown remarkably as a writer, and, strictly from an objective storytelling point of view, this is probably the best book in the series. its very much a satisfying and appropriate conclusion to the story considering the events of the previous book. Harper is perfect for Helene and Helene is perfect for Harper. They’re one of my favorite couples in the series. One of my favorite lines is when Helene said, “Damn my traitorous heart to the hells.” It’s amusing how Helene kept trying to put distance between her and Harper. But, after saying this she starts to realize how much she loves him. Well, this is it folks. I give the Ember Quartet recognition for being one of the first series to truly get me interested in fantasy as a genre. It is a sweeping epic, told through many eyes. It is no stranger to tragedy, but is also steeped with many joys. I know, I am biased as she is my favourite but I think she is underrated. She's gone through the most, yet everyone talks about how great Laia is, when Laia is doing... nothing? This is the grand finale, the ultimate end, the culmination of the Ember series. Did it do its job? Yes. The series is now over. *crying* But what a terrible way to end it. Everything I liked was destroyed. And I was left with... this.

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