An Ember in the Ashes

This one was hit or miss for me depending on what chapter I was on. There were some parts filled with action, backstabbing and trickery that kept me on my toes and then you have the two ridiculous cliche love triangles with both narrators. Instant attraction, unrealistic sudden love and the overdone clash of classes where the slave of course falls for the slaver. Bleh, no give me something original. I did enjoy reading through two opposing view points. You have Laia the scholar who is bottom of the class system and part of a conquered people. She must overcome her meek and fearful ways and learn just who you can trust when you're surrounded by enemies. Ecspecially when your goal is rescuing family and to do so you must dive into the hornet's nest itself. On the other side you have Elias, a Mask who is part of the Martials who've conquered the Scholars. His body itself is trained as a weapon and he is supposed to follow orders blindly no matter horrific they are. However, he hates what they have made him become. Some of the scenes he goes through tear into his soul and we see him struggle to hold onto whatever makes him apart from the others. What it is that makes him question the ways of the Martials. I may or may not continue onto the next. if anything it will br towards the bottom of my too read list because I know at least one love triangle will be coming back.