#79 in Young adult
An Ember in the Ashes
- 464
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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About the book
An Ember in the Ashes is a young adult fantasy romance novel written by American author Sabaa Tahir. It was published on April 28, 2015 by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It is the first book in the An Ember in the Ashes series, followed by A Torch Against the Night. In a fantasy world inspired by Ancient Rome, the story follows a girl named Laia spying for rebels against the reigning empire in exchange for their help in rescuing her captive brother; and a boy named Elias struggling to free himself from being an enforcer of a tyrannical regime. The novel is narrated in the first-person, alternating between the points of view of Laia and Elias.
Reading order · An Ember in the Ashes
Full order & progress →- An Ember in the AshesThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - A Torch Against the Night
8.18.1 / 10 - A Reaper at the Gates
8.08.0 / 10 - A Sky Beyond the Storm
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 567 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.3 | 8 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 559 | 99% |
Frequently asked
What age is An Ember in the Ashes for?
An Ember in the Ashes sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 464 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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