Author: Sabaa Tahir
ISBN: 978-0-00-828875-4
RRP: $27.99
Publication Date: 21st May 2018
Publisher: Voyager-UK
Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher
A Reaper at the Gates is the third book in a young adult series that I have been eagerly awaiting, for two years. A series that is brutal and not for the fainthearted but also compelling reading.
I picked up A Reaper at the Gates yesterday and eagerly threw myself in, though with all my other commitments it was only a very short dip. I found time for only one short chapter, and that was enough to leave me wishing that I had time to go back and read the first two novels before I started.
The Ember Quartet has certainly garnered a lot of fans across the globe and the readers we have shared the first two books with through book club were fans, awaiting the third book almost as eagerly as I. I am reading it as we speak and it isn’t going to take long before I am securely hooked and struggling to resurface in my real life to get stuff done.
As with the earlier volumes A Reaper at the Gates is told from a first person perspective by a rotating cast of leads. Elias Veturius, Laia of Sierra and The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla. These are characters we know intimately from An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night.
The threat of war looms larger and larger beyond the Empire and within it.
Emperor Marcus is haunted by his past and becoming more and more unstable, something that is noticed by the Commandant and used to her own ends. The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is copping it from all directions as she searches for a way to halt the approaching darkness while also protecting the lives of her sister and everyone else in the Empire.
Laia knows that fate of the world is tied up with stopping the Nightbringer but she faces unexpected battles while hunting for a way to bring down the Nightbringer.
Elias has handed over his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher and in doing so made a vow that may cost him his humanity.
A book that is fast shaping up to be an amazing read, and I can’t wait to dive back in to.
Thanks to HarperCollins 20 of our lucky Beauty and Lace Club members are going to be reading A Reaper at the Gates as well so please be aware there may be spoilers in the comments below.
A Reaper at the Gates is available now through HarperCollins, Angus and Robertson Bookworld, Booktopia and where good books are sold.
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I devour books, vampires and supernatural creatures are my genre of choice but over the past couple of years, I have broadened my horizons considerably. In a nutshell – I love to write! I love interacting with a diverse range of artists to bring you interviews. Perhaps we were perfect before – I LOVE WORDS!
Not normally a Sci Fi fan I thought I would live dangerously and choose something different. I surprisingly loved A Reaper at the Gates. Although it took my brain a bit to adjust to the story I enjoyed every page and have bought the first two to read as well. I’m looking forward the the fourth book to complete the set.
Sabaa Tahir takes you into a detailed fantasy world that is an action packed detailed journey from three different perspectives that has you so involved it takes a bit to bring you back to reality.
Thank you for the opportunity to read Reaper at the gates by Sabaa Tahir.
I do not usually read this genre of book so I was excited to try something new.
This book took a little while for me to get into, however I had not read the first two. Once I had got a few chapters in I throughly enjoyed the intensity of the story. I have since purchased the others and enjoyed them immensely.
A great book to get lost in and escape into another realm!
Another very interesting book! You do really need to follow through with these characters to get the full benefit and read the rest of the series, I actually did use the info at the front a lot more than I usually do as generally I prefer to read the story rather than refer to maps. I needed to remind myself of what went before, and then the dark and sometimes coldly emotive scenes burst back into life. I actually read this one quite a while ago, and enjoyed and quickly passed on to a friend who passed on to her daughter and son to read. I expect that it is quite different to read from a YA perspective, as we do tend to be over critical as an adult. Would recommend to try as something much more edgy that the usual YA. I would say read from the beginning of the series and follow through straight after and you will be hooked!
Many thanks to HarperCollins and Beauty and Lace.
Reaper at the Gates did not disappoint and there is some simply lovely prose. Laia and Elias travelling their own difficult paths, I did get bogged down from time to time, but soon was back in the fun, once I picked back up on the names. Would be great to read the series all together, I think.
The style is good, very engaging, with the poetic phrases in what is really a hard world. Would recommend.
Absolutely adored the first two books in this series, and this one did not disappoint! Seems so long since I have been drawn into the world of Elias and Laia, was so glad to be back!! I do wish I had had time to reread the first books again, but no matter, Sabaa Tahir has created another wonderful story in this series.
Would be a little more difficult to follow if you had not read the first two books, but most importantly, if you gave not read those two books, you are really missing out!!
It is intense, action packed and follows three story lines. Looking forward to the 4th book!
Thank you for letting me continue to enjoy this series!
Like other readers, this wasn’t my normal genre of book to read. It was a good introduction to the fantasy genre and I enjoyed the storyline that brought the story of war and family with a strong female lead.
I was a little lost with the characters but stuck to it and was able to get a lot out of it. I am glad I moved out of my comfort zone to read this story and will try reading others in the genre in the future.
I didn’t get very far into this book, only about 30 or so pages in before putting it down. Admittedly, I have not read the first two books in the series. However, I found that the characters calling each other by different names was very, very confusing, and it felt like there were way more characters in scenes than there actually were. The setting was also very confusing – I had no idea where the characters were, or what their surroundings were like.