Torch Against the Night (Tahir) - Book Reviews

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The stakes here are high and the plot runs like a well-oiled machine, ratcheting up the tension with every chapter.
NPR.org
 
 
A Torch Against the Night is an unabashed page-turner that scarcely ever pauses for breath.
Christian Science Monitor
 

Fast-paced, exciting and full of adrenaline, A Torch Against The Night is everything fans of Tahir’s debut could possibly anticipate in a sequel.
Bucks County Courier Times


Delivers in every way.... The stakes have never been higher, and the tension is acutely felt as Elias and Laia run for their lives.
USA Today - Happy Ever After blog


(Starred review.) Tahir’s deft, polished debut alternates between two very different perspectives on the same brutal world, deepening both in the contrast. In a tale brimming with political intrigue and haunted by supernatural forces, the true tension comes from watching Elias and Laia struggle to decide where their loyalties lie.
Publishers Weekly


Told in the alternating voices of Elias, Laia, and Helene, this book is even darker and grimmer than the first, which readers will need to be familiar with in order to follow the twists and turns of the plot. Strong and compelling characters...and a number of action-packed sequences help keep things moving (Grade 9 & up). —Kathleen E. Gruver, Burlington County Library, Westampton, NJ
School Library Journal


(Starred review.) Tahir proves to be a master of suspense and a canny practitioner of the cliffhanger, riveting readers’ attention throughout.…[An] action-packed, breathlessly paced story.
Booklist


Tahir's follow-up to An Ember in the Ashes (2015) picks up right where Volume 1 left off, ratcheting up the tension (military and sexual) as well as the magic, the violence, and the stakes.... An excellent continuation of a series seemingly designed for readers of the political, bloody fantasy style du jour, set apart by an uncommon world (14 & up).
Kirkus Reviews