In the first of a series, Sabaa Tahir has a slave and a
solider one fighting for freedom the other fighting to betterment of the
empire:
Laia lives a sheltered but not naive life under her
grandparents, until one night the Silver faces come and change everything. Now
she will risk it all in order to dave her brother. Elias, has never fit in with
the other Soldiers in training, he is the best of them, but he does not want
the silver mask to be a permanent part of his body. He wants freedom and not to
be part of the Tyranny he is training to enforce. And neither of them know that
the choices that they make could change the very fate of the empire
itself.
WOW, this book was amazing, had me hooked from start to
beginning and I did not want to put this book down. I have no idea why I don’t
see more about this book and the only thing that I can think of is that this
book in 2015 but this means that I don’t have to wait to read the rest of the
series as it is complete. This book is stated to be a YA novel as both of the
main characters are younger but it is on the darker side of things and I found
that both the main characters were mature for their age, which would be due to
their circumstances and how they were brought up.
This book is fast paced throughout, there is the political
intrigue as well that is happening and the magic system (which I admit do not
fully understand yet) is very unique in who receives the power. It very much
has the you don’t know who you can trust, especially as you get further into
the book and you just feel for both Laia and Elias and what they are each
wanting to achieve. As the world is based upon Ancient Rome, not a lot of world
building was required and Tahir was able to get right into the story and what
was occurring.
I was invested in both Laia and Elias, and i question how
you could not be. Laia especially goes on a journey to show just how tough and
resourceful she can be in order to achieve something to save her brother's
life. The Commandant is just a vile human being that both Laia and Elias have
to interact with. Both characters are strong, determined and both believe that
they are doing the right thing.
The whole Silver mask part and it becoming one with the
person who is wearing it was pretty creepy and I can understand why Elias chose
to continually remove his.
I think the one thing that I will criticize of this book is
that they ending was predictable, you knew what was going to come. But i still
loved this book and really enjoyed the ride.
I highly recommend this series if you enjoy the fantasy
genre and even if you do not it is not that High of Fantasy that one would
become confused. The fast pace of this book, with the political intrigue thrown
in that does not take away from the pace is done right. Cannot wait to read the
next book. I can see this book being one i recommend for a long time.
Enjoy!!!
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