.... hi Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and NetGalley, thanks for letting me read this, but NO THANKS FOR THE EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION I DID NOT CONSENT TO.

I at once reread So Let Them Burn. It made this book hurt all the more. The losses felt... real. There's one you don't see coming, and oen you do but still hope.....

It's painful. It's beautiful. It hurt, and it's hopeful, but it ultimately fits so very well.

The second I got approved I went to reread book 1 and immediately dived into this one.
Kamilah Cole writes about so many complicated emotions in such a profound way - I love the characters in this story and the journey they go on and This Ends in Embers builds on that foundation and brings in more sacrifice and love and anger that I think is cathartic but also sad.
I am sad to be leaving this world but I am so excited for everything that Kamilah Cole will bring to us next.

This was everything that I was hoping for in the sequel of So Let Them Burn, it continued the story in a way that worked and was invested this world. The characters had that feel that I was expecting and enjoyed the overall package with the storyline. Kamilah Cole always writes a great story and was glad I got to read this.