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An Ember in the Ashes
Sabaa Tahir

Published By: Razorbill
Publication Date: April 28, 2015
Genre: YA - Fantasy

From Goodreads:
Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It’s a story that’s literally burning to be told.

LAIA is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire’s greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution.

ELIAS is the academy’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias is considering deserting the military, but before he can, he’s ordered to participate in a ruthless contest to choose the next Martial emperor.

When Laia and Elias’s paths cross at the academy, they find that their destinies are more intertwined than either could have imagined and that their choices will change the future of the empire itself.

Another YA Fantasy I cannot wait for. This one sounds awesome and has such a beautiful cover. I'm not sure how much I'll love this one as it sounds like it has a big historical flaire and I'm not the biggest fan of historical but it sounds awesome enough for me to give it a good go.