I don’t know how Tahir does it but I open up her books and fall forward right into them. By the time I look up, I’m nearly halfway through the book and confused why I’m not in a desert listening to the storytellers before the caravans head back home. And then to do it with switching POV in nearly every chapter, too? It’s sorcery and I am here for it. 

Torch starts out literally in the same breath that Ember closes with. You lose no time and are vaulted right back in with Elias and Laia. Their mission remains the same, free Darin. 

How? How does Tahir do it? She can keep three separate story lines going with chapter PoV switches and I’m right there with her the entire time. Nothing drags, there’s nothing happening that feels superfluous or mislaid. It’s so intricate and so perfect…did she sell her soul to write this way? If so, could she kindly please leave directions to the crossroads in which the bargain was made. For uh, research purposes. Yeah. Research. 

It’s going to take days to unpack everything that happened. Wow.