A Reaper at the Gates discussion

I soo want them together! Tell me what you think!

Maybe Elias will find a way to get out of being the Soul Catcher, which is what was preventing them from being together at the end. If that happens then I'm sure they'll end up together.

Also I think there was foreshadowing for a relationship between Helene and Harper, and if that's the case then I don't think the Laia, Elias, Helene love triangle of sorts will be an issue.

If Elias sorts out his feeling for Laia he just might find the solution for the Soul Catcher situation in the end. Because what we saw, the thing between them is nothing but lust. Although I think that will happen like, in the end of the book.

Fingers crossed for no love triangles

Yeah I agree about the ending. I think that they do have feelings for each other though and need to figure them out. I hope that they don't only get together by the fourth book though!

Also I know this isn't the original subject but can we talk about the cover change?
I don't know why they can't release different editions after the series is complete instead of changing them halfway through 😑

Well yeah, the cover could've been better

I have shipped Elias and Laia ever since book 1, they need to get together tho it almost seems uncertain with Elias being the Soul Catcher and all...so hopefully something will happen with Elias and Laia

Has been my ship since book 1. They need to get together! Im not sure how, but it needs to happen. And when they almost kissed in book #2 , before Keenan came and freaking ruined the moment *sigh* im glad they got a kiss in the book though. But it needs to happen. And possible Hel and Harper? Just a thought?

Well, now that we've read book 3 we definitely know that there ARE feelings there. Though, now that Elias has given up his humanity and become one with Mauth, I'm expecting that if they do get together it'll be near the end of the book. It'll probably involve whatever power Laia actually has. The darkness that's all ancient and everything enough to gaze at Mauth and make Meherya think it's his queen looking back at him. Only 2 clues about it that I could catch.

it's gonna be really angsty before they get together, for sure

It's definitely true that they do have feelings for each other—strong ones. The only thing that is stopping them from being together is Elias being the Soul Catcher and all. It was really painful to watch Elias losing himself to his new role in A Reaper at the Gates but we just have to hope that they'll end up together.

I have hope for them because he kept the necklaces(?) she gave him. It means he's not all done with her as he says.

I know, but his chapters broke me—especially when the last one labeled “Soul Catcher” not Elias.

He probably will find someone else to carry the soulcatcher burden for the rest of eternity (maybe his mother, haha, the poor ghosts)

Am I the only one wondering what strange dark magic Laia has. Her "magic" has been brought up ALOT. The nightbringer feeling as if he was stareing into his queen's eyes. How she feels at home within the Soul forest. Elias (.... sorry the Soul Catcher) saying that she had something that awoken something inside of him, something banging on the door to get out.

Helene was told during a torch against the night that in order to find herself she must first break. It is later said by the nightbringer that both the soul (Helene) and humanity (Elias) have falllen. So, if the auger is to be believed and Helene will indeed find herself after losing everything (the mask was the final piece of herself) then the same can be hoped for Elias. However, in the first trial in book 1 he saw Laia as one of the people that he killed. Because he is the soul catcher this could mean that he kills her and she would go to the waiting place but be with him and it was said in the past that the spirits were in peace and interacted and all could be fine. The author has proved that death is not the end of a characters story. Plus Elias cannot get out of his position

I think that ship has sailed. They will never get back together I think. Elias is basically completely Mauth's and Elias has become the Soul Catcher. Even if the jinn can replace Elias, Elias is kind of already dead. SO if he is replaced he passes just like the ghosts. So rip Laia and Elias

ℨαrα wrote: "Maybe Elias will find a way to get out of being the Soul Catcher, which is what was preventing them from being together at the end. If that happens then I'm sure they'll end up together.

Also I t..."

You obviously haven't read the whole book

I think that after the war that is going to happen i think Elias and laia would be able have a relationship as soul catchers and but what do you guys think?

No that wouldn't happen. If were being honest, Elias doesn't even have to be the Soul Catcher anymore now that the Jinn are released

I have convinced myself that they will end up together. There is no other way, they have to. I don't want to hear anything else, I can't or I'll die

I really really really hate to say it but prepare to die because I literally cannot think of a way for them to end up together. It is likely that the Jinn will kill/release Elias because no longer has to do his duty

Honestly, I want Elias and Laia to be together. However, Tahir ripped out my heart, put it in the oven, set it to 350 degrees for 25 minutes, and ate it. I want the pain I felt to be deserved, and thus I kind of want Elias to provide help for Laia in upcoming battles and such, but other than that, nothing else. I will accept him coming back and having them end up together if Tahir writes that narrative well. Thank you, that is all.

deleted user wrote: "I soo want them together! Tell me what you think!"

ME TOOOO. But I'm not sure how they can end up together with a HEA. I'm sure there's a way Sabaa ma'am can make it happen tho! *fingers crossed* But I'm glad that Elias and Laia both have missions and issues independent of each other.

Musab wrote: "Well, now that we've read book 3 we definitely know that there ARE feelings there. Though, now that Elias has given up his humanity and become one with Mauth, I'm expecting that if they do get toge..."

That's really interesting because once I listened to that part in the audiobook I was like, does this mean some part of or the whole being that is the Nightbringer's queen inside Laia? Is that where she gets her powers from and why Nightbringer has conflicted feelings towards her? It's really interesting to think about because Laia has to get her powers from somewhere and she and
Nightbringer have an interesting dynamic.

I'm worried for the future of these two. I am seriously waiting for Sabaa to rip my heart out with the ending of A Sky Beyond the Storm. But man I keep hoping that she will give us that HEA. I just keep hoping that Elias finds a way to fight and stay himself.

Elias and Laia deserve to be together. I hope that in the end they are in each other's arms.

Gabby wrote: "Elias and Laia deserve to be together. I hope that in the end they are in each other's arms."

I agree. I have A Sky Beyond the Storm on my kindle, but I am terrified to read it. LOL. Plus I know once I start I won't stop and I have work. Guess I will find out what happens this weekend! *bites nails*