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House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

177 reviews

annamary54's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a difficult book for me to get into, but once I just gave into the fact that I wouldn’t understand all the info dumping in the beginning, I had a great time. Lots of world building that was thrown at the reader right away. So much that i stopped trying to comprehend. I relied on the fact that SJM is a very repetitive writer, and just pushed through. There’s definitely a lot that I still missed, but that is okay cause SJM usually explains things well when they happen. And I’m reading in the kindle, so I can just search for names of things/characters in the book and go back to when it’s first explained. Hunt is very close to being number one on the book boyfriends list…. Idk what else to say about this book. I loved Bryce, she’s funny and strong asf. Some very millennial humor moments in this book, but also some I chuckled at. I had a great time overall, I could already see myself rereading this series and I haven’t even read the other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Mental illness, Hate crime, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, and Gore

Minor: War and Child abuse

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Wow, it took me a long ass time to get into this new series but once I was in it, I was hooked! 

I got a bit grumbly with the lore dump at the beginning but I understand why it had to be done. It was neat seeing a SJM world that was so similar to our own with technology AND fantasy characters. I could also see little strings possibly tying this world to ACOTAR and that made me VERY intrigued about the possibilities of that in the future books! 

It took me a good while to like Bryce, just like it took a while for Hunt to like her too. I too, was quite annoyed with her in the beginning, but as she revealed more about herself I understood why she acted the way they did. 

Their love story was inevitable from the start and I really liked their banter BUT I feel like his utter and complete betrayal of Bryce’s trust near the end was kind of washed over in lieu of more important factors of the story. Like he was forgiven without even a conversation?!?! In my head I was like, “Hold up BB, I’m not done being mad at him yet!” But I guess him being sold into his worst nightmare and almost dying kind of repents him for it 🤷‍♀️ 

I kind of thought Ruhn was a loser at first, but I decided I adore him now and he must be protected at all costs. 

Lehabah is a queen. May she rest in peace. 

I’m excited to see what happens next! 🕺

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Drug use, Grief, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, Body horror, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

notamouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-paced

5.0

🌶️
💧💧💧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Vomit, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Hate crime, Cursing, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Racism, Violence, War, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

pagesbycaroline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Second read-through was better than the first. So many details I didn't remember so it was honestly like reading it again for the first time 🤩 I do really love this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Grief, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Gun violence, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sugarwookiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Blood, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and Slavery

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Cursing, Gore, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

ashl3ydawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Drug use

garitchie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Gun violence

stephanieviolet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Mental illness, and Addiction

Minor: Body horror, Gun violence, Colonisation, Mental illness, Drug use, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Torture, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Abandonment, War, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse

emilytrnr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

tl;dr it gets much better after the cop/murder investigation is over, and in true SJM fashion, she twisted me around like a corkscrew in the last 200ish pages. Still not convinced I like the modern-tech fantasy world.

I wasn’t sure about this at first. I started last October and couldn’t get past the first few pages. In the wake of TOG it just felt empty. I grew to really like the characters, and was able to be more surprised by plot points in this book than her other series because there are fewer spoilers floating around. I think the romantic tension was executed near-perfectly. One thing I thought I was missing from this book compared to others

were meaningful friendships, but I was proven wrong in the end. I’m obsessed that Bryce and Hunt got vengeance. I assumed she’d have power after all, but not like that.

I didn’t love that the first 60% or so was a magical murder mystery. Thrillers just don’t do it for me as much. But the last 40% really picked up steam for me and got me to fall for the characters, world, and story more. That said, I could go without the cell phones, emails, laptops, “magi screens,” etc. - although I do understand in the end how they impacted the story.

SJM does it again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment

etaypoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Xenophobia, and Gun violence

Moderate: War