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sassylady's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
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? It's complicated
3.75
The first half of the book, was really hard to get into. There was a lot of info dumping right off the bat, and It was so hard to keep up with everything. The last half of the book was amazing, I never walked around the apartment so much while reading.
If you're reading this book and are stuck, just try to get through it, it'll be worth it in the end
If you're reading this book and are stuck, just try to get through it, it'll be worth it in the end
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
thewarbler's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? It's complicated
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. It took me on such a wild ride that I stayed up far too late reading it. S. J. Maas somehow pulled out another epic series, and I cannot wait to read the second one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide
peskridge3's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
5.0
The best series opener for SJM thus far! I commend her for writing an incredibly unique world for this convulsed story to take place in. The political intrigue, the mystery that kept getting more and more complicated, and the flawed but lovable characters makes this a page turner. She takes risks when deciding character’s fates which is a huge difference from her other two series! HOEAB had lots of twists to unravel, but even the slow moments didn’t feel like the book dragged. Incredibly excited to see where this story goes!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Sexual harassment, and Murder
Minor: Suicide and Drug abuse
caseyf's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Drug use, Violence, Grief, and Gore
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual content
dontwritedown's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"Through love, all is possible."
"Message me when you're home safe."
"I'm home."
When I read Sarah J. Maas, I'm not looking for life-long messages that will have me thinking about my place in the universe and the meaning of love. But this book did exactly that.
However, I will admit that this is a very hesitant 5/5 rating. Not only do I think I'm a little to exuberant with the rating but I will admit that the book starts really slow due to a lot of world-building and that I nearly DNF'D the book about 120 pages from the ending due to an incident with a dog-like character.
The ending though will take you through a rollercoaster of emotion and make sure you have a good few hours just to read as I was at work when the biggest plot twist came down and was reading between errands and could not put the book down.
Onward to the last book of this 15 long charade until January.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death
kenziereads11's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
This is the best book SJM has written! I loved all of it. I really loved how SJM portrayed deep grief and friendship. The ending killed me though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Minor: Suicide
mabs_grace's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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
4.0
I’m all over the place when it comes to how much I actually liked this book. I was I initially pissed off with the first 100 pages of the book like why introduce us to all these characters just to immediately kill them off? We don’t even have enough time to fall in love or hate with them before they’re dead and Bryce is grieving. Also, I was annoyed with the introduction of a would be kick ass squad to then have the entire Pack of Devils be killed. Genuinely WTF. (I’ve read 700 pages since this and I’m still reeling). It wasn’t until things really started to pick up between Bryce and Hunt that I started to find a medium amount of enjoyment in the book. This all being said the last 100-200 pages had be hooked, and then absolutely destroyed. Balled my eyes out of so long.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Classism, Cursing, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Torture, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
ashlynnlee_14's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? Yes
4.0
I read this book for the first time almost exactly two years ago—and then proceeded to forget everything that happened in it. So I did a quick reread so I could continue the series.
This book fell victim to one of SJM’s favorite way of conveying plot twists: long ass unnecessary monologues. The plot itself was interesting enough to me, with some twists and reveals that weren’t TOO obvious.
I’m not usually a big fan of urban fantasy (it’s goofy to me when the fae are communicating to each other over text—pls keep them in high fantasy settings) but it was still enjoyable.
This book fell victim to one of SJM’s favorite way of conveying plot twists: long ass unnecessary monologues. The plot itself was interesting enough to me, with some twists and reveals that weren’t TOO obvious.
I’m not usually a big fan of urban fantasy (it’s goofy to me when the fae are communicating to each other over text—pls keep them in high fantasy settings) but it was still enjoyable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
mbrogs2024's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship
emilynacey's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and War
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Suicide