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Casa de Tierra y Sangre by Sarah J. Maas

hwelch69's review against another edition

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2.0

uh oh. someone's editor told them they were allowed to curse this time.

also: not spicy.

mariahap's review against another edition

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5.0

This has to be one of my favorite books ever. I loved ACOTAR but this hit different for me, I cried so many times and so much.
Bryce is so relatable and her grief felt so real to me. Her and danikas love, that friendship, it felt so refreshing to see a different kind of love portrayed instead of the romantic love that saves everything and everyone. I’m still feeling light and kind of euphoric from all the crying I did at the end. Absolutely loved it.

ellkerr's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Definitely did not expect to bawl my eyes out multiple times.

Lots of twists in the book to keep you hooked all the way through. 

alled's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

mary_binzley's review against another edition

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3.0

why the “Hel” did all the characters say “Hell” with one L?? just make up a new word or use the old one!!!

lovebugxvx's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

caoilo's review against another edition

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4.0

Bryce Quinlan is half-fae, half- human. Though she may not be the most interesting of her group of friends she doesn’t care. Bryce thinks she has her work, play balanced just right. That is until she returns home from partying hard to find one of her toughest friends murdered. Wolves are not easy to kill. This leads Bryce to believe demons are behind it.

Mass’s new world is creature crawling, from fae and demons to wolves and angles. It promises to be a book full of love, loss and passion.

Though I only read the extract this book seems to show not only the difference between genders or forms but also class. Within the first few pages we see how humans have become the lowest class of citizen. Humans become the plaything of every other being, not that all beings are participants in this hierarchy.

The only thing worse than being human is being a Halfling like Bryce. This is a harking to racism and the treatment of those who are of mixed race. It shows how in history other countries have colonised their neighbours. These beings found a way to enslave earth and the human race.

This can be seen in our own history by the colonisation of America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand Ireland and many other places. In more modern history parallels can be drawn to the Nazi regime.

I could feel the feminist drive in this extract. Here is Bryce and she was not afraid to dress how she wanted, do what she wanted and date whomever she liked. (Though I personally am Anti-drug use) I felt that she was not someone to be controlled by others. Having said that it was easy to see what her friendship with Danika was like.

Sisterhood is not something many books or the media portray much in the 21st century it seems that it was lost after the 1990’s so it was pleasant to see such relationships in this book.

Unfortunately, I didn’t make it to the romance part as the extract was 70 pages long though I am relieved that Bryce is not with Reid, the embodiment of narcissism.

caoilo's review against another edition

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1.0

I had loved the first 70 pages but at 255 I'm DNF-ing it.

iamnottrisha's review against another edition

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4.0

Feb 2022- Not gonna lie I STRUGGLED through the first few hundred pages

suntimes's review against another edition

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3.5

AAAAAHHHHHH my fantasy era is finally backkkkkkk!!!!!!!!
Loved it, loved Bryce, loved Hunt, loved Syrinx.
The beginning was kind of hard to get into because of the world building but loved the characters and the constant shocks and plot twists along the way. The twist about
Hunt
really shocked me, didn’t see that coming. And I basically sobbed intermittently throughout the last hundred pages, but in a good way.
The easter eggs had me gasping and shrieking I’m about to inhale the rest of the series.