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bethy_joy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Violence, Torture, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Vomit
martharosen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Grief
Minor: Slavery
psydneigh's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This was my second time reading through. I think this might be my favorite book in the series. Maybe the next one. While I loved it all, I really was just waiting for Aelin chapters whenever it wasn’t focused on her.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
mariareviews's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
⚠️ This review contains spoilers (kinda) ⚠️
Oh... where to start? I know! I’m still a Dorian simp 🛐🛐
Heir of Fire is a lot of things and, if I may be honest, a disappointment is one of those. After reading Crown of Midnight, one can only expect that everything will go up like the stonks meme. Alas, this wasn’t the case for this book. From boring chapters of a witch called Manon (I don’t hate them, it’s just that I’m absurdly interested in the main story and you all of the sudden give me this chapter of something I don’t understand and bored me to death) to an unrequested —and frankly quite unnecessary— death, Heir of Fire is your story if you’re looking to get bored for around 200-ish pages out of almost 600.
Nevertheless, this was the introduction to our beloved and cherished Rowan and the mighty queen Aelin Galathynius so I can’t complain that much. From a character development point of view, Heir of Fire is an amazing book. Now, from a plot perspective, Heir of Fire only disappoints as we only have one, small, ten pages scene that gives us this disappointing excuse of a “plot twist” that you could see since the introduction of the dearly loved aunt.
Anyways! All bad aside, the king of Adarlan isn’t prepared for the hell that will start as soon as Celaena gets to his ostentatious glass castle.
Oh... where to start? I know! I’m still a Dorian simp 🛐🛐
Heir of Fire is a lot of things and, if I may be honest, a disappointment is one of those. After reading Crown of Midnight, one can only expect that everything will go up like the stonks meme. Alas, this wasn’t the case for this book. From boring chapters of a witch called Manon (I don’t hate them, it’s just that I’m absurdly interested in the main story and you all of the sudden give me this chapter of something I don’t understand and bored me to death) to an unrequested —and frankly quite unnecessary— death, Heir of Fire is your story if you’re looking to get bored for around 200-ish pages out of almost 600.
Nevertheless, this was the introduction to our beloved and cherished Rowan and the mighty queen Aelin Galathynius so I can’t complain that much. From a character development point of view, Heir of Fire is an amazing book. Now, from a plot perspective, Heir of Fire only disappoints as we only have one, small, ten pages scene that gives us this disappointing excuse of a “plot twist” that you could see since the introduction of the dearly loved aunt.
Anyways! All bad aside, the king of Adarlan isn’t prepared for the hell that will start as soon as Celaena gets to his ostentatious glass castle.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Slavery
Minor: Vomit
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