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House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

135 reviews

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

I feel like I’m cheating on Silver Flames because I don’t know if I like this one better.

I love them equally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Dementia, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, War, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Body horror, Child abuse, Animal death, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Genocide, Grief, Bullying, Car accident, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Deportation, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Addiction

daphnemarie's review against another edition

i don’t even know what the bloody title is let alone what the hell was going on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fatphobia, Drug use, Body horror, Alcoholism, Murder, Body shaming, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Classism, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Xenophobia

Minor: Rape

elledanie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Had to give 5⭐️ since it made me cry so much! Will be thinking about this one for a while…SJM does it again, a mastermind 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Violence, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Gun violence, Vomit, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Gore

emilysmessydesk's review against another edition

dark emotional

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

3.25

I've read both of SJM's other popular series, ACOTAR and TOG, and I wanted to add this one to my list (especially with a few theories spreading that all 3 worlds are connected...). I didn't have a lot of expectations, considering, so I went into it with a decent knowledge of SJM's other worlds.

I liked the world building in this one: the combination of modern day & magical and how that might look. Cell phones for quick text messages makes communication so much easier!!

Bryce is a spitfire and sassy, and there's a lot more to her character. (Which as per SJM's normal formula, isn't revealed until the very end!) Hunt quickly climbed my list of favorite SJM male characters; he's clever and thoughtful.

However, I really did *not* enjoy the twist with Hunt at the end. That felt like it came out of left field, which I'm sure was the point, but there was no other indicators that something was up with him. I waited for the other shoe to drop; surely this is a test for Bryce, somehow? It's just a set-up to catch someone else red-handed? But no, this was actually legit and now we're down 2 side characters and Hunt has royally fucked up.

Here's one of my complaints: SJM's characters are quick to forgive big lies/betrayals/etc. Way too quickly. That doesn't feel realistic, or logical, or even *right* because there's oftentimes a lot to unpack about those situations. And a lot to communicate between characters, if they even decide to keep the communication lines open! This plot point just felt kind of thrown in there at the last second, to stew distrust/drama between the two main characters if only to keep the other main plot moving along. I wish there had been more to it than that.

I did cry when Lehabah sacrificed herself at the end. It felt very real, and that friendship was true throughout the book despite its moments of flightiness. Bryce's reveal of buying her deed and freeing her! So good, so heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cursing, Alcoholism, Torture, Violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

natashian's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Addiction

just_me_abbey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

The beginning was definitely an info dump and I found it a little confusing with all the names, lore and terminology used so rapidly. When the plot actually starts it becomes a lot easier to follow. I didn’t see any of the twists and turns coming, I was on the edge of my seat for the entire last 30% of the book. I cried like a baby multiple times. Such a unique story with so much heart put into it, well worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Violence, Misogyny, and Addiction

colorwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Death, Grief, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, War, Addiction, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

natlonelyghost's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Slavery, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

kyahs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book and cannot wait for the next one. Sarah J Maas keeps me up at night again! BUT the blurb would have ruined a lot of it for me if I read blurbs, don't read it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Torture, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Slavery

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? No

4.75

Wow that was a journey! I’ve been wanting to read this forever but it’s so many pages! But it’s true that once you get into this world, all you want to do is read and keep going. I definitely got invested. In fact I’m much more invested in the side characters actually. I’ll just keep on reading these books! They’re excellent. I can’t give it 5 stars because there was no sex. What the heck?! I was bummmmmed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, War, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Classism, Death, and Grief