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aileron's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
alexandrabrianne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
winterwoodbooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
caelfind's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Blood
stevienotnicks's review against another edition
- 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
This is the third a the series, so look away if you don’t want general Crescent City Spoilers…
Where to even begin?! Because it’s been so long since I’ve read CC1 and CC2 I had forgotten how this series leans more into high fantasy storytelling than ACOTAR. It really does callback a lot of lore from ACOTAR and a smidge from ToG and while I really don’t think you HAVE to read those series before jumping in, some of the reveals lose a bit of their umfph without that knowledge.
If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know that “found family” is one of my absolute favorite tropes. HOFAS really leans into this, developing even deeper connections between the characters we fell for in the first two books, while introducing to more characters to love. I’m also a big fan of high stakes magical battles & HOFAS delivers!
So why only a four star, you might ask? The pacing is thrown off by the flip flopping between a million POVs. There are so many subplots in this book, I feel like I was reading four entirely different stories. I kept waiting for them to coalesce in some epic way by the end, but I really just found myself trudging through Ithan’s storyline because it was SOOOOO boring. Sorry not sorry.
Despite that, I really enjoyed this one and am excited to see what happens next. Now if you’ll excuse me, I must go rest my hands & wrists from holding this one up for hours lol
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault
drsilverfox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Anyway, the crossover between series was hyped up for this book, and less happened with that than I expected. It was a way to do a lot of world-building info dumping, and parts of the world still didn't make sense to me. If you look at the nitty-gritty, there's a lot about Bryce's world that doesn't add up, and when you add ACOTAR in the mix? I think this whole thing just needed to be overall fleshed out more.
Maas does excel in creating interesting characters, even if there were A LOT of them in this book. They don't all need their own points of view! There was so much point of view switching that it was hard to follow, especially in the audiobook. I think this was to create/build tension, but it didn't work that way for me most of the time.
Also, I can't get over the comment about underwear being too small for Hunt. Pretty sure it doesn't work like that?? "They had no underwear big enough for me on the ship." I literally cannot. I feel like those kinds of details are things that editors would take out.
There isn't as much spice in this book as the last one (which was fine with me). Mostly because Bryce is running around with a star shining out of her chest (which I know is like a serious thing, but it's funny image for me every single time I think about it).
There is going to be another book in this series, but I guess not for a while because she is working on the next ACOTAR book. Whether or not that will include characters from this book remains to be seen. Whether or not I will continue reading these also remains to be seen.
SJM's prose is accessible, and her fantasy style works for those that are intimidated by more complex, denser fantasy worlds. She may not be the queen of overall fantasy, but she's definitely queen of fantasy romance. And I don't think she's going to get de-throned any time soon.
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Slavery
Minor: Sexual assault
hrpower2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Torture and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
britwalsh16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I love all the parallels & Easter eggs to Sarah’s other worlds, & ofcourse Nesta, Azriel, & everyone from Acotar who had small parts in the story line!
The twists & turns this book took! This series takes! It’s unbelievable, there is so much I didn’t see coming, & I love books that shock me!!
I’m just so sad that it’s over, & for the moment I don’t have anymore new Sarah J Maas books to read!!
Cauldron blessed us all with Sarah & her amazing writing! I can’t wait for more of her books! If she writes it, I will read it. No questions asked.
“Wanna hear a joke?.. Two Angels and a Fae Prince walk into a dungeon..” 🤣🤣🤣
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
kfrewski15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence