Reviews

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

laurenuribe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

I am a true SJM fan with all my heart and soul, but I truly thought I would hate this book/world/series. 

I loathe modern themes/technology in my fantasy books but I was throughly surprised when I found myself enjoying this book. 

While I don't think it's her best work I can feel it building up to be a truly great series and I can't wait to read more. 

In all honesty I don't think the first book of any of her series are "the best in the series" but I still absolutely adore them regardless. So with that knowledge in the back of my mind I can't wait to continue to CC2 because I know it will get even better.

bdaniellet's review against another edition

5.0

This book was so so good. Maas just has a hold on me. I don’t know what it is about her books that are so good. At times it felt very long but I really did enjoy it.

annabelle_pearson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Really wasn’t sure about this book post ACOTAR hangover but I loved it! Will also admit that the plotting is far more interesting and complex than ACOTAR. I think out of all SJM books this is the strongest opening novel.

However slightly concerned as have heard the quality goes down throughout the series.

estevens08's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-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

4.25

gemmiller's review against another edition

Maybe one day I'll get back to this but I never liked either character and the world building was Endlessly confusing sorry Sarah ily

celestial_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

rachaeltangtang's review against another edition

5.0

the world building was so confusing, it made my brain hurt. BUT probably SJM’s best series start, no hate to ACOTAR and TOG but those first books? tough to get through. but this? impeccable a masterpiece, almost has me scared to read the rest

gheath06's review against another edition

5.0

In the beginning of this book I found it hard to get into it, I felt very bored. However, it started to get so much better, to the point where I couldn’t put it down. This book was incredible and I loved it so much.

ebtorres23's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

lucindareads31's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5