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House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

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lorenmarie7's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5


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bjehbjeh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

The way the world is build, the characters are portrayed, cliffhangers are written nearly every  chapter, little moments of humor, little moments of tears. Thank you Sarah J. Maas

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kinsportch's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted 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

3.5


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chanlo1994's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5


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cakrolik's review against another edition

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

4.5


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lebskaj's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5


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kbowles24's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0


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rewoodrow's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

Let me start out by saying that I did in fact love this book and it was a five-star read for me despite some of my feelings. Why? Because it was still fun, it was still a good plot, the characters were still amazing. the romance was still romancing for me. It was still an incredible SJM book for me. Is it my favorite? No. but it was still good.

I LOVED THE BOOK... but I was super underwhelmed at the end. This was not the High Stakes, emotionally damaging book I was expecting. (HOSAB&HOFAS Spoiler) <Spoiler>And this has nothing to do with the crossover, even though that felt super underwhelming too, but I also wasn't expecting a crazy crossover since this is a Crescent City book, not an ACOTAR book. It wouldn't make much sense to put a ton of info in that would need to be explained in the next ACOTAR book for it to make sense.</Spoiler> I don't think enough people died. with how the Asteri were written be this huge bad multi-planet villain it just wasn't <i>enough.</i> I expected to be in a full blown reading slump and that did not happen.

Despite that, I am very much looking forward to her next book because despite this being the ending to Bryce and Hunt. I do not think this will be the last Crescent City Book. I mean, we still need a House of Many Waters book.

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hiddeninfantasy's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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iloponis's review against another edition

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3.0

i have many thoughts

i cannot believe that the woman who wrote this book also wrote throne of glass. a staggering difference in quality. it just tries so hard to be edgy and rugged that its distracting. this is true for the cc series as a whole, but it really peaked in this book.

also someone needs to take the phrase "he/she could have sworn" out of sarah j maas's vocabulary, preferably her editor but i'll take anyone at this point 

as an acotar fan, i ADORED the crossover. but i have some gripes with it being so fanservice-y. 


i do not care for the "oh no the main character is dead haha just kidding" shit. i hated it in acotar and i hate it in this too. either grow a pair and kill off ur characters permanently or dont bother


while lidia carried this book, and her and ruhn's relationship was my fav, the development of their relationship was not as satisfying as it could have been and im mad about it
 

basically, this book felt like the culmination of the author biting off more than she could chew. half of the characters were great and had interesting stories and the other half i did not care for. 


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