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We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

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mrqreads's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

Don’t listen to the audiobook, nothing against the two narrators, but their pronunciations don’t match up and to me it seems like the quality of the recording seems off

blairlarks's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5/5

dkmons's review against another edition

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DNF @ 50%. The story was just too slow for me. It took about 35% (150 pages) for something really interesting to finally happen. Really great concept but kinda dragged at the beginning until that point. The middle finally started to pick up, but it had taken me 3 weeks to get to that point…and I unfortunately didn’t care enough to keep going. Would definitely give the author another chance though!

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4.0

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

3.5/5 Stars

General Description: The Hunter has been feeding their people for year. Everyone assumes The Hunter is a man; however, The Hunter is a woman named Zafira. She is able to enter the magical forest of the Arz and come back out, something no one else is able to do successfully. Zafira is tipped off about a magical artifact that can bring magic back to the land, and she wants to get it. However, she's not the only one. Nasir, also known as the prince of death, also is headed to the magical artifact. When the two meet, neither of the know what to expect, but they're thrown together to restore magic. Will they be able to do it?

The good:
- The world described was magnificent. It was fantastical, dark, and well thought out.
- Once you get to the action, it's well done, fast paced, and engrossing.
- The magic system was unique and I was glad we have 2 books to explore it.

The loss of 1.5 stars:
- I did listen to it via audiobook and did not know the map and glossary was online until after reading it, which did affect my rating. Definitely preview the website before reading: https://www.wehunttheflame.com/
- The audiobook narrators were not the best at distinguishing the voices of different characters, which made it a bit hard to follow along.
- The first 5 hours of this audiobook were extremely slow. The pacing of the duology in general felt clunky to me personally.

Overall, if you like fantasy books with heavy world building, you'd probably enjoy the duology. But if world building is tough for you, this book may be harder to get through.