49.4k reviews for:

House of Earth and Blood

Sarah J. Maas

4.45 AVERAGE

hannahjanerose's review against another edition

2.0

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this book was soooooooooooo mid but i am not a quitter so i read the whole thing

allisonandstuff's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

elyssssaa's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aileenfeschuk's review against another edition

5.0

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One of the best books I’ve ever read. I’m obsessed.

gabbyeleene's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

janetjeanreads's review against another edition

5.0

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I really need to be shrunk down and embedded in the Madam Sarah J. Maas multiverse, it’s where I wish to be. It takes a whole hell of a lot to make me cry while reading and this book accomplished it—there is no love like a girl gangs. The amount of sittings it took me to read this is indicative of its length and need to establish its universe. Once you get through the first 200 pages of world-building, you’re goddamn good to go.

I want to give a couple of shoutouts to: a seriously thoughtful and realistic portrayal of grief; a first 100ish pages twist I’m still reeling from; a kickass and complicated MC (love you Bryce); the last 100 pages that had me in tears and on the edge of my seat; and the official best SJM man: Prince Ruhn Danaan. I have no critiques for Ms. SJM and I cannot wait to dive into the next book.

brianeason's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gilf's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 28%

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Here is a non-exhaustive list of tropes that Sara J Maas stole from herself for this novel.....

1. We are seeking magicial object that is suppose to be broke
2. Someone is summoning demons and its probably the evil person
3. Cute adorable pet that is secretly a magical creature 
4. Token best friend of different ethnic/cultural background dies for the plot to continue
5. The person who is guarding me falls in love with me
6. A hot broken man with wings
7. I, main character, will not accept nor acknowledge my royal lineage 
8. Demons are trying to conquer the world again
9. Magical, gritty city that everyone loves
10. Class problems amongst people who are not Fae

bjfoulds's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It took me a while to get into this one. There were so many names and places right up front that it was a little overwhelming. It really picked up about halfway through though, and it's the first book that made me actually cry in a long time.

😭🔥

I'm looking forwardto seeing how things play out in the next book.

alyssahdavis's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced