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Blood Heir by Amélie Wen Zhao

8 reviews

ronjaorsomething's review

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adventurous fast-paced
  • 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

4.0


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tkhenry99's review

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3.25

i was really interested in the magic system, but i’m hesitant to say i liked anything else. pretty much a rip off of the grishaverse but make it anastasia. the blood heir trilogy even seems like it will follow a similar plot trajectory to the grishaverse, with ana raising her army and taking back the throne in books 2-3. and i didn’t really like the grishaverse books sooooo

i kind of liked ramson, kinda didn’t. i thought all the pet names were cringey and didn’t like that part of his characterization. it didn’t really seem to fit him. i wanted more chapters from his POV. he warms up to ana pretty fast for someone who was complicit in human trafficking just 4 months prior to the beginning of the story. literally spends like 3 days with her before he’s a changed man, and most of the time they’re just sniping at each other. 

ana was too impulsive and that got annoying fast. i kept wishing she would be more …. ruthless? cutthroat? idk i felt like it was weird that she kept torturing people for no reason and letting them live bc she “couldn’t control her power”. i know it had to do with her whole “i can’t be a monster thing” but these are literal human traffickers? 

all the other characters were so insignificant i literally did not care about them at all. 

plot is unoriginal, very cliche, and suffers from having too many things going wrong. how are yaegers so rare and yet every time ana is doing something one shows up? of course theres also big scheme by the villains and secret affinites and mind control. 

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xerlynz_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book was great but there were aspects of it that made me give it a 3.5.

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abookishwasp's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0


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sqacedvst's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25


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gingerale06's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.75


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willow2709's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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veronikahvee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this!! What a great debut *chef's kiss*
Love the writing and the characters. Also, the way the author tackled important themes. It was well done and poignant.

Overall I loved this take on the Anastacia legend.
I love Ana and Ramson to PIECES.
Also Linn!
I can't wait to read more
of these three
*w*
Ana and Ramson's being both morally grey on different ways and the way they work together was wonderful to read. As well as their banter! It was always great, great banter *Chef's kiss*
but NO KISS!! THE SLOW BURN IS KILLING MEEE


Oh and the villain(s) were great too.

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