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House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

71 reviews

gretaslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

Man oh man, I didn’t think SJM could write anything better than ACOMAF (haven’t read ToG). But this, this was up there, both 5 stars in my opinion. This book was darker and more emotional, but in a great way

watching how Bryce navigated her life after Danika’s passing was so hard, however, very relatable and heartbreaking. Watching the light come back to her due to Hunt and the search for the killer was so enlightening, of course though SJM ripped my heart out with Hunt doing the deal on the docks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and War

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Bullying, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

_alyssar_'s review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Bullying, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Drug abuse, Cursing, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, War, Sexism, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

theabroeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.25

Gosh… I would really love to give this book a 5 star rating but I honestly haaated the beginning of the book. It felt like almost 600 pages of building the plot. 
But I loved the third part of the book, honestly one of the best I’ve read in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol

booksanna's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

An emotional wreck that sparked feelings of euphoria in me. I can only explain the plot-twists as cliche and both not cliche. I love the bond between the characters. Main character is op. This also has the most holy friendship I’ve ever seen. When the attack on defender happened i wanted to wreck my soul in piece. Only minus was there was a lot of inappropriate language, but honestly the swear words and everything suited the book well. I loved the relationship between people. The plot is a chef’s kiss. 5/5 because it was super good. And the suspense was good to, and sacred Urd the foreshadowing is crazzzzyy. Like really messed up stuff that you remember mid story that wrecks the hole perspective of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ac02's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

lore_a_rain's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book has lots of wonderful aspects to it. It's a fantastical murder mystery wrapped in a post modern magical world. The main character is standoff-ish, but social, walking the fine line of someone from two different worlds. 

The main issues I had was mainly with the writing style more then anything. The amount of cuss words was markedly more then other books I have read, which is great...I guess I just felt like the writing wasn't as colorful as the characters/world/plot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Self harm, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, and Animal cruelty

sarcasticgoddess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

I would consider the first half of this book very slow paced and the other half very fast paced. 100% Worth it though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Torture, Gore, Drug use, Cursing, Addiction, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: War, Sexual content, Gun violence, Confinement, Bullying, and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

This book is 18+ so it goes pretty heavy on some of the trigger warnings I listed. It’s still good if you can skip through them or if they don’t phase you too much.

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

ruthiedr89's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

beersbooksandbooos's review

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

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

It took a day to get my emotions back to normal and off the rollercoaster they were on with this book. It was a little slow in the start in the book with the world building but soon it picked up and it was nonstop. I loved the back and fourth with between Bryce and Hunt well with Bryce and the other characters too.  I do have to say Ruhn is one of my favorite characters in this book along with Declan, Tristan and Isaiah. I really hope the next book will have just the same emotional rollercoaster this one had me on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Vomit