Reviews - House of Flame and Shadow

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House of Flame and Shadow

Sarah J. Maas

4.12 AVERAGE

alidoisread's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 but Part One was 5 stars and well worth the read.... and you KNOW why!!
I'll be writing fanfic of how I wanted this to go for the rest of my life

paigedolan's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

samtantha_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful 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: Complicated

paulralph's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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

cjrenaud's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars. I was entertained the entire time and couldn’t put it down. But ONCE AGAIN, the dialogue in this series was so cringey it was almost unbearable. Bryce feels like a 10-year-old girl in the 90s. For instance, her favorite insult in this book seemed to be “pathetic loser”. If I read her call her father that ONE MORE TIME I was going to lose my mind. SICK BURN BRYCE, YOU REALLY TOLD HIM GIRL!! Also alphahole. Stop trying to make alphahole happen, it’s not going to happen! I physically cringe every time. And lastly, “They’re not desserts! They’re people!” I burst out laughing at that, and it was not supposed to be a laugh out loud moment.

The crossover was not everything I wanted it to be, and several of the events at the end felt so corny I nearly rolled my eyes so hard they got stuck. But all in all I enjoyed the plot and the good outweighed the bad for me.