Reviews - We Hunt the Flame

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We Hunt the Flame

Hafsah Faizal

3.87 AVERAGE

jesslucas1's review against another edition

2.75

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kei15's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

nataliepapand's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

demi_08's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

DNF at 60%
It would've taken me another month to finish it but i literally could not be bothered anymore, i just don't care ok

knightrand's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 36%

It wasn’t entrancing enough I suppose. Maybe I’ll try again in the future

katwhiskerz's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

After reading We Hunt the Flame, I have to admit that I feel a bit conflicted about this book. On one hand, the writing was lush and beautiful, the characters were diverse and had interesting backstories, the setting was rich and teeming with life etc. etc. On the other hand, I could not shake the palpable feeling that something was missing. The setup was perfect! A girl hiding behind a cloak and a man's shadow to feed her village. A prince who is feared and shackled by trauma and his father. I wanted so badly to love this book.

Personally, I think more time needed to be spent building the relationships between the characters, particularly our zumra. There were a few meaningful moments, but not nearly enough. Most of it was banter and while fun, it just wasn't enough for me to really feel the emotional impact of some of the events at the end of the book. For a duology, I didn't feel that "I must read the second book now!" feeling that I always hope to crave. I will still be reading the second book because I think Hafsah Faizal is clearly talented and has a lot of potential, but I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking forward to in the next installment. Also

there were just too many family plot twists at the end. The only one I really welcomed was Altair and Nasir being brothers. Also the Lion of the Night? Definitely could have been set up better. At one point, his name was brought up and I was like, "Who?"

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