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letiross's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, and Grief
Minor: Vomit and Slavery
beckyremillard's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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
4.75
I was trying for the “Romantic” read of this series (look it up if you’re going to read it and don’t know what I mean) which means I should have read this before Assassin’s Blade, but that’s not how my library holds worked out. It turned out fine though and I didn’t feel like I was missing anything/getting information out of order.
This book definitely picks up from the first two. I had heard it’s like ACOTAR where it starts off meh and gets better but I was really struggling with this series until this book. It may have something to do with lack of Rowan prior to book three.
This book definitely picks up from the first two. I had heard it’s like ACOTAR where it starts off meh and gets better but I was really struggling with this series until this book. It may have something to do with lack of Rowan prior to book three.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Slavery, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, and War
kiwitenney's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Gore, and Torture
hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture
miss_jelly's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Vomit
angstifies's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-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
4.75
my second favorite book of the series.
i loved basically everything about Heir of Fire, Celaena’s journey and development, Chaol’s inner struggle about where his loyalties actually lie, amazing new introduced characters and especially more magic content!!
i very much disliked everything surrounding Dorian and Sorsha, their POV chapters were so boring and absolutely pointless, she especially was such a dull and uninteresting character, the only time i was interested in a scene with her in it was when she died.
i loved basically everything about Heir of Fire, Celaena’s journey and development, Chaol’s inner struggle about where his loyalties actually lie, amazing new introduced characters and especially more magic content!!
i very much disliked everything surrounding Dorian and Sorsha, their POV chapters were so boring and absolutely pointless, she especially was such a dull and uninteresting character,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Slavery, and War
kbusemeyer's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
sad
tense
slow-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
5.0
This is definitely my favorite book of the series, my first true and deserves five stars of the series.
I think parts of it were slow and there is a lot of plot setup, but I loved seeing Calaena/Aelin’s character development and of course her with Rowan.
I forgot how she broke Rowan’s blood oath with Maeve and also about the slaughter of Endovier and Calculla. I didn’t even think about the scene in the last book where Calculla n was mentioned.
I didn’t realize Rowan had had a late before either and loved how their relationship grew.
Also Manon’s character development is truly amazing and I’m obsessed.
Basically we finally meet some of my favorite characters plus people get some truth bombs told and the character development is superb.
There are still the same flaws as in the other books (repetitive phrases like about Rowan fussing or the extra eyelid, etc.).
I think parts of it were slow and there is a lot of plot setup, but I loved seeing Calaena/Aelin’s character development and of course her with Rowan.
I forgot how she broke Rowan’s blood oath with Maeve and also about the slaughter of Endovier and Calculla. I didn’t even think about the scene in the last book where Calculla n was mentioned.
I didn’t realize Rowan had had a late before either and loved how their relationship grew.
Also Manon’s character development is truly amazing and I’m obsessed.
Basically we finally meet some of my favorite characters plus people get some truth bombs told and the character development is superb.
There are still the same flaws as in the other books (repetitive phrases like about Rowan fussing or the extra eyelid, etc.).
Content Warnings
Minor: Genocide and Torture
essie__reads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, Confinement, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Violence
halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-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
2.5
This took me a bit longer to get through. I felt like I was missing out on Easter eggs and Celaena's past due to me not reading the prequel to the Throne of Glass series, The Assassin's Blade. So I stopped around 50% and listened to that audio.
Heir of fire is a rocky transition through the series, with so many new characters being thrown at you. Along with grasping people in Aelin's life merging with those in Celaena's life. 🥵
it's REALLY overwhelming😭😓 Especially Rowan's transformation...I still have no idea when that went down and literally questioned if he was a new character😅😭🤦🏽♀️
Then on top of that, there are sprinkles from Manon's perspective. Celaena killing one of the iron teeth witches elder's stirred their cauldron. I think she alone should have been a novella within the series..unless there is one...I'm tired just thinking about it.
I do love her creature/dragon companion Axbraxtos and them learning to trust each other.
It literally felt like I was thrown from the ToG world and projected to the iron teeth witches world.
All I can recall at the end is Celaena/Aelin reconnecting with her true self and declaring war as terresan's lost queen....it's A LOT.
I'll probably take a break from this series to gather my bearings.
Heir of fire is a rocky transition through the series, with so many new characters being thrown at you. Along with grasping people in Aelin's life merging with those in Celaena's life. 🥵
it's REALLY overwhelming😭😓 Especially Rowan's transformation...I still have no idea when that went down and literally questioned if he was a new character😅😭🤦🏽♀️
Then on top of that, there are sprinkles from Manon's perspective. Celaena killing one of the iron teeth witches elder's stirred their cauldron. I think she alone should have been a novella within the series..unless there is one...I'm tired just thinking about it.
I do love her creature/dragon companion Axbraxtos and them learning to trust each other.
It literally felt like I was thrown from the ToG world and projected to the iron teeth witches world.
All I can recall at the end is Celaena/Aelin reconnecting with her true self and declaring war as terresan's lost queen....it's A LOT.
I'll probably take a break from this series to gather my bearings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, War, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Torture, Murder, and Physical abuse
jlfaith21's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
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
4.0
I thought the first 60% of this book was pretty slow, but the ending was so good, and sets up the perfect opening for book 4. I feel like this story is just the introduction that needed to be told for the rest of the series. I loved the new characters and excited to see how it all plays out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, and Torture