Reviews

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

rightlyrianna's review against another edition

5.0

Oh. My. God. I think this might literally be my favorite book ever. The way this story gripped me tight and raised me from perdition within the first 5 chapters is unheard of. And like chapter 85-95? I have never cried over a book as much as I have cried while reading the conclusion to this book. Will I ever read a book as good as this one? Well I bloody hope so but this one raised the bar for sure. Now I’m going to look at pictures of otters to soothe my soul…

suncon81's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

5.0

rhiannafaye's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

chach_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

binx11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

jkschumm17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

snoopydoo77's review against another edition

5.0

OMG this book was epic!!! Everything I needed but didn’t know until I read this book.

Not going to lie, the beginning was a bit slow and I had a hard time getting into and understanding the world setting. But man, I’m glad I stuck with it. The rest is just perfection.

Bryce at first seemed annoying to me but I was soo wrong about her, I loved her. Everything about her but most of all her struggles. She was super relatable, her emotions and actions, yes she had her moments of stupidity, but at least she was aware of it. Once she made her mind up she stuck to it and most of all she was loyal to her friends and loved ones. There was nothing she wouldn’t do for those she loved. Her friendship to Danika was everything.

Hunt I also wasn’t sure about but ended up loving with all my heart. Her also had his struggles of course but also overcomes a lot and grows throughout the book. He also a lot to deal with, even without having to babysit Bryce.

Ruhn, oh my Ruhn , he stole my heart from the very beginning, if anything happens to him I will never forgive her.

I loved the humor, the snark, the romance and the banter we get along the way, we also get grief, betrayal, healing, friendships, love , actions and nonstop twist and turns.

The last 300-200 pages were insane, so much action and emotions, my heart was racing nonstop, I cried so many times it wasn’t even funny anymore. This book had me all over the place with emotions.

So even with the slow start and world building I have to give it 4.5 ★

 I can’t wait to get my hands on book two, whenever that may be.

taylorannreads98's review against another edition

4.5

the last 200 pages WOW!! 
sarah is definitely my fav author ever but this one definitely was such heavy world building and i definitely didn’t fully digest all of it because it was just so much. but overall still loved the story and the characters. can’t wait to keep reading 

creativeflow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

mikaylaworld1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.25