1.04k reviews for:

House of Pounding Hearts

Olivia Wildenstein

4.02 AVERAGE

kiralafave's review against another edition

3.0

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Strong 3.5. Liked this more than the first one but getting pretty tired of Fallon’s complete ignorance being used as the main plot device.

mrsromeo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookkeeperdragon's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

leslecturesdeloanne's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

katies_all_booked's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

sarahbonjoverse's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

library_of_lysh's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reading_in_wonderland's review

3.0

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If I didn’t find the world and plot so interesting, I wouldn’t have continued with this series because I find the FMC exceptionally annoying. Fallon is a brat and I honestly can’t stand her. Also, something about the spice in this book was just cringey (and I’m a fan of spice). Not a great read for me, but just interesting enough that I’m sure I’ll read the next book when it comes out at the end of the month.

astro_princess's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

kaytlinarias's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character