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House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

93 reviews

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Violence, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

booksalacarte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

8/2022 First read- 5⭐️

Bound by blood. Tempted by desire. Unleashed by Destiny.

This is a dark high fantasy novel with elements of modern technology. Think Fae, angles, and vampires with cellphones and security cameras.

The world building took a long time to get into. The characters and trope of the Chosen One with powers like no other are very familiar for Sarah J Maas, and she doesn’t disappoint.

When it comes to world building, I’m telling you, Maas is one of the best. This book had be in a chokehold. I read it in 24 hours (until 4am 😬) because I couldn’t put it down. I can’t wait to start the next book!

Reread- 4.75⭐️ 2.75🌶️

Urban Romantic Fantasy

Adult Fantasy

Fae

Mythical creatures

Modern technology

Found family

Murder mystery

Secret history

Bodyguard romance

Forced proximity

Explicit Language

Drug use

Suicide attempt mentioned

The dark, gritty, messiness of this series is starkly different from Maas’ other series. This wasn’t a fairytale, but more real… all while remaining a high fantasy romance. The world building was almost too intense at times, with info dumps all over the place. I found myself not as desperate to read the book the second time. Because I knew that the random side plots would be all pulled together and monologued in the end. It turned my first read in 24 hours into 6 days. 

Reading this a second time made me realize how much I wove book 1 & 2 together. Now that I’m in the other side, I think emotionally, the book was just as good. But looking at it, plot-wise, this book was a little all over the place. The last 1/3 of the book was action packed, thank goodness. But it was plot points hitting, one after the other. 

The characters are wonderfully flawed and live their flaws out loud. Something that is refreshing and messy at the same time. It’s harder to take off the rose colored glasses when it comes to fantasy main characters. I think the character building did a great job. 

It’s hard also because the ending wasn’t a cliffhanger, so it almost felt like a series coming to an end because of how long it is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Colonisation, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Body horror, Gaslighting, Blood, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Gun violence

amyp3's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Kinda cringy but v fun ride and much better than I expected:))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gore, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, Torture, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, and Murder

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Classism, Torture, Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Violence, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Death of parent, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was nervous to start HoEaB when I got it but now it may be a new favourite. I even appreciated the lack of explicit smut, but I do hope there is some in HoSaB. I related to Bryce on an unnatural level, I understood her pain, her grief and her struggle to keep fighting. Thank god I have HoSaB to start now! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

Minor: Torture, War, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

siad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I have no words. This book broke me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Grief, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

House of Earth and Blood hits the ground running and never stops.

When I tell you that I love this book, I need you to understand that I love this book. It’s not perfect, but it’s everything I needed it to be and more, and I’m SO happy I read it when I did!

Things I love:
- Bryce’s growth, and her journey through her grief and survivor’s guilt
- How Hunt and Bryce’s relationship develops
- Ruhn Daanan and the amazing portrayal of his relationship with Bryce
- The pacing
- The mystery
- How the twists and turns are set up
- LIGHT IT UP
- “My friends are with me and I am not afraid”

Things I wish were different
- there’s only one, and it’s the backstory of the interrupted deal on the river (iykyk). It felt a little forced, but also things keep moving pretty quickly from that point on so it’s a pretty minor thing


I will definitely be reading the rest of this series. 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Drug use

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Drug use, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content, Torture, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

It took me a little bit to acclimate to this book, but it was very interesting. I'm super excited to see where the rest of the series goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Medical content, Slavery, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity