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Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

10 reviews

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

4.75

Omg what a massive book in the TOG series! It took a while for me to get into this book with the switching perspectives (and so many different characters to focus on too) but I eventually got used to it and loved having so many different characters to explore. Like every Mass book, the last third is just chaos and action-packed but it just makes it so much fun to read! Loved this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Torture, Genocide, Grief, Confinement, Incest, and Body horror

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing!! I devoured this book and I can’t wait for the next one. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I thoroughly enjoyed following every perspective and am so excited to see where these characters go from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Animal death, Torture, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Murder, Child death, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

My favourite entry in the series so far. The fantasy and worldbuilding is much more mature than in the first two books. While the pacing sometimes faltered a little bit with the array of characters going back and forward, the widened scope and perspective was welcome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Torture, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, War, Death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Slavery and Vomit

im_eebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-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

4.75

Almost perfect. I just felt like some of the POV’s just made it drag horribly. But overall my favorite book in the series by far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

This is my favorite book so far. It’s so emotional and so many things are revealed, and it just breaks your heart. Manan is a favorite of mine and I love Aedion.

The emotional journey Celaena goes through in this book is so good. I feel like I was on a rollercoaster in the best way. The side characters feel like main characters as we dig deeper into their stories. I can’t wait to see where the story goes from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Slavery, Death, Violence, Gore, Grief, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Self harm

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, War, and Drug use

grimmbleton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

smithrachaelynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Original rating: 4⭐️
After rereading: 5⭐️ This book was so emotional and deep seeing Celaena work through her grief and turmoil. There are so many new characters we meet that I come to love too. Abraxos is absolutely adorable. I lived for the scenes with him. This kept me captivated and entertained the whole time. Beautiful storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

dlsmk's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and War

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.

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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

mccutiereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-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

4.25

I loved this installment in the ToG series! I would say this was where I really started appreciating the characters and their struggles, as well as an introduction to the ominous enemies and their dark plots looming over the characters heads. This book mostly focuses on Celaena

aka Aelin

and her journey to accept herself and those around her, especially Rowan. There was a lot of plot unpacking in this book, but Sarah J Maas revealed the necessary details with perfection and paired it with sly and witty humor when there was very much a need for comedic relief!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Violence, and Physical abuse

Celaena’s/Aelin’s backstory of her family’s murder, abandonment, abusive father figure, and eventual imprisonment can be a bit much for readers

. Each character has gone through extensive emotional or physical trauma (often times both) so please keep that in mind when deciding to read this series.