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A review by mermaid_mama_reads
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
4.0
I’m going to start by saying that this book will definitely stay with me for a while because the characters and the ending were amazing but the reason I didn’t rate it 5 ⭐️ was because I was not super into the story until I was 50% into the book. And this book is THICK (800 pages).
I love intricate world building, especially when I can tell the author spends a lot of time building the backgrounds of their characters and weaves their complex stories into their detailed worlds. However, I almost felt like it was world building vomit in the beginning. A lot of information is dumped on you at the start and it can feel a little overwhelming. You don’t need to remember all of it to understand and appreciate the story though.
The characters are awesome- even the side characters. As a fan of Sarah’s work, I have learned that she does an amazing job of creating complex, relatable, flawed, and bad a** characters with great development and growth. I can’t wait to see what these characters go through and do in the next book.
The mystery aspect to the story was a lot of fun and interesting. I did not expect the outcome and was really surprised. The chemistry and tension (slow burn) between the two main characters was really well done.
Overall, I highly recommend this book if you like:
I love intricate world building, especially when I can tell the author spends a lot of time building the backgrounds of their characters and weaves their complex stories into their detailed worlds. However, I almost felt like it was world building vomit in the beginning. A lot of information is dumped on you at the start and it can feel a little overwhelming. You don’t need to remember all of it to understand and appreciate the story though.
The characters are awesome- even the side characters. As a fan of Sarah’s work, I have learned that she does an amazing job of creating complex, relatable, flawed, and bad a** characters with great development and growth. I can’t wait to see what these characters go through and do in the next book.
The mystery aspect to the story was a lot of fun and interesting. I did not expect the outcome and was really surprised. The chemistry and tension (slow burn) between the two main characters was really well done.
Overall, I highly recommend this book if you like: