A review by brooketreads
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

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

2.0

I’m really shocked with this book. I had this on my TBR and I saw several TT videos really hyping this up. So I moved it to the top of my list. I was expecting to love this. The begging started pretty great and I found Zafira a complete bad*ss FMC. However, did anyone else find Nasir low key disappointing? Also I didn’t want Zafira to be with Dean, until I did… and well yeah. After the beginning, the book just started to fall flat for me. I found the middle very boring. I nearly DNFed multiple times, but I kept gaslighting myself. I have been way too busy with school to really give it the time it needs and I figured that was maybe causing my uninterest. Now that I’ve finished, I feel the pacing was very off. Fast then slow for the longest time, then peddle to the floor and then slammed the brakes. At first it felt pretty original, until it didn’t. Just very typical choices that ya fantasy authors make after the beginning. Anyway, part of me is still trying to gaslight myself into reading book 2 😵‍💫
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