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A review by laurgrah
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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? Yes
4.75
OH MY GOD! SARAH! YOU HAVE OUTDONE YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE NO COMPLAINS (except for how damn long it took for them to finally have sex) SO GOOD!
ok maybe i have some complaints:
very hard to get into at the beginning (pretty standard with these huge fantasy novels though. Ive come to expect it)
again, i mostly listened to the audiobook and it took me 22 hours to get to the sex part- rlly just a personal preference thing but i kept being like JUST KISS ALREADY!!! HAVE SEX RN!!!!!!
other comments:
this book made me extremely emotional. An excerpt from my text conversation with my bestie:
"i have never wanted spoilers for a book in my life so damn badly I JUST WANT TO STOP THE PAIN AND KNOW HOW IT ENDS"
I got over it pretty quickly though (still kind of angry about that emotional damage sarah smh my head)
what's with the weird ass names????
it was a little long for my taste there is just so much plot. its really a personal preference thing tbh. I would say the sweet spot is like 500 pages so you can still fit a shit ton in there but also doesnt feel like theres a unnecessary 300 pages. I felt like some of the ending dragged on for too long.
the adjectives.
listen. im a whore for big words. but the big words in this book?? so many of them. I dont think i googled what a single one of them meant so maybe just have a higher reading level than me? (this sounds more like me calling myself stupid)
okok I mean it was a little too descriptive at times.
my fav characters (in no particular order)
quinlan
• shes cool ig. i like how mean she is (and how powerful)
fury
• how could you not love her???? hot sexy muderer woman??? yes PLEASE
ruhn
• the perfect amount of loyal
danika
• again hot lady murderer (there was a point in the book where i hated her but i retract that statement)
hunt
•ok. this guy. hes on both my lists. fuck this guy. BUT i still like him maybe i have a thing for alpha-holes
decklan
• YOU KNOW HOW DAMN IMPRESSIVE THAT WHOLE CAMERA THING WAS???? holy shit smart computer man (in my head hes really hot too so best of both worlds)
hypaxia
•sexy witch lady
my least faves (in no particular order)
micah
• i mean how could anyone like him after reading???
hunt
• its a love hate relationship
juniper
•character seemed one dimensional and dry. also the faun thing lowkey freaked me out
AND FINALLY! MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THIS GLORIOUS BOOK!
I am just in love with hypaxia. hope to see her more in next book - every time we would get to see what shes up to i am just like EEEEE! MY FAVE!!!!! YAY!!!
the BANTER! oh my god it was like enemies to lovers but not like violent yk they just didnt really "get" each other...... yet. (also love how the banter didn't stop once yk.. they had their "situationship"
quinlans parents
THEY ARE SO IN LOVE AWWWWWWWWW love amber shes so cool reminds me of my own mom. also love the gun thing w stepdad. maybe i just think its hot when people know how to be responsible with their guns
story building:
honestly, by the end of the book i could picture every single place they went. great job sarah.
i would say on par with court of thorns and roses series in terms of quality.
5/5 stars ily sarah. u never fail me <3 looking forward to book two
ok maybe i have some complaints:
very hard to get into at the beginning (pretty standard with these huge fantasy novels though. Ive come to expect it)
again, i mostly listened to the audiobook and it took me 22 hours to get to the sex part- rlly just a personal preference thing but i kept being like JUST KISS ALREADY!!! HAVE SEX RN!!!!!!
other comments:
this book made me extremely emotional. An excerpt from my text conversation with my bestie:
"i have never wanted spoilers for a book in my life so damn badly I JUST WANT TO STOP THE PAIN AND KNOW HOW IT ENDS"
I got over it pretty quickly though (still kind of angry about that emotional damage sarah smh my head)
what's with the weird ass names????
it was a little long for my taste there is just so much plot. its really a personal preference thing tbh. I would say the sweet spot is like 500 pages so you can still fit a shit ton in there but also doesnt feel like theres a unnecessary 300 pages. I felt like some of the ending dragged on for too long.
the adjectives.
listen. im a whore for big words. but the big words in this book?? so many of them. I dont think i googled what a single one of them meant so maybe just have a higher reading level than me? (this sounds more like me calling myself stupid)
okok I mean it was a little too descriptive at times.
my fav characters (in no particular order)
quinlan
• shes cool ig. i like how mean she is (and how powerful)
fury
• how could you not love her???? hot sexy muderer woman??? yes PLEASE
ruhn
• the perfect amount of loyal
danika
• again hot lady murderer (there was a point in the book where i hated her but i retract that statement)
hunt
•ok. this guy. hes on both my lists. fuck this guy. BUT i still like him maybe i have a thing for alpha-holes
decklan
• YOU KNOW HOW DAMN IMPRESSIVE THAT WHOLE CAMERA THING WAS???? holy shit smart computer man (in my head hes really hot too so best of both worlds)
hypaxia
•sexy witch lady
my least faves (in no particular order)
micah
• i mean how could anyone like him after reading???
hunt
• its a love hate relationship
juniper
•character seemed one dimensional and dry. also the faun thing lowkey freaked me out
AND FINALLY! MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THIS GLORIOUS BOOK!
I am just in love with hypaxia. hope to see her more in next book - every time we would get to see what shes up to i am just like EEEEE! MY FAVE!!!!! YAY!!!
the BANTER! oh my god it was like enemies to lovers but not like violent yk they just didnt really "get" each other...... yet. (also love how the banter didn't stop once yk.. they had their "situationship"
quinlans parents
THEY ARE SO IN LOVE AWWWWWWWWW love amber shes so cool reminds me of my own mom. also love the gun thing w stepdad. maybe i just think its hot when people know how to be responsible with their guns
story building:
honestly, by the end of the book i could picture every single place they went. great job sarah.
i would say on par with court of thorns and roses series in terms of quality.
5/5 stars ily sarah. u never fail me <3 looking forward to book two
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Drug use, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Classism
Minor: Car accident and Physical abuse