A review by paocmanfra
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I wanted to like this book, I really did. I stuck through it because so many people I know love it. But good god did I find it boring. All for the last 150 pages where it finally picked up for me. I’ll say that it’s not SJM’s writing. I think I do enjoy her writing just like I did in Acotar. But I think this whole murder mystery/buddy cop vibe it has going on along with how insanely dense the world-building was, it was just not for me. I am a sucker and a completionist so I haven’t given up on this series just yet. I’m moving on to the second book to see how I fare but here’s hoping it’s a little more interesting than this one.