A review by robins_reads
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝙹𝙼 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚃𝙴𝙰𝚁𝚂 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗; 𝙸'𝚖 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢.
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𝙾𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚘𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝.
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𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢.
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𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚐𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎.