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A review by wearysighs
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
3.0
i dunno, y'all. i started out really excited about a new sarah maas series, and i loved it, but it took me forever to read. i really felt like this book could have been 400 pages instead of 800. the amount of lore in this new universe thrown at you in random bursts is so overwhelming, and i love a good slow burn, but looking back now that i'm finished, it felt a little unnecessary.
i'm still digesting the ending, but it felt... i don't know. everything felt like it fell too conveniently into place. perhaps when i read the next in the series the ending will seem better, but that's my opinion for now.
did i still stay up late at night reading through certain scenes because i needed to know what happened next? yes.
did literal tears form in my eyeballs from parts of this book? yes.
do i love bryce with all of my heart, and maybe find her the most relatable out of all of SJM's characters that i've read thus far? yes.
that being said, i just didn't have the same excitement, read-the-whole-series-in-two-days that i did with ACOTAR. it's not necessarily a bad thing, i guess i was just hoping i would love this series more?
will i also still be reading the next two books? absolutely.
i'm still digesting the ending, but it felt... i don't know. everything felt like it fell too conveniently into place. perhaps when i read the next in the series the ending will seem better, but that's my opinion for now.
did i still stay up late at night reading through certain scenes because i needed to know what happened next? yes.
did literal tears form in my eyeballs from parts of this book? yes.
do i love bryce with all of my heart, and maybe find her the most relatable out of all of SJM's characters that i've read thus far? yes.
that being said, i just didn't have the same excitement, read-the-whole-series-in-two-days that i did with ACOTAR. it's not necessarily a bad thing, i guess i was just hoping i would love this series more?
will i also still be reading the next two books? absolutely.