A review by unsuccessfulbookclub
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

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

3.75

I stayed up late late late finishing Heir of Fire last night because I am an idiot and should have known better than to start the last hundred pages of any SJM book after 9pm, because there is no way I can put any of her books down at that point.

So yeah, I guess you could say it’s getting pretty serious.

Of the Throne of Glass (the series) books I have read so far, Heir of Fire was probably my least favorite. It’s a third book but it read like a second book - lots of moving characters around, character development, backstory and plot building. It was also challenging to stay engaged because there were three main storylines and one of them was ✨boring✨ (cough-cough CHAOL cough-cough). Thank god for my A1 buddy reader, @toobusyreadin to keep me on task.

On the other hand, I have now met Manon, who is totally terrifying, and Abraxos, who I will love forever no matter what. Dorian really grew on me in this one. Celaena had an amazing arc and I still adore her as an MC - she’s a complete badass but also really believable. Rowan is a grump after my whole heart. Aedion, I envisioned as Chris Hemsworth the whole time (NOT A COMPLAINT!).

If anything the plot in this reminded me a lot of Lord of the Rings and I was super happy about that. My lil nerd heart loves dragons, enchanted objects, mythologies and all that high fantasy jazz, and this book has allllll of those things.

Now, I go to The Assassin’s Blade but not before I read Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly for my RoNo break.

👍🏻Recommended. Can’t stop-won’t stop, gotta finish the series now!
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