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A review by joyeuxxe
House of Crimson Hearts by Ruby Roe
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
This book is everything I want and need! Everything about this book has me on edge—the world building, the plot, the storyline, the characters, the mystery, the romance, the smut (🌶🌶🌶). This is by far the smuttiest book I have ever read. I am mesmerized by how this book is written.
Let me tell you, Ruby writes a compelling, interesting world building. It makes you feel like you are living in the world she created. It makes you easily understand how their world works. I have not read plenty of vampire-scentric books, but for what I have read, this one is by far has the best world-building, and by far my most favorite. I've read her girl games series, and although the series are somehow connected through some characters, I could say that they have quite different world, but both are easily understandable, unique, and compelling.
Back to the book, one thing I love about this book is that every character plays a vital role. It really makes you think about them—you may think they are unlikeable but turns out they are likeable, or the other way around. The characters are all full of mystery.
This is the kind of book that keeps you thinking throughout the reading journey. So many theories I have and want answers to. I love that it is written in a multiple-POV and different timelines, and gives us a good villain-origin story.
It is an enemies-to-lovers trope but has a different take. As you progress, you'll see that its not the typical enemies-to-lovers. It is not "they hate each other for as long as they can remember and now they just realized they're inlove with each other", nope its not like that, the way Ruby wrote this book with that trope makes more sense. For me, it is the perfect execution for this trope.
How this book ended broke my heart. I cried literal bucket of tears. The sacrifice Octavia made is out of this world. And I do have a theory that its the same sacrifice Cordelia made years ago. The words Octavia spoke made me sob so hard. I am not okay after reading this book. I am out of words and just want to read the next parts.
This book has the right amount of romance, mystery, magic, thriller (sort of), and and ample amount of smut 🫡. So if you don't like smut, then maybe its not for you, because its literally in almost all chapters and its part of the plot.
I just know that this series is gonna be a masterpiece. I know i know, I wasn't able to finish this book in 1 seating, but I mean I definitely could have if not because of some other things. I honestly didn't even noticed that I was around 80% of the book, and was surprise that it ended, and with that cliffhanger, I almost threw out my kindle due to frustration. That's how good this book is.
Ruby Roe could write my least favorite trope, and I would still read it because its been proven that she is such a magnificent author. I'd rate this a 5/5 ⭐️ but that cliffhanger was frustrating and so I think its safe for me to say that its a 4.75/5⭐️ reading experience for me.
Let me tell you, Ruby writes a compelling, interesting world building. It makes you feel like you are living in the world she created. It makes you easily understand how their world works. I have not read plenty of vampire-scentric books, but for what I have read, this one is by far has the best world-building, and by far my most favorite. I've read her girl games series, and although the series are somehow connected through some characters, I could say that they have quite different world, but both are easily understandable, unique, and compelling.
Back to the book, one thing I love about this book is that every character plays a vital role. It really makes you think about them—you may think they are unlikeable but turns out they are likeable, or the other way around. The characters are all full of mystery.
This is the kind of book that keeps you thinking throughout the reading journey. So many theories I have and want answers to. I love that it is written in a multiple-POV and different timelines, and gives us a good villain-origin story.
It is an enemies-to-lovers trope but has a different take. As you progress, you'll see that its not the typical enemies-to-lovers. It is not "they hate each other for as long as they can remember and now they just realized they're inlove with each other", nope its not like that, the way Ruby wrote this book with that trope makes more sense. For me, it is the perfect execution for this trope.
How this book ended broke my heart. I cried literal bucket of tears. The sacrifice Octavia made is out of this world. And I do have a theory that its the same sacrifice Cordelia made years ago. The words Octavia spoke made me sob so hard. I am not okay after reading this book. I am out of words and just want to read the next parts.
This book has the right amount of romance, mystery, magic, thriller (sort of), and and ample amount of smut 🫡. So if you don't like smut, then maybe its not for you, because its literally in almost all chapters and its part of the plot.
I just know that this series is gonna be a masterpiece. I know i know, I wasn't able to finish this book in 1 seating, but I mean I definitely could have if not because of some other things. I honestly didn't even noticed that I was around 80% of the book, and was surprise that it ended, and with that cliffhanger, I almost threw out my kindle due to frustration. That's how good this book is.
Ruby Roe could write my least favorite trope, and I would still read it because its been proven that she is such a magnificent author. I'd rate this a 5/5 ⭐️ but that cliffhanger was frustrating and so I think its safe for me to say that its a 4.75/5⭐️ reading experience for me.