A review by trinityb2021
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

2.5

2.5 ⭐️

I think 3 stars would’ve been too generous for a book that is at least 150 pages too long, has a B-plot that I didn’t even realize was a different character until halfway through the book (the girl is just Celaena again but evil), and is extremely repetitive. That being said . . . this was alright. (Also the B-plot has like wingleaders and quadrants and stuff I felt like the B-plot was just Fourth Wing)

I think Rowan was kinda fun. I mean he is just Rhys with wind powers but I like Rhys so I won’t complain. Celaena got her backstory expanded on AGAIN and now she sort of has a personality if you squint which is nice. DORIAN IS STILL THE GOAT! GIVE ME A DORIAN BOOK NOT A CHAOL BOOK. Dorian is such an interesting character and after this book he’ll be so fricking cool. I just want to be in his head and know what he’s thinking. Chaol is fine but he’s kinda boring. I didn’t really care about his plot.

I liked the increase in POV switches. I know romantasy girlies lose their minds when their books aren’t single POV first person books, “How do I keep all the characters straight?” There are 4 characters girl be so fr. But it is so nice not being stuck with shitty Celaena for the whole book. I’m convinced that romantasy girlies don’t like multiple POVs because they’ve only read books with shitty characters so they don’t care about any POV except one. A well written book will make every character compelling, even if you still have favorites. Throw them a Stormlight book with 8+ POVs and they’ll be fine because the writing style switches with each character (helps keep them straight so even in the middle of a chapter you know who is speaking) and every character is well thought out and developed.

This book was way too long and that made it lose steam. Cut the B-plot entirely, spend more time with Dorian and less time with Celaena fucking around in the woods with Rowan and you have a decent 3.5 star book.

Also that ending was actually really good. Too bad I can’t listen to the rest on audiobook and have to read the last 4? books. Fuck you Amazon and your Audible exclusives.