A review by kristican
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I think I would have appreciated this book a bit more if it weren’t so slow! I felt like the beginning took forever to get to the good stuff, and even then the world building is really not as clear cut as I felt it could have been so I felt like it kept dragging on. The middle was giving hunger games vibes the whole time and it was great besides I thought Nasir’s internal monologue was so easily swayed by like the first time he saw Zafira… idk like another villain that’s hardly actually bad which is good because obviously we have to root for him, but he could’ve at least held out a little longer. It felt a bit redundant at times and had too many things going on especially during the action scenes like whaaaat! Anywaayyy it was a quick read (despite being slow) once I got through the slow stuff. Pretty predictable plot twist and I’m surprised people hate on Sjm and TOG when this has some of the same exact elements ??

Evil dad that’s actually controlled by some eviler being??

idk I had higher hopes for this book and it was just ok the forced family felt well, forced