Review by alipp - House of Flame and Shadow

alipp 's review for:

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think I liked this more than other people but I do see the criticisms.

First what I liked:
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Bryce healing the land

- connections with the ACOTAR & TOG universes
- the fire sprites
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when the fallen are risen & shahar helping Hunt

the link between Lidia & Aelin

I liked that Hunt was a son of Hel but wish that could’ve been explored more

What I didn’t love as much:
- a bit too much of Ithan’s story line &

trying to revive Sigrid when she’s obviously dead, then Sigrid’s character sort of going nowhere

- could have been more time / time better spent in ACOTAR world
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some of the romance scenes right before they’re about to go kill the Asteri were a bit out of place for me

where did the Dragon go? Will Hypaxia reclaim the witch throne & unite the witches?

Overall though it ended with a good feeling, I think reading other people’s thoughts and reviews just made me analyze things a bit more! There were times that I laughed and cried & of course I’m keen for the next one!

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