A review by anna4
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Shoutout to whoever is responsible for the cover. 10/10.

The first moment I got hooked was about midway through chapter 2, when Sylvia did a thing. And it was glorious. Iykyk.

I thoroughly enjoyed the interactions between Sylvia and Arin. The slow burn was *REAL* with those two! Chin tilting, lips slightly curving upwards, cheeks blushing here and there. You know the drill.
But there was always this sort of tension when you don’t know if one (or both) will start attacking the other person. Great work on the enemies to lovers trope. Living for this.

Something I wasn’t expecting, but was pleasantly surprised with, were the witty comments from Sylvia throughout the book. It made me giggle and ugly laugh several times.

Very unexpected though very much appreciated.

The book had also a lot of great quotes, not only in general but also showing Sylvia’s struggle being in her position siding with the literal enemy without betraying her people.

The writing overall was really good and made me even like first person single narration (but only with this book), even though I like to consider myself the biggest hater for this type of pov.

I highly recommend paying attention from the beginning to all the different terms being dropped. Or have the map next to you. Because clearly I wasn’t paying enough attention which led me to puzzle everything together as the book progressed, so I kept on having a “?” throughout a lot of the explanations, revelations and “connecting the dots” situations. 

So: don’t be like me.

After about 150 pages in, the feeling of “ok I finally arrived in the book” settled, which made me enjoy it even more.

The book does end with a cliffhanger, so be prepared.

Very excited for the sequel!!

Thank you Little, Brown Book Group UK for providing this book for review via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.