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A review by thevietvegan
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Lidia and Ruhn’s storyline is the only thing that kept me reading this. Bryce and Hunt lack any kind of chemistry and they keep fawning over the title of being each others and calling each other husband and wife. Tharion I think is supposed to have a redeeming arc but he ’s just an idiot and I actually really liked Ithan’s storyline more than I thought I would even though it started out kind of ridiculously.
SJM’s descriptors of arousal are so weird. One scene she specifies how a character’s balls tightened at arousal and I know that happens but it’s just a really oddly specific line.
Oddly enough I found this book way more tolerable than the first two. The writing style is so graphic and crass in a lot of parts and her use of swears is so liberal they lose any sort of meaning. But this was better than the first 2 for sure
SJM’s descriptors of arousal are so weird. One scene she specifies how a character’s balls tightened at arousal and I know that happens but it’s just a really oddly specific line.
Oddly enough I found this book way more tolerable than the first two. The writing style is so graphic and crass in a lot of parts and her use of swears is so liberal they lose any sort of meaning. But this was better than the first 2 for sure
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, Torture, Violence, and Body horror