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Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

130 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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I enjoyed reading this book. The characters were good, the worldbuilding is amazing, and the plot was superb. The writing style wasn't my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Slavery, Death of parent, and Torture

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

I really loved Rowan and Aelin’s relationship and felt it was a nice change of pace compared to her past relationships in the books so far. 

Spoiler

I’m sooooo irritated that Soracha died, Aedion and Dorian have been captured, and yet Chaol gets to leave to find her???? Chaol sucks, like he is actively the person I care least about and now he’s in charge of saving them????? Can’t wait to see how that goes bc it’s giving redemption arc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, War, Violence, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, and Blood

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The fact that I rated this 3/5 stars the first time I read it is absolutely criminal! My apologies to Sarah J. Maas because this book is actually incredibly well written. The story telling is so much more developed and the balance between the action needed to move an epic fantasy forward and the emotional exploration that adds depth to each character is spot on. I still maintain that the witches’s storyline is a bit boring and seemingly out of place. However, knowing that their role becomes crucial in later books helped me be more invested in their part this time around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

laceylove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Genocide, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Deadnaming, Blood, Self harm, Abandonment, Cursing, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic friendship, Slavery, Racism, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

haleran's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Torture, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was a difficult book to rate, because although I loved Celaena's plot, and I found the other plots interesting, I hated flicking between the three stories. Particularly when there was only one instance where two of the stories intertwined, albeit in such a minor way. This made me throw down the book multiple times when I just didn't want to read about the others at the moment.

Additionally, I felt the change in Rowan's character was ridiculously insincere. I couldn't reconcile that broody war hero with, for want of a better phrase, the eager-to-please puppy he was at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

erafact's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Slavery

Minor: Vomit, Violence, War, Blood, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and War

maralaene's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

I feel like so many people told me they thought that this book felt slower than the first two and harder to get through, but I actually really enjoyed it. I loved the new characters added and how the story unfolded.

I feel so late to the game, so  I already know so many of the new additions by name only. And while I could easily pick them out when they showed up, even before introductions, I knew very little beyond that and so still enjoyed learning more and more about each of them in turn. I wasn’t expecting this to be a multiple POV book - for whatever reason - but I adjusted quickly and found myself looking forward to certain characters in particular. 

Per usual with the Maas books, the audiobook narrator was phenomenal. 🎧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Violence

Moderate: Torture

cayleybp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Minor: Death of parent