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The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco

18 reviews

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Gore, Vomit, and Death of parent

dragongirl271's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Cannibalism

miblette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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 initially started reading the ebook, but then switched to the audiobook by starting over. The beginning was a little slow for me, but everything started picking up, and it was a nail biting race to the end. I enjoyed the relationships (both friendships and romance) that built throughout this story. This is definitely a case where I enjoyed the second book more than the first. Looking forward to the third.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

thenovelmaura's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

I enjoyed this one but not as much as the first! I think it was a bit too drawn out and could have been shorter. Still, I'm very curious to see how the timelines converge in the last book of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Blood

juliettewood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Child death

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Rin Chupeco really outdid herself with this one. The Heart Forger follows Tea across the Eight Kingdoms as she explores the extent of her powers as a Dark asha. 

First of all, the pace of this book picked up so much from The Bone Witch, it was incredible. We went from nothing happening in 300 pages to so much happening that it was nearly (but not quite) hard to keep up. 

While the plot of The Heart Forger was fantastic, what really took the cake in this book were the characters. 

Tea continued to be her marvelous self, and it was interesting to see her slowly changing from the girl we know into the girl she is in the Bard’s chapters. 

Kalen surprised me by becoming my favorite character, which I was not anticipating after despising him in the first book.

Fox continued to be his loyal, unshaken self, while also developing his own relationships. 

Likh has made impressive strides when it comes not only to personal development but also to sparking conversation in (and beyond) the Willows.

We got to see a lot more of Khalad and get to know him better, and the more I learn about him, the more I love him. 

Honestly, this book just grew my love and respect for all the characters. Mykaela, Polaire, Althy, Inessa, Zoya, Shadi, Empress Alyx, they all grew in the best ways. 

The only character whom I lost any respect for (other than the actual villains) was 

Kance.

The last scene of the book made me irate. He defended his father to Tea, Kalen, and Khalad, who all had experienced Telemaine’s wrath.

Casting Tea out of Odalia for driving Telemaine mad was too much. I understand the grief that comes with losing a parent, but defending him after all the things he did seemed wholly unnecessary.

Despite my misgivings throughout the first book, I cannot express how in love I am with this series so far. 

I have high hopes that Chupeco will finish off strong in The Shadowglass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia and Murder

Minor: Medical content and Classism

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I liked the sequel better than the first book! It was much more plot driven but still had a lot of good character moments as Tea delves into becoming something of an anti-hero. 

I liked the mystery and excited to see where it goes in the third book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I am thoroughly enjoying this series and will be reading the next book in it. 
Love seeing the azi being described like a cat (makes a 3 headed dragon beast super adorable. Love when dragons are described like big scaley cats tbh). All the mystery/secrets are keeping me going because I need to know why we got here and what Tea's end goal will be/look like. 
Def wasn't expecting the little twist in there involving the Odalian royal family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Murder

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Grief