Reviews

The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

flovvergirl's review against another edition

I wanna read it instead of listening to the audiobook 

liroa15's review against another edition

3.0

There’s nothing revolutionary in this, and I wasn’t super moved by the romance, but I’ll probably pick up the second to see the actual action after all this set up

marsinbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

5.0

shmadsie's review

1.0

Just at no point in time did I care about a single thing that happened - it's not that unique and it's definitely not Adult.

bbysplatt's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective 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

5.0

mehrish's review against another edition

5.0

I spent the whole day reading this book completely immersed in the story. It’s impressive for a debut novel. Sara Hashem wrote it really well - I could picture everything in my mind and felt the heartbreak as if it were my own. There are so many endearing characters in the book - Arin being my favourite. I wanted to rush to find out what was going to happen while also dreading when the book would end. It hasn’t even been released yet and I’m already anticipating the second one!

Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy.

suzanneu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

amyapple's review against another edition

3.0

2.75

Prose and world building is top notch but was the length of the book warranted? No. Cut out a good 40-50% in the middle and you would still get the gist of plot and not having missed much - maybe just the cliche repetitive internal monologues and dialogues, and the MC in denial of her actual helplessness in the situation she is in.

What were the trials for? Where was the chemistry between Essiya/Sylvia and Arin? I almost felt both those tropes (trials/games & enemies-to-lovers) are popular at the moment and was added in for good measure … and then ran out of time to dive deeper into those and so haphazardly threw in a random cliffhanger where our MC decides to be less selfish than in the before book.

The trial scenes were too short and predictable too but I do enjoy that there was a lot of action amongst all the waffle.

Hopefully book 2 is a tighter ship.

roguewolf98's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my favourite reads of the year. The ending!? Talk about a cliff hanger. Book 2 I’m waiting for you!

books_and_tea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0