sabireads84's review against another edition
4.75
Hallowed Ground
Rebecca Yarros
It’s done. I am officially done with the original four books. There’s still book five that has been published fairly recently, but with book four, we got the conclusion to Ember and Josh’s story.
I was crying, laughing and cursing. Rebecca has officially turned me into a book cry baby.
I’m not going to sum this up now, you have to read the previous books anyway. But this was such a good conclusion to an awesome series. I enjoy the military trope and there was so much drama and heartbreak, but also joy and spice. Pretty damn perfect if you ask me!
mandy_pandy's review
5.0
Wow! This was fantastic! Josh and December are one of my very favorite book couples ever and I honestly was really nervous when I saw this book was coming out. I was worried that there would be stupid and unnecessary drama because I was happy with how Full Measures ended and I couldn't imagine how their story could continue. I was wrong - there was no silly drama and there was a lot more to Ember and Josh's story that needed to be told. This was angsty, emotional, heart breaking, romantic, sweet and even had a little suspense. It was everything I could've possibly wanted in a book! I LOVED this so much! I loved what this author did with this story. It was incredibly emotional and I cried a lot but it was such a beautiful conclusion to this series. I can't wait to read whatever this author writes next!
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**
melissasfandomworld's review
5.0
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http://melissasbookworld.com/2017/03/10/recensie-hallowed-ground-van-rebecca-yarros/
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angelreads's review against another edition
4.0
This review and more can be found at Angel Reads
I wasn’t prepared for Hallowed Ground by Rebecca Yarros, not at all. If you are going to start reading it, them please do yourself a favour and have a box of tissues nearby. This will contain spoilers from all the previous books.
Hallowed Ground is book 4 in The Fight and Glory series and a sequel to book 1 – Full Measures. It’s set 2 years after the events of the first book and follows protagonists, December (Ember) and Josh as they set into life of living together, except now he is expected to go back to where he was nearly killed before and the place that took her father’s life – Afghanistan.
I love and hate this book. I loved it because the series finished with something really beautiful and we got to see the characters that we have come to previously love. However this book torn me to shreds.
I loved seeing Ember and Josh again, it had been quite a while since we had seen them, sure they came up in parts of the other books, but we didn’t see them, and it was nice to see.
I loved Ember as a character, her character arc is quite amazing from the first book. She has grown so much from the first time we have seen her. Throughout Hallowed Ground all I wanted to do is hug her. Ember broke me. She had been through so much before and in this book, she is ripped apart.
Josh, my love for Josh is unexplainable, but gosh did I want to slap him around a bit. I understand most of the things he did and that I am not even fussed about, however the things that happened with Ember towards the end of the book. It’s like Josh she loves you, why are you doing this to her and yourself.
They have survived through so much and I wasn’t sure they were going to survive this novel, especially with Josh being back in Afghanistan.
It was really great to see the military aspect of Hallowed Ground. We saw it a little in the last novel, however it wasn’t that prominent, with this novel being half in Josh point of view it made sense. I love military planes, there is something about there. Here is Victoria, where I live we have a thing called the Airshow every 2 years, where military planes and others come and put of a show. I love the feeling of hornets flying by. So I truly enjoyed seeing the military aspect.
One thing that annoyed me with Hallowed Ground was the consent separation between Ember and Josh, not the physical separation, but the emotional and it killed me. I just wanted everything to be okay, and it wasn’t, not in the slightest.
Hallowed Ground is emotionally draining. I cried for most of this book, bad things kept happening, all I wanted was for it to be over. Not because it was horrifying, because it hurt my heart.
Nevertheless, Hallowed Ground is probably my favourite of all 4 books. It had so much and more. There is a chance that I won’t read the middle two books again, for something in this book will make it impossible.
Although, many sad and emotionally heartbreaking things happened in Hallowed Ground there was so many beautiful moments that were heart lifting. The epilogue was just beautiful and I smiled the whole time reading it.
Overall, Hallowed Ground was a beautiful read that intertwined, family both by blood and friendship. Loss that can bring people closer together or tear some apart. About doing what is right for you and the ones that you love and forgiveness and what it truly means to forgive not only others but yourself.
I wasn’t prepared for Hallowed Ground by Rebecca Yarros, not at all. If you are going to start reading it, them please do yourself a favour and have a box of tissues nearby. This will contain spoilers from all the previous books.
Hallowed Ground is book 4 in The Fight and Glory series and a sequel to book 1 – Full Measures. It’s set 2 years after the events of the first book and follows protagonists, December (Ember) and Josh as they set into life of living together, except now he is expected to go back to where he was nearly killed before and the place that took her father’s life – Afghanistan.
I love and hate this book. I loved it because the series finished with something really beautiful and we got to see the characters that we have come to previously love. However this book torn me to shreds.
I loved seeing Ember and Josh again, it had been quite a while since we had seen them, sure they came up in parts of the other books, but we didn’t see them, and it was nice to see.
I loved Ember as a character, her character arc is quite amazing from the first book. She has grown so much from the first time we have seen her. Throughout Hallowed Ground all I wanted to do is hug her. Ember broke me. She had been through so much before and in this book, she is ripped apart.
Josh, my love for Josh is unexplainable, but gosh did I want to slap him around a bit. I understand most of the things he did and that I am not even fussed about, however the things that happened with Ember towards the end of the book. It’s like Josh she loves you, why are you doing this to her and yourself.
They have survived through so much and I wasn’t sure they were going to survive this novel, especially with Josh being back in Afghanistan.
It was really great to see the military aspect of Hallowed Ground. We saw it a little in the last novel, however it wasn’t that prominent, with this novel being half in Josh point of view it made sense. I love military planes, there is something about there. Here is Victoria, where I live we have a thing called the Airshow every 2 years, where military planes and others come and put of a show. I love the feeling of hornets flying by. So I truly enjoyed seeing the military aspect.
One thing that annoyed me with Hallowed Ground was the consent separation between Ember and Josh, not the physical separation, but the emotional and it killed me. I just wanted everything to be okay, and it wasn’t, not in the slightest.
Hallowed Ground is emotionally draining. I cried for most of this book, bad things kept happening, all I wanted was for it to be over. Not because it was horrifying, because it hurt my heart.
Nevertheless, Hallowed Ground is probably my favourite of all 4 books. It had so much and more. There is a chance that I won’t read the middle two books again, for something in this book will make it impossible.
Although, many sad and emotionally heartbreaking things happened in Hallowed Ground there was so many beautiful moments that were heart lifting. The epilogue was just beautiful and I smiled the whole time reading it.
Overall, Hallowed Ground was a beautiful read that intertwined, family both by blood and friendship. Loss that can bring people closer together or tear some apart. About doing what is right for you and the ones that you love and forgiveness and what it truly means to forgive not only others but yourself.
readingwithrosie's review against another edition
3.25
It was basically just one long prolonged fight intercut with some other scenes ya know
jasminepnwgirl's review
5.0
After meeting Josh and Ember in Full Measures, I knew they would always have a place in my heart……and yep, I was right! I couldn’t wait to read to Hallowed Ground, just to get back to them, to find out where life has taken them.
Rebecca does not disappoint!! She has a way with words that just captures your heart, and drags you in with every line. I wanted to savor this book, because within 40 something percent, my heart could not take it anymore, and I needed to take a break for a few days, just to gather my feelings. But, when I jumped back in, I could not break myself away from HG.
Be prepared for a roller coaster of emotions, anxiety for wanting to know what’s next, tears, and laughter.
I am so sad that this series is over, I was not ready to say goodbye to these characters *cries*
P.S. Josh is even HOTTER!!! I didn’t think that could happen, but it DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rebecca does not disappoint!! She has a way with words that just captures your heart, and drags you in with every line. I wanted to savor this book, because within 40 something percent, my heart could not take it anymore, and I needed to take a break for a few days, just to gather my feelings. But, when I jumped back in, I could not break myself away from HG.
Be prepared for a roller coaster of emotions, anxiety for wanting to know what’s next, tears, and laughter.
I am so sad that this series is over, I was not ready to say goodbye to these characters *cries*
P.S. Josh is even HOTTER!!! I didn’t think that could happen, but it DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brianna_meshelle's review against another edition
4.0
Finally finished this book! This was definitely a heartbreaker. So much grief and trauma that this book possessed. You see more of Josh and Ember and how their relationship progressed as they got older. You see the good, the bad and the ugly as well as some happy endings after a really tough book. Really enjoyed this one!
talk_bookish_w_me's review against another edition
4.0
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This is some sort of continuation of Ember and Josh's love story after Josh is deployed. The way those two fought for each other was really inspiring, but I couldn't help but feel heartbroken and angry at points. The ups and downs , the struggle ,the tears were all too much damage.
We lost a great character and I can't help but mourn with the character I came to love so.
Yarros is a fucking masochist for writing this...
This is some sort of continuation of Ember and Josh's love story after Josh is deployed. The way those two fought for each other was really inspiring, but I couldn't help but feel heartbroken and angry at points. The ups and downs , the struggle ,the tears were all too much damage.
We lost a great character and I can't help but mourn with the character I came to love so.
Yarros is a fucking masochist for writing this...
ellensboekenleven's review against another edition
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️,5
‘Elke keer dat je gaat speel je Russisch roulette, je houdt een pistool tegen je slaap en haalt de trekker over. Je bent tot twee keer toe bijna gedood. De bliksem is twee keer ingeslagen. Wat gebeurt er in godsnaam als je deze keer niet terugkomt?’
Ik heb tranen met tuiten gehuild bij het lezen van dit boek. Ik werd helemaal in het verhaal gezogen en leefde compleet mee met Ember en Josh. Ik heb genoten van dit verhaal. Het is zo goed neergezet. Naast de vloeiende tranen, heb ik ook meerdere malen hard op gelachen. Yarros heeft het in dit boek weer voor elkaar gekregen.
Na een lange afstandsrelatie van 2,5 jaar trekken Ember en Josh eindelijk bij elkaar in. Na korte tijd op rozen te zitten, komt het nieuws dat Josh uitgezonden wordt. Dit is het laatste wat Ember in deze korte tijd had willen zien. Kan deze uitzending hun relatie aan?
‘Die meid houdt meer van jou dan van een oude stad vol overblijfselen.’
Een kritiekpunt op dit boek zijn de schrijf en stijl-fouten die in het boek te vinden zijn. Ik heb niet heel kritisch gelezen op deze fouten, toch heb ik er een viertal uitgepikt. Als ik een fout zie ben ik zelf van mijn apropos en kan dat lang in mijn hoofd zitten en het blijven herlezen van de fout. Hierdoor verloor ik op die punten dus ook snelheid in het verhaal. Dit was wel jammer.
Een ander punt wat ik jammer vond, is het feit dat er een ander koppel op dit boek staat dan op het eerste boek.
Yarros heeft het in dit boek weer voor elkaar gekregen dat ik met beide personages volledig mee kon leven. Ember en Josh hebben allebei het nodige mee gemaakt en dit is heel mooi in het verhaal vervlochten. De stukken van Josh waren soms best heftig om te lezen, maar paste wel echt bij hem en gaven het verhaal veel diepte. Ben ik een groot fan van meerdere perspectieven in deze serie? Nee. Had het in dit boek toegevoegde waarde? Ja. Dat zorgde er ook voor dat ik meegesleurd werd in het verhaal en het mij niet meer losliet.
‘Je kunt niet leven voor iemand anders die dood is.’
De schrijfstijl van Yarros was in dit boek weer fenomenaal. Alles paste in mijn hoofd. De schrijfstijl pakte mij vanaf bladzijde een. Echt heel knap. Het boek deed aanspraak op alle gevoelens, medeleven, verdriet, blijdschap, enzovoort. Het is heel knap dat Yarros deze gevoelens allemaal bij mij los kon maken.
Kortom een heel mooi vierde deel waar ik echt van genoten heeft. Het boek deed aanspraak op veel gevoelens en het is knap dat Yarros dit is gelukt!
‘Elke keer dat je gaat speel je Russisch roulette, je houdt een pistool tegen je slaap en haalt de trekker over. Je bent tot twee keer toe bijna gedood. De bliksem is twee keer ingeslagen. Wat gebeurt er in godsnaam als je deze keer niet terugkomt?’
Ik heb tranen met tuiten gehuild bij het lezen van dit boek. Ik werd helemaal in het verhaal gezogen en leefde compleet mee met Ember en Josh. Ik heb genoten van dit verhaal. Het is zo goed neergezet. Naast de vloeiende tranen, heb ik ook meerdere malen hard op gelachen. Yarros heeft het in dit boek weer voor elkaar gekregen.
Na een lange afstandsrelatie van 2,5 jaar trekken Ember en Josh eindelijk bij elkaar in. Na korte tijd op rozen te zitten, komt het nieuws dat Josh uitgezonden wordt. Dit is het laatste wat Ember in deze korte tijd had willen zien. Kan deze uitzending hun relatie aan?
‘Die meid houdt meer van jou dan van een oude stad vol overblijfselen.’
Een kritiekpunt op dit boek zijn de schrijf en stijl-fouten die in het boek te vinden zijn. Ik heb niet heel kritisch gelezen op deze fouten, toch heb ik er een viertal uitgepikt. Als ik een fout zie ben ik zelf van mijn apropos en kan dat lang in mijn hoofd zitten en het blijven herlezen van de fout. Hierdoor verloor ik op die punten dus ook snelheid in het verhaal. Dit was wel jammer.
Een ander punt wat ik jammer vond, is het feit dat er een ander koppel op dit boek staat dan op het eerste boek.
Yarros heeft het in dit boek weer voor elkaar gekregen dat ik met beide personages volledig mee kon leven. Ember en Josh hebben allebei het nodige mee gemaakt en dit is heel mooi in het verhaal vervlochten. De stukken van Josh waren soms best heftig om te lezen, maar paste wel echt bij hem en gaven het verhaal veel diepte. Ben ik een groot fan van meerdere perspectieven in deze serie? Nee. Had het in dit boek toegevoegde waarde? Ja. Dat zorgde er ook voor dat ik meegesleurd werd in het verhaal en het mij niet meer losliet.
‘Je kunt niet leven voor iemand anders die dood is.’
De schrijfstijl van Yarros was in dit boek weer fenomenaal. Alles paste in mijn hoofd. De schrijfstijl pakte mij vanaf bladzijde een. Echt heel knap. Het boek deed aanspraak op alle gevoelens, medeleven, verdriet, blijdschap, enzovoort. Het is heel knap dat Yarros deze gevoelens allemaal bij mij los kon maken.
Kortom een heel mooi vierde deel waar ik echt van genoten heeft. Het boek deed aanspraak op veel gevoelens en het is knap dat Yarros dit is gelukt!