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A review by booksalacarte
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
First read (6/2022)- 3⭐️
Reread (1/2024)- 4.75⭐️ 1.75🌶️
New Adult Fantasy Romance
Book 3
Multi POV
Magic
Magical beasts
🏳️🌈 normative representation
Tw: grief
This book not only sifts through Celaena’s grief, showing us the multifaceted growth of her character.
We are introduced to Manon, the 13, and what the witches are up to. I adore dragons/wyverns, so seeing the development of this side of the story was compelling, but also hefty in the back story and additional worldbuilding that is wrapped up in having a witch go from being mentioned, to being a critical part of the overarching plot.
Another introduction was Rowan, this old battered and dried up fae who helps train Aelin and her magic.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail