A review by forgetbeenot
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Concept is 5 stars, characters are 4 stars, execution is 2 stars. Someone should have edited the first 500 pages down to around half that for all they hold - if the first half had been anything like the last, it would’ve been at least a 4.5 star read. Also…why was the word “fuck” mentioned ten times per page? People don’t talk like that in real life 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism