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A review by mcaliz
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
4.0
Overall: 4.5
Content warning; gore, blood, PTSD, grief, slut shaming
Rep: sibling bonds/relationship, queer side characters, animal companion, friendship
Thoughts
Neutral thoughts:
I overall had a good time with this. Could it have been shorter? Yes. I think that were scenes that could have been cut out or stream lined with other scenes or events, but I saw it as Maas putting little tid-bits/hints/foreshadowing of info to be used later on in the series. So while some scenes could have been cut, I think that the pacing overall was still really good. There was always something happening, some new information being revealed and a new dynamic of the murder mystery that was being unfolded. (Though I should say that I have read little to NONE murder mysteries, so my comment on the pacing on THAT aspect of the book may be a little skewed) I also loved the friendships that we got to see, how grief was portrayed, and the slow burn romance that we saw develop between Bryce and Hunt. The ENDING HAD ME FUCKED UP. It was WILD & I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON BOOK 2
I thought Maas’ discussion of slavery and interracialism were “interesting.” I think she nailed, for the most part, what interracial people go through with their identity & how hard it can be to be part of either group and how they deal with not fitting in with either groups.
The romance(s):
It is SLOW BURN Y’ALL. I’m talking like nothing happening until the last 1/4th of the book slow. (At least in terms of physical stuff) There’s definitely a lot of emotional bonding/feelingss that develop between Bryce and Hunt & I really appreciated that.
Content warning; gore, blood, PTSD, grief, slut shaming
Rep: sibling bonds/relationship, queer side characters, animal companion, friendship
Thoughts
Neutral thoughts:
I overall had a good time with this. Could it have been shorter? Yes. I think that were scenes that could have been cut out or stream lined with other scenes or events, but I saw it as Maas putting little tid-bits/hints/foreshadowing of info to be used later on in the series. So while some scenes could have been cut, I think that the pacing overall was still really good. There was always something happening, some new information being revealed and a new dynamic of the murder mystery that was being unfolded. (Though I should say that I have read little to NONE murder mysteries, so my comment on the pacing on THAT aspect of the book may be a little skewed) I also loved the friendships that we got to see, how grief was portrayed, and the slow burn romance that we saw develop between Bryce and Hunt. The ENDING HAD ME FUCKED UP. It was WILD & I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON BOOK 2
I thought Maas’ discussion of slavery and interracialism were “interesting.” I think she nailed, for the most part, what interracial people go through with their identity & how hard it can be to be part of either group and how they deal with not fitting in with either groups.
The romance(s):
It is SLOW BURN Y’ALL. I’m talking like nothing happening until the last 1/4th of the book slow. (At least in terms of physical stuff) There’s definitely a lot of emotional bonding/feelingss that develop between Bryce and Hunt & I really appreciated that.