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House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: January 30, 2024

Finish date: March 2, 2024

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Dec 05, 2023 ♥︎ Heather ⚔ (New House-Hiatus) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fantasy, romantasy, romance

"The Hind knelt before her undying masters and contemplated how it would feel to tear out their throats." ❤️‍🔥- Line 1, Page 1.

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SJM has somehow managed to completely capture my heart and blow my mind once again!

I want to start by saying that SJM never fails to completely capture my heart. Some books I may love just a tiny bit more but there is no doubt that I have loved everything she has written.

With House of Flame and Shadow I was pulled in immediately and in a compl ...more

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Feb 13, 2024 Jo rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, mythology, magic, fae

Ok, so let’s start by saying this is better than book 2 of the series. But I wonder if Maas is a victim of her own success, which is why no-one reins her in? This book absolutely did not need to be the behemoth it is at well over 800 pages. I do still love her world building, plots and storytelling. However, there are too many sub-plots and characters to the point it weighs the book down and distracts from the main story, rather than enhancing it. At least there are less sex scenes, which are to ...more

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Feb 01, 2024 Katie rated it really liked it

It was mid. Point blank. The series on its own, makes it excellent. But to combine the multiverses? It sets up the next book of ACOTAR but other than that it was sorta useless. Some kinda info but that’s it. Compared to SJMs other series this was just okay. TOG had me bawling with the thirteen. ACOTAR was full of heart wrenching moments. This? This was all expected. Nothing BAM in your face that SJM is known for.

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