House of Flame and Shadow - Sarah J. Maas

House of Flame and Shadow

By Sarah J. Maas

  • Release Date: 2024-01-30
  • Genre: Fantasy
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 2,842 Ratings)

Description

The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.

Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.

Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied.

In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.

Reviews

  • Disappointed and Perplexed

    2
    By alismarie
    There is a small part of me that enjoyed this book, and the series overall, but at its core, there is so much lacking. The most significant is the character development. With perhaps Lehabah being the only character with any emotional complexity. Having recently finished ToG, this is rather perplexing as the author had developed those characters so thoughtfully. Kingdom of Ash specifically is beautifully orchestrated — this is trash in comparison. I don’t know what happened to this series but from the very start I was left disappointed and searching for reasons to care for, or find depth in any of the characters and their storylines.
  • HOFAS review

    2
    By Ctccclol
    As many others have already said, this book feels cobbled together, but the thing that stood out most to me was SJM’s changing characterization of Bryce. In the first book, Bryce was a like-able if impulsive, but in HOFAS, she makes so many decisions that just feel so wrong and so petulant that it, at least for me, ruined my enjoyment of the book.
  • Freaking awesome

    5
    By JaneWolfeChristian
    Love all the characters, the never-ending plot twists & finality of everyone’s stories. Rich inter woven worlds and elaborate storylines but exciting and nail-biting adventure/action. Pretty phenomenal. Next book?! lol!
  • Skip

    1
    By avid-reader-123
    I genuinely love all of her books but this was definitely her worst one. Skipped the last 200 pages and was glad I did when I read the ending
  • All’s well . . .

    4
    By FantasyFaves 2021
    Almost bailed because of the repetitive graphic violence. Not to mention endless use of the eff word as noun, verb, adjective . . . But Maas brought all the pieces together with some creative twists. Not sorry I read to the end.
  • Obsessed

    5
    By loganessmoma
    Loved every second
  • The best

    5
    By naomi0110
    The best book in the series by far
  • Disappointing

    2
    By kbriight
    You can tell this book was written post-2020. Maas takes criticism that her books lack feminism and diversity, and blatantly injected it into this story, but at the expense of the plot and characters. This book was painful to get through. Bryce comes off as a spoiled petulant child. A sad “progression” of the Bryce from the end of the first book. Bryce is basically worshipped as if she can do no wrong, but she is a polar opposite to the Bryce of the first book. An unfortunate change to her whole character. I wish I counted how many times this book made me roll my eyes. I’m extremely disappointed since the first book brought me to tears several times and is one of my favorite books! The series has gone downhill. Lots of unnecessary swearing. ‘Alphahole’ is THE MOST annoying term, and ruined the few good moments in the book for me. Luckily the ending was decent, and tied it all together with a bow.
  • Sad its over…maybe?

    5
    By Lavenderkitheth
    the end didn’t seem written fir a sequel but im happy with where it ended. It was definitely an emotional roller coaster. It’s sooo good I bought it on my phone, downloaded it to my laptop, and bought the physical book. This whole series is a must read. …. what’re you waiting for? START READING NOWWW
  • Loved

    5
    By Hierholzer
    Loved this story so much. Excellent writing on each character and their stories. Great wrap up!

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