Angharad’s Reviews > House of Earth and Blood > Status Update

All the slice of life stuff is making me want to chew glass because it slows the pacing down so much. This could’ve been a lean and mean 400 pages of murder mystery but theres probably 200+ pages of characters just hanging out. This is how I know cozy fantasy isn’t for me 🤣

Took a little break but I’m back at it with Bryce the disaster

Bryce is simultaneously the best and worst thing about this book because she’s very relatable and human but she’s also extremely annoying and stupid

Move OVER Rhysand, Orion “Hunt” is THE cool love interest

I can’t believe I’m actually liking a Sarah J Maas book. I hated Throne of Glass and couldn’t finish book one. Book 2 of ACOTAR was a major disappointment to me, but this is a fun time

Orion is 100000x better name than HUNT PLEASE why Sarah why are we calling him Hunt

Very slow intro but I’m sat for this now I’m so very seated I got my popcorn and my fancy drinky drink

This is like one of the worst openings to a book I've ever read. Why are we giving lore dumps so early at random? Why do we need to know about all the Houses and stuff this early? It's like Maas is writing stereotypes about her own writing. Of course the girl is named Bryce, of course she's half Fae...of course she's got a quirky bestie...