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Quinlar // Finished HOFAS + my opinions on it

Added 2024-02-05 19:26:15 +0000 UTC

matching portraits for Hunt and Bryce, the main characters of Sarah J Maas's Crescent City books! the third book and conclusion to Bryce's story came out a bit over a week ago, which was good timing for my wrist surgery (which went well and is healing great).

Hunt is bae <3

Don't read the rest of this post if you haven't finished House of Flame and Shadow!

I just finished House of Flame and Shadow yesterday.

i wont go into plot spoilers here, but lets just say there were moment i enjoyed, and moments i... didn't enjoy. the plot wrapped up nicely, the overall story was good, but i actually hit a slog around the 2/3rd mark. ive never hit a slog before in a sjm book. where sarah usually excels, which is characters and relationships, that was the biggest let down - quinlar used to be my favourite, but im just not a fan of how terribly bryce treats hunt, and that he lets her walk all over him.

hoeab remains the best book in the series, and im sad that i did not enjoy quinlar's relationship as much in this book. you know its rough when your favourite part is a bonus chapter that wasnt even part of the book.

final rating, 3.5 stars ⭐ (im quite harsh with my stars hah) it did make me cry, there were MANY parts i enjoyed, but ultimately it didnt have that Maas magic that usually leaves me unable to put down the book.