Feb 8

Feb 8 House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

About the book

Author: Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury

More info:
The StoryGraph | Goodreads
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My Review

We waited a long time and read/reread a lot of backlist books for this one, fam. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you whether or not all that prep was necessary without spoilers. What I can tell you was regardless, I had a hell of a time reading all this SJM, and I have no regrets.

Some minor complaints: First, all the POV switching was A LOT. I saw a post from someone who did the math and found that she averaged one POV switch every 3.88 pages. In an 800-page book. 🥴 Also, a few of our beloved characters really started to annoy me — that’s all I’ll say here, but bros. Come on.

Still, one thing all SJM readers know is that she writes an exciting ending, and this one was no different. She didn’t give me everything I’d hoped for out of this book, but that’s okay — it was a good finale to this specific trilogy. I’m just glad she’s not done writing books in this universe!

All in all, it was a ridiculously fun ride, and I’ll be preordering whatever comes next.