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House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
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did not like it
bookshelves: urban-fantasy, published-2020, new-adult, read-2021, did-not-finish

I didn't expect earth shattering literature but I expected to be entertained. I did 240 pages of this, then went and googled a summary. Even the summary couldn't really keep my attention. I kept stopping and going "who? Who is this?"

Who killed her best friend? Idk it's like Clue. 5 different answers.

Look, I love crazy books. I love Urban Fantasy. I even loved ACOTAR. But this is beyond boring. It hits every issue I have with people assuming they can just info-dump world building and expect me to care. The only person I kind of cared about was Connor, and I knew he would die because Hunt is the love interest. I was hiking whilst listening to the audiobook, because I expected a SJM audiobook to HOLD MY ATTENTION FOR 27.75 HOURS. Oh I got distracted on this point. It didn't hold my interest. It actually is one of the reasons I decided to end my hike early. I'm not hard to please. I can walk for hours with a good audiobook.

Also any review telling me the first 600 pages aren't great but the last 200 are worth it triggered my flight response before I even started. So maybe that's part of the issue. Thanks Dark Crown book name I can't remember.


Honestly, I expected the "might be an assassin roommate/friend" to have been the killer. I think it that had been the case I would have at least given it another 100 pages.

ALSO LIKE. Her brother lowkey definitely wants to fuck her right?
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Reading Progress

Finished Reading
May 29, 2019 – Shelved
May 29, 2019 – Shelved as: long-term-to-read
May 29, 2019 – Shelved as: urban-fantasy
May 29, 2019 – Shelved as: published-2020
May 29, 2019 – Shelved as: new-adult
January 4, 2021 –
page 73
9.09%
January 5, 2021 –
page 196
24.41% "Oh my God this book is boring"
January 5, 2021 –
page 240
29.89% "I quit"
January 5, 2021 – Shelved as: read-2021
January 5, 2021 – Shelved as: did-not-finish
January 5, 2021 – Shelved as: did-not-finish

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Renata you right


Meghan Renata wrote: "you right"

If you end up reading the sequel, please let me know how it is/summary of what happens/who the "real soulmate" of the MC is please!


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Dawn Higgins-King I'm having an awful time with it!


Meghan Dawn wrote: "I'm having an awful time with it!"

DNF it. There's not enough time in the world to read books you don't like!


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