Review: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

*Warning: This review may contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Publisher:  Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Release Date: September 2, 2014 

Pages: 565

Source: Hardcover 

THE STORY:

Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak-but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could change her life-and her future-forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner demons, but to take on the evil that is about to be unleashed? 

BUY LINKS: Goodreads

RATING: 

ONE-WORD REVIEW: HEARTBREAKING

OPENING LINE:

Gods, it was boiling in this useless excuse for a kingdom.

REVIEW:

The most interesting thing about this book was Mannon and her dragon. Mannon was such a badass and her cinnamon roll dragon that loves sniffing flowers. *squeal* I lived for her POV chapters.

“𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓎 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 - 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝓇𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈.”

As for Caelana, she was easier to bear because I really couldn’t stand her in the first two books. She honestly grated on my nerves. But In book 3 she was broken down and needed to build herself back up. I was able to sympathize with her more which helped me barrel through the story. Have to say though, all of the POVs reminded me why I hate multiple POVs—it was so distracting.

“𝐵𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉," 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽. "𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎.”

Rowan was a major prick. And not in the fun way …

Chaol was absolutely useless! Someone, please remind me why and how is he the Captain of the Guard.

Dorian is a cinnamon roll with cool ass powers o hope to see put to good use. But I’m terrified to see how long he’ll hold out against that monster collar and what’ll happen when he can’t any longer …

“𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sarah J. Maas is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Crescent City, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and the Throne of Glass series. Her books have sold more than twelve million copies and are published in thirty-seven languages. A New York native, Sarah lives in Philadelphia with her husband, son, and dog. To find out more, visit sarahjmaas.com or follow @therealsjmaas on Instagram. 

Happy Reading!