**prefacing this with an apology: I've been super busy lately and haven't had the chance to write a post about books in a while. FEAR NOT - I am still reading like crazy. It'll take a bit for me to remember how I felt about the books and my posts might be a little short for the interim.**
🤌(PG-13 spice + mega sexual tension)
So I guess Celaena is just out here in Wendlyn now? And she's being trained by hottie Rowan who is ~definitely not~ related to her
...coolcoolcool well he's tatted, tan, and broody so sign me the f*ck up. 🥵 Rowan and Celaena/Aelin start getting to know each other, share their dark twisty stories, and establish that they may or may not be mates?? Enter the Valg, skinwalkers, and several creepy crawly beasts. Including Maeve, who seems like a cocky assh*le frankly. It 🔥warmed🔥my heart (ha get it) when Celaena/Aelin stomped Maeve's cocky ass down and freed Rowan from his blood oath. The tension between Aelin and Rowan has me wiggling in my seat as I'm listening to the audiobook y'all. I am ready to explode.
Dorian and Chaol are trying to hold down the fort while the King is still doing evil sh*t and they start becoming friends with Aedion, who is Aelin's cousin. TBH when SJM introduced Aedion, I was confused. He was sooo obsessed with Aelin it almost made me believe he was incestuously in love with her? Turns out, it's not the case. He is, like Dorian, a slut however. No shame in slutting it out, just calling it how it is.
Speaking of Dorian, he randomly decides he has recognized this healer who has been right in front of him for years?
Get it Sorscha girl. Too bad she doesn't even get to 2nd base before the King goes apesh*t and imprisons Dorian, who gets possessed by a Valg prince.
By the end of the book, Aelin has returned to Rifthold to follow up with Chaol, Arobyn, Dorian, and the King. She's a sneaky little bugger, changing her appearance to look like Arobyn and using fake names.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET (seemingly), Manon Blackbeak enters the scene. Manon is mommy af. The iron teeth, iron nails, cutthroat nature of the Ironteeth witch clans is so f*cking badass. They are recruited by the Duke/King to drive the carefully bred wyverns ahead of whatever war is being planned. And some of the witches are forced to breed 🤮 more valg?
Also, enter sad, depressing Elide Lochan who is just...around. Apparently Manon takes an interest in Elide. Is this some girl power bond? Whatever the case, they team up with Caltain to destroy Morath and let the witches+Elide scape this weird prison they ended up in.
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LISTENNNNNNNNNN I'm a sucker for a HIPAA-compliant healthcare worker. Sorscha is clearly meant for her line of work. But DAMN is she thirsty for Dorian and such a coward!! The whole time I'm listening to the book, I was shouting in frustration just waiting for her to smoosh her face to any part of him! 2/10 because she does good shit and we're thankful for her, but she's boring, docile, and doesn't stand up for her own needs/wants.
Mommy? Sorry. Mommy?? Sorry. Hot DAMN Manon is a firecracker. She is the *it* girl of the ironteeth witches. F*cking ruthless, but by the time Caltain explodes her moral compass is starting to shine through her bloodthirsty exterior. Does her affinity for Abraxos not say it all? I mean, c'mon. Abraxos is a poor abused bb who is out for blood, but is addicted to sniffing wildflowers?! Manon is a softie too, on the inside. Deeeeep deep inside, but still there. 500000/10 LOVE. Cannot wait to see if/when she encounters Aelin.
I don't know why I feel so gross saying this, but 🥵🌶️ I wish Aderlan's whore would show me why he has such a reputation. Actually, I know why it feels gross -- he's a loyal little brother character. But still, Aedion can practice fertilizing me any day. I love his cocky mask he puts on to fly under the radar while maintaining this reputation that keeps him ON the radar at all when it comes to Rifthold's politics. Between that and his reputation as an absolute beast on the battlefield, he's a solid 7/10.
Ex-f*cking-use me??? I'm sorry, my panties have spontaneously evaporated. Hottie, ex-almost-father, dominant, all-knowing, powerful fae male ROWAN *cough*daddy*cough*. He has this wonderful game of push and pull with Celaena/Aelin while they're training that keeps me coming back for more (and her too). Clearly, Rowan and Aelin are meant for each other. And the moment he takes the blood oath for Aelin IN FRONT OF MAEVE!!!! F*ck off. I'm done. Dead. Rowan wins. 10000/10.
10/10 would definitely recommend this one. Heir of Fire is where the TOG series plot starts to ramp up, in my opinion. So many more major characters are introduced, their relationships are progressing, and the diversity in SJM's fictional universe continues expanding. There's flirting, killing, threatening, disappointment, pining, brooding, groveling, GAH. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to see who is going to live/die, develop powers or not!
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