The Jasad Heir

Well. That was a wild ride.

I found this book in a video where someone said that the first person to recommend Fourth Wing had also recommended this book, so I quickly added it and went on. When I wanted to look for books to read this December, I remember being really exited to start it so put it on my list. When starting it I didn't feel that exited anymore, and especially after reading the first 9%. It left me confused and kinda bored, but that quickly changed.

I absolutely loved the twists, the relationships, the memories and everything that came after those first 9%. It felt like I flew through it. It felt like one chapter took 3 minutes, while in fact I had already been reading for more then an hour.

Keeping in mind that this is a slow burn and I usually HATE slow burns, this was absolutely amazing. It took 90% to get to the small section of romance in this book, but I didn't hate to wait for it. Usually I feel like the romance should not take that long to make an appearance, but I absolutely loved it in this book.

The only thing I didn't like here was the fact that, even after those initial first 9%, I still had a lot of moments where is was confused. Might be because I'm not natively English and was to stubborn to Google half of the words, but the some parts of the plot where slightly confusing sometimestoo.

My mind is all over the place right now, so this is a rant review for now, might change it later.

~4.5⭐️

I loved these characters and their story!

RTC

Happy publication day!

The Jasad Heir is a Egyptian inspired fantasy novel. This book is full of political intrigue, interesting characters, wrapped with a vaste worldbuing.

Although I enjoyed Sara Hashem writing style, I've found the pace a bit slow and the story too long. The Jasad Heir, as other recent fantasy books, feels mostly as a set up for a second book, lacking something to make it shine on its own.

The FMC and MMC interactions are great and strongly help carry the book. Thought the romance is not a central issue, it was my favorite part as I believe it might have been the first time I've read a true enemies to lovers. I couldn't believe it would happen and I think it was brilliantly done.

The ending was thrilling and I feel the next books should be promising.

Read this if you like fantasy and enjoy:
- political intrigue
- found family
- fugitive queen
- trials
- forbidden romance
- enemies to lovers
- “who did this to you?”

I would like to thank Orbit and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.