Fire Breathing Book Queen: Official Review: House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City Book 1) 🌟🌟🌟🌟

House of Earth and Blood

By: Sarah J. Maas

Crescent City Book 1

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About this book:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas launches her brand-new CRESCENT CITY series with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.

Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths.

Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

As Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City's underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion-one that could set them both free, if they'd only let it.

With unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom-and the power of love.

"Through love, all is possible." --Remember this quote & honestly a lot of us might start to live by it too.

Have you ever had a book that you just knew, the expectations were too high for an author to reach? Well Sarah, you came pretty damn close. I’m a Maas head through and through. I’d read her books even if they were crap. I'm not going to lie; this book was a struggle to get into. I wasn't in the mood to try to read a new series. I wanted the next ACoTaR book. I wanted to stay on my romance novel kick. This whole book seemed daunting & I didn't think it'd live up to the hype that is Sarah. I started it the day it came out and got stuck on chapter 3 for almost two months.

I knew I needed to buckle up and get down to business with this book. So, I told myself I needed to grow up & get into this adult novel. I’m a very much a YA genre, but I was going to get through this book. Get past all the minute details and background information. I could do it. And I’m SO glad I did. I ended up loving characters who died and it hurt...badly. I loved Bryce so much. I LOVED that it wasn't all about a super magically gifted girl. No, Bryce used guns & knives and was straight bad a**. Hunt was an unexpected joy to read about. He’s no Rhys but he will be someone I compare other male leads too. Ruhn is going to be a fav and I’ll forever wish to get a side story for him. The last half of this book blew me out of the water. I saw a few of the twists coming but man did I enjoy the ride. I can’t wait to see what happens next with this series.

Anyway, go ahead and dive into this book. But please go into it with an open mind and 0 expectations. I wish I had because I might've finished it sooner, but since there's no word on book 2 anytime soon... so, I'm not overly sad it took me awhile. BUT, I'll probably re-read it before this year is over. Plus, this pandemic gives me plenty of time to read books.