House of Earth and Blood
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4.7 • 8.7K Ratings
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Publisher Description
The first book in Sarah J. Maas's #1 bestselling Crescent City series.
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 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom-and the power of love.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The hot-blooded fantasy world of Sarah J. Maas has a new place to play. In the city of Lunathion, a.k.a. Crescent City, magic, technology, and a wide variety of fantastical species live together… and die together. Half-human, half-Fae Bryce is living her best city life, drinking, clubbing, and working in a busy art gallery. Then the party ends to devastating effect when she discovers the bloody remains of her best friend, Danika, and the rest of Danika’s werewolf pack, all brutally slaughtered. When the murders start up again two years later, Bryce partners with fallen angel Hunt Athalar to track down the culprit. But can the still-grieving and fiercely angry Bryce learn to see Hunt less as a pain and more as someone she can trust—or maybe even love? Every string of our emotions was plucked in this epic and twisty blend of romance, fantasy, mystery, and thriller.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
YA author Maas (the Throne of Glass series) makes her adult debut with this electrifying series launch set on a planet plagued by conflict between oppressed humans and upper-class supernaturals. When a demon slaughters wolf-shifter Danika Fendir and her packmates, Danika's best friend, the half-human, half-Fae Bryce Quinlan, turns from carefree party girl to traumatized loner. Bryce's only comfort is knowing that Archangel Micah Domitus and the 33rd Imperial Legion have incarcerated the man who orchestrated the attack: a human with a vendetta against the wolves. But two years later a vampire with connections to Bryce dies the same way Danika did, suggesting the pack's true murderer remains at large. Desperate to discover the truth, Micah conscripts Bryce to dig into Danika's final days, and tasks Hunt Athalar, an indentured Malakim assassin doing penance for his part in a failed rebellion, with protecting her. Despite some murky worldbuilding that occasionally undercuts the intricate plot, Maas delivers a richly imagined tale spiced with snarky humor and smoldering romance between Bryce and Hunt. The villains tend to twirl their mustaches, but Bryce is a realistically flawed heroine with moxie and heart to spare. Maas's adult readers and fans of Charlaine Harris will devour this ambitious, emotionally charged contemporary fantasy.
Customer Reviews
Crescent City
One of my favorites by far. The mystery and the twists and turns. You think you have it figured out and then it slams you with another twist. So so good!
Best Trilogy I’ve Read
Took a minute to catch and understand the character set-up but couldn’t put it down once it got going! This author never disappoints!
Excellent
Excellent, in all regards. Spice is minimal, but not noticeable. Writhing, plot, characters - All the Above = Excellent.