House of Earth and Blood: The first book in the SENSATIONAL Crescent City series, from the creator of ACOTAR
Mar 2020 · Crescent City Book 1 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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Maas has established herself as a fantasy fiction titan - Time
Think Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James – Telegraph
Spiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building ... a page-turning delight – Guardian
Sarah J. Maas does not disappoint ... To be devoured with relish – Mail
BOUND BY BLOOD.
TEMPTED BY DESIRE.
UNLEASHED BY DESTINY.
Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party, and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion – also known as Crescent City – has to offer. But when a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, Bryce's world comes crashing down.
Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs – but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer.
As Bryce and Hunt fight to unravel the mystery and their own dark pasts, the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents and down to the deepest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir ...
Perfect for fans of Jessica Jones and True Blood, this is a blockbuster modern fantasy set in a divided world where one woman must uncover the truth to seek her revenge.
With unforgettable characters 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.
Think Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James – Telegraph
Spiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building ... a page-turning delight – Guardian
Sarah J. Maas does not disappoint ... To be devoured with relish – Mail
BOUND BY BLOOD.
TEMPTED BY DESIRE.
UNLEASHED BY DESTINY.
Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party, and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion – also known as Crescent City – has to offer. But when a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, Bryce's world comes crashing down.
Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs – but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer.
As Bryce and Hunt fight to unravel the mystery and their own dark pasts, the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents and down to the deepest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir ...
Perfect for fans of Jessica Jones and True Blood, this is a blockbuster modern fantasy set in a divided world where one woman must uncover the truth to seek her revenge.
With unforgettable characters 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.
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4.8
329 reviews
mel
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May 21, 2020
first few chapters are a giant info dump that leaves your head spinning, paired with a lot of reused plot devices and character traits from her other two series, it ends up feeling like she put them through a novel generator and it gave her Crescent City. Ending also seems very rushed and the final smut scene seemed really out of place and was more of a fanservice than a scene to enrich the story further. But with all of that aside, I did enjoy Bryce as a main character, she had a lot of flaws and facets of her personality that made her feel very relatable and human. I look forward to the next installment to see if SJM improves on the framework of CC and makes it more unique and interesting.
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Clementine Cash
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April 2, 2020
Loved it. Thw story overall was good. But tbh i actually skipped the sex scenes cause i just wanted to get back to the story. Im all for a bit of romance but dont through a sex scene in when its getting good.
shae Quinn
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March 10, 2020
Make your next book less about politics it's getting old Stick too the fantasy genre and leave the politics sexism and rasicm from the real worth out of it.
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Sarah J. Maas is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Crescent City, Court of Thorns and Roses and Throne of Glass series. Her books have sold millions of copies and are published in thirty-eight languages. She lives in California with her family.
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