Characters you may have questioned at the beginning (I wasn’t sure I liked Bryce at the start) become more human. It feels natural - and the length of the book certainly helps. Sarah J Maas’ writing is so smooth that you can feel the characters improving, changing, as you read. From the snarky, rude, potty-mouthed Bryce at the beginning of the novel, to the Bryce we see at the end…that is some impressive character development. Our main characters are fierce, strong, flawed and vulnerable. Am I somewhat disappointed it took this turn? Maybe.Īnd yet I still ended up loving the book.
It is an action-packed, bloody, epic fantasy. There is violence, death, slavery, and more. It is the cruelty of the characters, of the world, that launches it out of YA. The plot doesn’t lend itself to a particularly adult audience.
I’m a little disappointed that this is the way Maas chose to up the age bracket for her new series, but luckily it isn’t the only way. This book is not suitable for those under 18. Maas books, but has ratcheted up the swearing and sex scenes. House of Earth and Blood follows a familiar theme to other Sarah J. I wondered, and part of me still wonders, if the shift from a young adult to an adult audience was a bit of a struggle for Maas. It made me apprehensive for the rest of the book but, thankfully, it died down. I found it very difficult to get involved in the story because I was jarred what felt like every four sentences with another expletive.
Starting the book, I was a little thrown off by the amount of swearing.
I was excited to see how Crescent City would match up to her other series, Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses. But as Bryce fights to uncover the truth - and resist her attraction to the brooding angel who shadows her every step - she finds herself following a trail that leads deep into her own dark past.Īs no doubt many of you will know by now, I am a huge Sarah J. They assign an enslaved fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, to make sure she does. Two years later, when the supposed killer is behind bars but the crimes start up again, the city’s leaders command Bryce to help investigate. Maas’ first novel for adults, and as such contains language and scenes not suitable for those under 18.īryce Quinlan used to light up Crescent City, partying all night in the clubs where the strict classes of angel, shifter, human and Fae merge into a sea of beautiful bodies.Īnd then a demon murdered her closest friends.
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