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4.45 AVERAGE
4.45 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
The number of times my jaw dropped while reading this. Bryce, congrats you are now one of my top bitches ily
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The ending had me super weepy - all the friends and love I was crying. Stayed up way too late to finish this lol
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is an ambitious dive into urban fantasy, mixing angels, fae, demons, shifters, and more into a sprawling, modern city setting. At its heart, though, the story follows Bryce Quinlan, a half-fae party girl whose world is shattered after a brutal murder. Years later, she’s thrown into an investigation that could unravel the city itself, and she’s paired with Hunt Athalar, a brooding fallen angel who has as many secrets as he does scars. Together, they face conspiracies, monsters, and the darker truths of their world.
I’ll admit I got a little "lost in the sauce" with this one. The sheer density of worldbuilding, politics, and mythologies left me still not quite sure how the outer world functions. Despite that, I found myself enjoying the ride, the mix of gritty crime procedural and high fantasy drama is unique, and Bryce’s emotional journey kept me invested.
Hunt, on the other hand, tested my patience. His brooding and sometimes frustrating behavior dragged down parts of the story for me. And compared to "ACOTAR" and "Throne of Glass", the mash-up of so many mythologies in this urban setting was a bit jarring and it took me a while to adjust to Maas’s shift in style and scope.
Still, even with its chaos, "Crescent City" has heart. It’s a story about grief, friendship, resilience, and finding strength in unexpected places. While not as immediately sweeping as Maas’s other series, it offers a bold new corner of her imagination that, for all its messiness, kept me turning the pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Violence, Suicide attempt, War
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Drug use
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An incredible read, a page turner, a tear jerker, etc. I just have such a soft spot for this book.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
100% guilty pleasure read to escape whatever present-day hellscape I find myself slogging through, but just barely. Getaway features: A spunky FMC with a secret, a hot guardian-type with wings, warring paranormal politics, a solid story line to keeps a reader's interest, and enough ✨🌶️✨ to ENSURE that interest. Solid mental vacay.
If this was Dick Clark's American Bandstand "Rate-a-Record" segment but for Sarah Maas and Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood, I'd say it this way:
"It's and got a good beat, Dick, and you can dance to it."
If this was Dick Clark's American Bandstand "Rate-a-Record" segment but for Sarah Maas and Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood, I'd say it this way:
"It's and got a good beat, Dick, and you can dance to it."