by Sarah J. Maas
I was so excited to jump back into the story of Bryce and Hunt. After House of Earth and Blood I was left satisfied but with a powerful need for more. How will the second installment of Crescent City stack up? Let’s find out!
(This is a sequel, probably, no, most definitely, don’t read this it if you haven’t read book 1.)
Read if you like: adult high fantasy combined with urban fantasy, strong side characters,
*roll the R* rrr-romance, lovely character development, strong yet emotionally intelligent men, and a leading lady who can kick butt or charm the pants off, ya!
Bryce and Hunt are back. Well, I guess they are where we left them, we’re just back with them! Although they have been ordered to lie low and stick with the status quo, there’s trouble afoot, and our daring duo aren’t ones to sit on the sidelines. When rebel activities show up on their radar they have to decide if they should help. Bryce is once again leading with her heart and trying to do the right thing in the middle of a situation where others are only looking to get the upper hand for their side of the cause.
Hunt is reluctant. His personal experience with rebellion has left haunting scars and untapped trauma. And the last thing he wants is to see the people he cares about in a similar situation. Ruhn, Tharion, Fury, Ithan, and all the rest find themselves securely in the middle of the action and we get to delve into their lives and roles in the developing war and fight for freedom in Crescent City and all of Midgard.
It took me two whole weeks to be able to write this review without my brain defaulting to: WHAAAAAAT?!
In the last section of the book, I screamed three times. I literally could not even. LIT-ER-AL-LY!
But let’s go back to the beginning. We get a prologue that jolts us out of Crescent City and sets us up for the action in the rest of the book. When we return to Bryce and Hunt, we are slowly reintroduced to the couple and their new lives with their friends and family. Things are good, maybe a little too good, and that makes everyone nervous. But before they can try to convince each other that good is actually good, a whole lot of bad gets dumped into their laps. So, it’s back to scheming and hoping they don't all die. The side characters are amazing and their stories truly get to shine. Ruhn, Tharion, Ithan, Hypaxia, and a new arrival or a few take the main focus throughout the story and I’ve never been happier to get more people on the page.
AND Bryce and Hunt finally get together, if you know what I mean. 😉 And our spicy dreams are made reality… er, fictionally… in print.
Basically, I said I wanted it all, and I got it… plus a lot I wasn’t ready for… Ohh, that last chapter… the epilogue… House of Sky and Breath was amazing. There is so much to come I cannot wait until we get the next book, and once again visit our friends in Crescent City.
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