Sarah J Maas
Published By: Bloomsbury
Publication Date: March 3, 2020
Date Read: March 26, 2020
Genre: Adult - Fantasy
Source: Bought
Format: Hardback
Pages: 803
From Goodreads:
Bound by blood.
Tempted by desire.
Unleashed by destiny.
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 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom—and the power of love.
"I would rather die like her than watch innocents die while I'm sitting here."
I have been a huge fan of Sarah J Maas since she released her debut, Throne of Glass. I have since read and loved every single one of her books so you can imagine my utter excitement to get my hands on her very first adult fantasy novel. House of Earth and Blood was most definitely my most anticipated release of 2020 and I wasn't disappointed at all. What an absolute gem of a book this is.
House of Earth and Blood has everything you could possibly want in a fantasy novel. You have witches, angels, fallen angels, shifters, fae... you name it, it is in this novel. Sarah J Maas has weaved an incredibly complex world filled with so many of these creatures... but wrote in a totally new and fresh way. I can't even count how many books I've read in the past with these types of creatures but I felt like I was hearing about them for the very first time while I was reading this book. It's fresh, new and completely unique.
As with the majority of fantasy books it took me a while to get into it. In the first few chapters there's a lot of information for you to digest but after a few chapters something happens that completely grabbed me. I'll be honest before this happened, I was struggling a bit with the book. It was incredibly slow to start but it was so worth persevering because what was to come was completely epic! We follow this story through Bryce's eyes and she is such a complex character and I truly loved her. She has been through such awful things in her life and I felt absolutely everything along with her. To me this is the sign of a phenomenal storyteller. If I can feel everything along with the characters then they have done their job perfectly. I felt everything while reading this book. I was heartbroken and then happy, and then heartbroken again. It was definitely an emotional rollercoaster ride.
House of Earth and Blood was the perfect start to a epic series. I truly loved this book and while it's not my favourite book of Sarah J Maas' it certainly has the potential to become my favourite series of hers with the future books. From her other series I have found that her books later in the series are often my favourites. I did feel like House of Earth and Blood maybe didn't need to be quite as long as it was. At 800 pages, it's a huge book for the first in a series and I do think some of it could have probably been cut out without losing the effectiveness of this story but I did still love it and I can't wait for book two... I just know it's going to be phenomenal!
"That's the point of it, Bryce. Of life. To live, to love, knowing that it might all vanish tomorrow. It makes everything that much more precious."
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