{"id":4837,"date":"2020-03-30T17:59:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T00:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=4837"},"modified":"2020-03-30T17:59:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T00:59:52","slug":"review-house-of-earth-and-blood-sarah-j-maas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/03\/30\/review-house-of-earth-and-blood-sarah-j-maas\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: House of Earth and Blood &#8211; Sarah J. Maas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/44778083.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: House of Earth and Blood &#8211; Sarah J. Maas\" title=\"Review: House of Earth and Blood &#8211; Sarah J. Maas\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>House of Earth and Blood<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/sarah-j-maas\/\">Sarah J. Maas<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/series\/crescent-city\/\">Crescent City #1<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/bloomsbury-publishing\/\">Bloomsbury Publishing<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> March 3, 2020 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 803 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/library\/\">Library<\/a> <br><br>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b>Bound by blood.<br \/>\nTempted by desire.<br \/>\nUnleashed by destiny.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life\u2014working hard all day and partying all night\u2014until 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\u2019ll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2014to assassinate his boss\u2019s enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he\u2019s offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.<\/p>\n<p>As Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City\u2019s underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion\u2014one that could set them both free, if they\u2019d only let it.<\/p>\n<p>With unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 <i>New York Times<\/i> bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom\u2014and the power of love.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1635574048\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/house-of-earth-and-blood\/id1487786913?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/house-of-earth-and-blood-sarah-j-maas\/1131130550?ean=9781635574043&st=AFF&2sid=Goodreads,%20Inc_2227948_NA&sourceId=AFFGoodreads,%20Inc\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/house-of-earth-and-blood-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kobo.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Kobo\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781635574043\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/44778083-house-of-earth-and-blood\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/4stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0003_4-stars.png?fit=80%2C100\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"4 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/fantasy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0011_fantasy.png?fit=80%2C100\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"fantasy icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/m-f\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/categories_0003_m_f-copy.png?fit=80%2C101\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"m\/f\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/romance\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"82\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0017_romance.png?fit=82%2C100\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"romance icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/werewolves\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/categories_0003_werewolves-copy.png?fit=121%2C101\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"werewolves\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2020-03-31T00:59:19+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nContent warnings: \\r\\n\\u201cDespite his suspicions, Hunt had the creeping feeling that this assignment was either going to be a fuck-ton of fun or a nightmare.\\u201d\\r\\nThat quote? 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Given that I had mixed feelings over SJM\u2019s last two books, I went into this behemoth (1109?!? pages on my ereader) with quite a bit of trepidation. But once you get past the first eight chapters, this is some pretty solid old school SJM, complete with lots of freckled golden skin and too many instances of the word \u201cmale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryce reminds me most of an Urban Fantasy AU Aelin, which is not a bad thing.\u00a0Bryce, to put it bluntly, is a party girl, mostly content with just putting in her hours at work and then partying with her friends. And if her friends are all wildly more successful than her (her roommate&#8217;s famous and poised to take over the shifter pack, and her other two best friends are a ballerina and probably-an-assassin), well, that&#8217;s because she&#8217;s half-human and they&#8217;re not. All of that changes rather abruptly one night, and Bryce is left to pick up the pieces. And that\u2019s just the first eight chapters\u2026. the rest of the book is a murder mystery complete with political shenanigans and lots of breaks to take selfies.<\/p>\n<p>The world building is both too much and not enough. Crash course? There are four Houses comprised of various beings known as Vanir, which include (deep breath) sprites, angels, shifters, merpeople, witches, and Fae. All of it is ruled over by star-beings known as the Asteri, and at the bottom of the heap is, as usual, the humans. There\u2019s some vaguely Judeo-Christian mythology (Fallen angels who attempt to overturn the Asteri, demons from \u201cHel\u201d) and the angel legions are vaguely Roman, even down to using crucifixion as a punishment. There\u2019s a lot of time (and pages, so many pages) spent setting all this up, and it still somehow ends up being confusing and never quite gels. It\u2019s all packaged up in a sort of magical urban fantasy complete with cellphones, night clubs and pizza.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it <em>exhausting<\/em> to be an alphahole all the time? Do you guys have a handbook for it? Maybe secret support groups?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was particularly amused by a conversation between Bryce and Hunt about \u201calphaholes\u201d &#8211; a pretty well-known trope in romance circles &#8211; and watching Hunt subvert that stereotype. Am I completely sold on the relationship between them? I\u2019m not sure. Like any romance, there\u2019s a dark moment &#8211; where something happens that makes the two characters question their relationship &#8211; and in this case, it\u2019s a doozy. I certainly didn\u2019t feel like the character in the wrong groveled enough. Plus, this is SJM, and her MO seems to be setting up one ship and then torpedoing the *@#$ out of it later on. I was much more invested in Bryce and Danika\u2019s friendship, honestly, and her messed up relationship with Ruhn.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Aedion &#8211; I mean Ruhn\u2026. There\u2019s a lot that feels very reminiscent of her two previous series in terms of characters and plot developments\u2026 even the one sex scene. I can\u2019t really complain too much about that, though, as it does read as a sort of \u201cbest of\u201d of those series, though I really wish the disordered-eating-as-grief thing hadn\u2019t made another appearance. It did make some of the twists not as surprising. I mean, if you\u2019ve read SJM before, by halfway through you know exactly what\u2019s coming. Also, this book is long. It\u2019s really, really, really long, and the pacing in the middle suffers as a result. Even at the beginning, getting through those first 8-10 chapters is\u2026 not for the faint of heart, and I bounced hard off both the pre-release excerpt (those first seven chapters) and the actual finished book several times before I managed to actually make some headway. Once it finally clicked, though, I was firmly hooked and couldn\u2019t put the book down.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, despite its flaws, I still enjoyed the book, the developing relationship between Bryce and Hunt and the multitude of side characters.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4842 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vacuum.gif?resize=500%2C280\" alt=\"50s housewife vacuuming\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My take-aways: I will forever be thinking about Jelly Jubilee and Bryce vacuuming.<br \/>\nAlso, SJM? 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