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Review: House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City 1)
Text: Marieke Snoeren
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Like a real book lover, I cannot possibly choose a favourite book, however this one is for sure in my top 10. Having close to 800 pages this book looks quite intimidating, but once I started reading I wished I cloud keep turning the pages and never reach the end. Luckily for all of us, the sequel is now out and it is arguably better than the first one. Although I have not yet finished the second book… yet.
I am getting ahead of myself. Let me first tell you what this book is about. We follow the strong female lead named Bryce in her journey to survive in a world where her dearest friends are brutally murdered, under which her best friend Danika. Bryce will do anything to avenge their deaths. Together with Hunt, a fallen angel aka the love interest, she discovers the many secrets Danika kept in order to protect the world and the dark scheme of the Archangel of Crescent City.
Of course, a good book is incomplete without the death of your favourite character. The death of the lazy gossip queen was the beginning of the end. Read: where I started crying.
The world building in this book is absolutely marvellous. Every detail has a purpose, however you only realise that towards the end of the book. The beginning of the book was definitely wearisome, but it was so so so worth it.
For me this book is the perfect example of high fantasy in a modern world with a tiny bit of romance. The book has multiple points of views, but you mainly read Bryce’s. Even though we read from Bryce’s perspective we do not know all her secrets, which makes some reveals even more shocking and heart-breaking. The writing style is easy to read, the perfect balance between humour and solemnity with sentences raging from “Immortality is a long time to have a giant stick up your In summary this book was absolutely incredible. A little hard to get into but 100% worth it.
5/5 stars, 4/5 tears
