But for now, the first ¾ of the story was about 3.5 stars, and the last ¼ of the story was 5 stars. Who knows, maybe when I re-read this one, I’ll have a different opinion. I haven’t slept well in a week, and it’s all because of this book!īut that’s all I can say about that without spoiling anything. I had to zone out for a while in shock after finishing this book. She tied so many details and plot points together, it was actually insane.

While I did enjoy Ithan’s POV, the only secondary character I really connected with was Ruhn! He’s such a good character, and I’m excited to see how he progresses in the next book, too. I also really enjoyed the funny scenes in this book.Īlso, as Maas teased, THE ENDING. And I missed the focus being on Bryce and Hunt. I found myself not caring about Tharion’s POV at all (sorry, Tharion). Maas focuses especially on Ruhn, Bryce’s brother Tharion, a mer and Ithan, Connor’s little brother. My only complaint is that, while still plenty jaw-dropping, the ending lacked all the feels I got from Bryce killing Micah, destroying demons single-handedly, and making the Drop with Danika’s ghost. While HOEAB focuses primarily on the two main characters, Bryce and Hunt, HOSAB bounces around more between the side characters. House of Sky and Breath is more riveting and immersive than the first. One of the sex scenes had some information that 100% should have been left out, because it took me out of the scene and was frankly unnecessary and unsexy. I think House of Sky and Breath suffers a little bit from second book syndrome in that I can tell everything in this book is setting up big events to happen in the next one. I know the book world was hyped about the release of the sequel, House of Sky and Breath, but you can bet I was hyped about it, too! I know my initial review of it on here was a little bit critical, but I’ve re-read it multiple times now, and it gets better every time, and just hits me right in the feels!

The first book in the Crescent City series, House of Earth and Blood, is my all-time favorite Sarah J.

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