![]() ![]() The book, an original fantasy – unlike Maas’s earlier work, which was inspired by fairy tales – blends structural elements of several genres: the twisty plotting of a mystery novel, the predictable arc and heat of a romance novel, the breathless emotional stakes of YA. ![]() Multiple narrators explicate, in excruciating detail, the 25th year of Bryce Quinlan, a half-human, half-fae young woman with an exceptional life and destiny. This hefty novel introduces the reader to the city of Lunathion (AKA Crescent City), on the planet of Midgard, where humans and the Vanir (supernatural creatures: angels, shifters, the fae, etc.) live uneasily together. Whether doing so is beside the point or not, though, my job here is to assess the merits of House of Earth and Blood. It will sell millions, it will make readers happy, and Maas will write more books. ![]() Her fans are wild for her work, loyal and loving in a way authors dream about, so the quality of House of Earth and Blood, the first of her Crescent City books – a series for adults – is almost irrelevant, as far as the publishing industry goes. Her YA novels, including A Court of Thorns and Roses and Throne of Glass, have sold millions of copies and made her a New York Times bestselling author many times over. ![]() Maas’s sales numbers make for a reputation that precedes her. ![]()
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