House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, 1)

I am both extremely bummed that this wasn't my last read of 2021, and immensely grateful that it was my first finished book of 2022. Review to come!

Holy moly this book you guys. It's so good. SJM has an unparreled ability and talent for world building and character depth. There was a lot of info at the beginning that was hard to get through but once the story picked up, oh boy. It kept me on my toes. I was questioning everything I knew almost every step of the way. Highly recommend!

This was such a fantastic read. The world building was next level, and I know a lot of people don't like that but further into the book you can see why it is necessary. I was hooked and while some of the chapters are a bit slower than others, again, once you get further in and to the end it really was necessary to the overall story. The last 200 of the book had me in a choke hold, and had so many satisfying plot twists.

A little slow at first but once I got into it, I couldn't put it down.

The beginning of this book felt a little long, but after reading the entire series, I realized how important it was. Bryce is truly one of my favorite protagonists of all time. The ending of this book is crazy