House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)
By: Sarah J. Maas
My Recommendation: 👍👍👍👍👍 - (Out of 5 👍)
In Maas' second installment of the Crescent City series we revisit our half fae half human warrior Bryce Quinlan, her fallen angel Hunt Athalar, and their diverse crew of friends, family, and acquaintances. When we left off at the end of the first book, Bryce had just saved Crescent City from the demons and had discovered that she is starborn. Bryce has grown, she no longer has an unhealthy relationship with drugs and alcohol. Hunt has won his freedom as a slave to the archangels but continues to work and answer to the 33rd and the new Governor assigned to their region. Although the couple are incredibly attracted to one another, they have made a pact to truly get to know each other without chaos pushing at them from all sides. Unfortunately, the rebel faction insists on pulling Bryce and Hunt into their plans to overthrow the Asteri overlords.
Having belonged to many Maas Facebook fan pages over the years I realize that Crescent City #1 was met with mixed reviews. I actually love this series. I think each of her series shows growth in SJM's writing. With this series we are getting a more mature storyline with more mature characters. I applaud Maas for creating such a flawed character in Bryce. The drug and alcohol issues were evident in the first story and although we don't see Bryce battle those demons head on the monster in the room is addressed early in the CC #2's storyline. I love that we get the point of view from many different characters. Bryce and Hunt remain our main story tellers but each of their friends play a key role in the rebel's plan and get to share their perspective
I love, love, love this cover. It is gorgeous. And without giving anything away the ending of this story is remarkable. I had to spend three hours decompressing from what we learn. I very rarely give any book 5 stars/thumbs up, I have to be amazed, and Maas certainly did it with this book.
Here is one of my favorite quotes from the book, words we should all consider in life...
'She had taken the beauty and simplicity of living for granted. How she wished she'd savored it more. Every single moment.' ~Sofie Renast (Sarah J. Maas)
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