Think Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James - Telegraph
Perfect for fans of Jessica Jones and True Blood, this is a blockbuster modern fantasy set in a divided world where one woman must uncover the truth to seek her revenge.
Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer. But then a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, and brings Bryce's world crashing down.
Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer.
As Bryce and Hunt fight to unravel the mystery, and their own dark pasts, the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents, and down to the deepest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir ...
With unforgettable characters and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom - and the power of love.
3.5 ⭐️
I thought this was going to be a book about a great romance. But I was wrong.
Although I struggled through the first 5 chapters as Maas did a little world building (I’m STILL not sure of the hierarchy of the worlds or what world they’re in), I forged on and finished. It got better. Much better. What I thought was going to be a romance, ended up being a story about an epic friendship and the unbreakable bond that results when you love someone so much it transcends worldly boundaries. It also told the story about the journey of a girl who was desperately seeking to find her place in the world. I’m glad this book wasn’t ruined with cheap sex scenes.
I really liked it.
With an 800+ page book, there was ample time to use the first 5 chapters to form setting in a simplistic way so it didn’t interfere with the story AND give the reader some kind of idea wth was going on. I think that’s the only place this fell short. I’m still perplexed by all of the new terms and classifications of creatures. I’ll tuck that useless information away for now and hope it’s better explained in book #2.
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