House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City Book 3)

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although... i feel like this was dull in a way that the next book would get good and exciting again since the stakes are higher now. but who knows, we’ll probably have to wait another two years to find out. should i quit while im ahead? Bryce & Hunt will be “very satisfied” sexually. (She said in a previous livestream it will rival the smut amount/steam level in ACOSF!)

The characters were mostly good still. But…it was very male-centred for most of the book. I would’ve liked to see Bryce interacting with Fury and Juniper more. And at some points, the men’s personalities all just kind of blended together. you’d think after more than 10 books she would improve her writing style but nope. in this books she used almost word for word sentences from acomaf 😭 please she’s plagiarizing her own series 💀💀 I think Bryce is going to see the painting of Nesta holding the line, or the painting of Azriel, Cassian, and Rhysand at the monolith and they will figure out at that point that Ramiel has a gate.spoiler) i had guessed that Day was Lidia, but that last chapter i really did not see coming. when i said “i needed SJM to pull a Rhysand,” i didnt mean LITERALLY. 💀 does that mean Bryce is in Velaris now? While I was pretty sure that the small connections the SJM fandom have made over the past few years were just easter eggs from the author, it wasn’t until I got into this book that I actually started giving merit to a full crossover between the Throne of Glass Series, A Court of Thorns and Roses Series, and Crescent City crossovers. I saw part of the ending spoilers before the book was released, but it honestly didn’t even matter or take away from the ending as a whole. There were a million other things happening that were just as insane.

Bryce & Hunt seriously? am i the only one who couldnt feel the connection/passion between them? theyre better off as friends. also, the smut. from none (book 1) to... how many scenes in this book? idk what to say. and they werent that titillating either. The publisher synopsis said: “Hunt is trapped in a dungeon, stripped of freedom and without a clue as to Bryce’s fate. With House of Flame and Shadow, the Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt’s world is brought to the brink of collapse – with its fate resting on their shoulders.” Update 21 march 2023: 🥲🥲🥲 yessssss IT'S PURPLE AND IT'S HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW. I called it(actually so many people called it😅) and if we get rhun on the front cover, my soul would leave this world LOL. It should make sense because,Ruhn and Lidia are obviously mates. Because duh. (Also, I totally called her being Agent Daybright. I knew right from chapter one that Lidia would be a good guy when she threw Sofie into the water.) But anyway, she might have some connection to Aelin???? I just get a vibe from her. I am a little disappointed though that Aidas was not more present in this book. I really like him, and I think he has the potential to be a truly complex and interesting morally grey character, but we haven't seen enough of him to really know what he is up to and where he stands in the conflict that is to come. Then there’s the added POVs. Tharion’s was so repetitive and most of his scenes could have EASILY been cut with zero consequence to anything, both in terms of his character and the plot. Ithan’s POV also could have been chopped in a lot of parts. one of the male characters (who calls her Legs) says at one point, “it’s bryce. everyone has a thing for her.” However, recently Sarah J Maas made a statement along the lines of a new Crescent City book coming before the new ACOTAR book and it has a lot of fans reeling wondering what’s going to happen. We also have a possible release date for this book sometime in 2023.

but...the smirking, hissing, giggling, and purring that amounts in this sequel? "GEEJUS CHRYSLER. NO. MORE. IM BEGGING, PURRING," SMIRKING AS IM TYPING THIS OUT...... Ithan jerked his own chin toward the doorway again. "Wait to have your meltdown until after you meet the fourth new roommate." now as for the whole "ACOTAR characters meets CC characters", I know that Bryce will have a brief time in prythian, and since we already know that Sjm gave the acotar characters their own arc, we don't need to have them as much in here. since this will be the finale, and Sara has the whole crossover+ arc for many other characters in CC that we were introduced there's no point to have a sort of "avengers assemble" on all the characters. too many slow-too much talking and banter-and nothing happens-parts but when the good parts hit, THEY HIT. The ending. The ENDING. The whole reason I needed to really take time to think about everything in this book. Because what a disaster. I’m gonna go into spoilers for the ending for the next two paragraphs so skip if you don’t want that!!

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ruhn and agent daybright had no chemistry... their relationship development shifted from professional to iN lOvE way too fast Update july 19: OK LISTEN, I'm legit sad and dissapointed that my baby Rhun and purple color is not there( Not because Mrs Mass just clowned the hell outta me, no lol🤡🤡) seriously she really decieved us.