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My conflicted thoughts about SJM continue to be conflicted.

House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1) by Sarah J. Maas

March 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’ve gotta say, this is related and unrelated to this book, I’ve been seeing quite a few status updates on Goodreads (the vast majority from people I don’t follow) expressing pretty negative and dismissive opinions about romance and people who read romance that seem borderline misogynistic to me. There’s an attitude there that because they don’t read romance or fantasy romance (or whatever romance) they are better, smarter, more elevated than those who do. This is bullshit, and it is unkind. I would highly suggest […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Crescent City, House of Earth and Blood, sarah j maas, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Crescent City, House of Earth and Blood, sarah j maas, Urban Fantasy ·
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Sarah J. Maas – now with a whole lot of supernatural creatures and more swearing

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

July 8, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR12 Bingo: Red Official book description: Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. By day, she works for an antiquities dealer, selling barely legal magical artifacts, and by night, she parties with her friends, savoring every pleasure Lunathion—otherwise known as Crescent City— has to offer. But it all comes crumbling down when a ruthless murder shakes the very foundations of the city—and Bryce’s world. Two years later, her job has become a dead end, and she now seeks only blissful oblivion in the city’s most […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: angels, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Crescent City, demons, elves, House of Earth and Blood, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Red, romantic, sarah j maas, shapeshifters, vampires, werewolves

Malin's CBR12 Review No:38 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: angels, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Crescent City, demons, elves, House of Earth and Blood, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Red, romantic, sarah j maas, shapeshifters, vampires, werewolves ·
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