House of Earth and Blood
core novel 2020 Crescent City
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.45 (1,321,314 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 803 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781635574043 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
House of Earth and Blood, the first book in Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series, follows Bryce Quinlan, a half-fae, half-human woman on the world of Midgard, living a life divided between demanding work and enthusiastic partying in the city of Lunathion, known to its residents as Crescent City. Bryce's life is upended when a demon murders her closest friends, and although a suspect is soon imprisoned for the crime, further killings in the same style continue to occur, leaving Bryce convinced that the truth has not yet been uncovered. Determined to find real answers, she partners with Hunt Athalar, a fallen angel bound in service to the ruling Archangels, and together they are drawn into the city's criminal underworld in search of whoever, or whatever, is truly responsible, uncovering secrets that threaten everything Bryce thought she knew about her home.
Where it sits
- Universe: Crescent City
- Series: Crescent City core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sarah J. Maas
Awards (verified)
- Readers' Choice Award (Best Fantasy), 2020: won; Confirmed via the award body's own winners-announcement blog post.
Notes
- From the series record (Crescent City): A 4th volume has been confirmed by the author as planned, with no title or release date announced as of 2026-08-07 -- isn't counted here yet.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Crescent City: position 1 of 3: next House of Sky and Breath (2022)
Sources
- Wikipedia -- Crescent City (novel series)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Earth_and_Blood
- https://sarahjmaas.com/books/house-of-earth-and-blood/
- Readers' Choice Awards 2020 winners announcement
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