While I was definitely interested in what I was reading I felt as if there was too much information being thrown at the readers at once. I felt as if perhaps there was a prequel I had missed where things were slowly introduced which would make reading this excerpt easier.

Holy snap. I wasn’t that excited for Crescent City, but after that excerpt I read from @netgalley, I kind of need it. Now. The end of the excerpt got so good! I need to know what happened.

Initial thoughts of the beginning of this book:
* I didn’t expect this to be a magical realism type novel. It’s already quite different than her other two series. I love the diverse cast of characters. So many different kinds of creatures all living together in a modern world.
* I don’t see the need to have the f word on nearly every page. Just because it’s an adult novel doesn’t mean the text needs to be saturated with f-bombs.
* If the beginning is already this heartbreaking, what is the rest of the novel going to be like? My heart feels for Bryce and the other characters. I now have this intense desire to know what happens.

I'm so excited for the rest of this book!! 5 chapters just isnt enough to hold me over. Her writing has always blown me away, she has an incredible ability to build these worlds that completely pull you in. I've already preordered my copy!!

So far this book is mazing! I can't wait to read the rest of it! I love Sarah J. Maas so very much! Everything she writes is incredible!

If you like other titles from Sarah J Mass this another great story. This has many laments from other stories she has told with angel’s, wolfs and many other creatures. From what I read it sounds like the main character goes though some hard times. This has definitely made me really excited for the full book to find out more on the characters and seeing where this story will go.

So excited to read HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD on March 3rd! This preview looks so promising. Sarah J. Maas is the queen of complex world-building and action-packed stories. Can't wait.

Well I can tell from the first fave characters that SJm has done it again. This one is going to be hell of a ride already. Bryce already seem like a character that I get root for and will be up there with Aelin and Feyre. The world building in just this first five chapters is already interesting and complex. I had to take notes already to digest what was going on. I saw that cliffhanger coming since a certain character was getting so much background information quickly. So I knew some shit was about to happen. I can't wait to read the rest March 3rd.

Omgosh I could not believe that i was able to read some of this book. Now I have to wait for the real date to read the whole book!
I love this author and have read her ACOTAR and TOG series. I couldn't put those down and I wasnt able to read this one fast enough.
I want to keep reading and find out all about the characters.
This was a whole new world to be introduced to with werewolves, angels, elves, etc. The first pages were building up the story but than after the setting has been set you are off on an adventure...only for me to have wait!
I can not wait to get a hold of this book.
I was provided an excerpt from netgalley and the publisher for my honest review.

A promising beginning from a voice who is honored among young (and older) readers. Can’t wait to read more.

Such a tease. I cannot wait to read the whole book soon. I want to know what happens from here. Maas is one of my favorite YA authors. I own all her books. They are always a lot of fun. The beginning is filled with lots of info which will take a while to get used to but I know I’m going to love it! I love that so many YA authors are expanding to adult books but not losing their own style.

House of Earth And Blood
Oh My ! OH OH OH MY ! How fast can I get my hands on this book ?!?!?! What a start to an amazing new world, filled with shifters, fairies, werewolves, angels, elves, humans and ? I meet a section of this world in the excerpt I read of wolves and their friends from other species. There was a lot of new world stuff to absorb in the first couple chapters, this is an all new world. It felt a touch slow I just wanted to see what would happen, yeh I’m impatient. Then it started moving fast, really fast, when everything was changing, it changed a different way, my heart broke and my peek was over. :(
I loved it, want it, need it.

The world-building is so so so so so cool and interesting and I need more of it! This was a pretty good set up in just the first five chapters and I'm really looking forward to reading more about Bryce! I didn't expect things to escalate so quickly, but that's just Maas--always surprising you :D

This excerpt it 5 chapters long. It's a the beginning of the book. So you learn a lot about the characters and the world you are reading. Let me tell ya, It's amazing. I am already addicted. I can not wait to read the rest of the story. I will definitely be reading it all in one sitting. Did I mention I can not wait!

I read this sampler in one sitting! I cannot wait for the full copy. I truly believe that this might be one of SJM’s greatest works. If this is her adult, after reading her YA, this will be right up my alley. I think that from what I’ve read, the characters will continue to develop and we will get a rich fantasy that most readers will enjoy!

Thank you for this sampler!

Be able to just read this excerpt wasn’t enough for me. I swallowed all five chapters in one sitting and was blown away by how quickly I took to liking the characters and story. Where this book is headed is an amazing start to a brand new series from my favorite author!

*full review to come once I’ve read a finished or bound ARC copy*

I want to thank NetGalley and Bloomsbury for providing this excerpt for honest review.

One of the first things I noticed about this excerpt is that it's quite a bit different from the other books I've read by Sarah J. Maas. While it is a fantasy setting, it's Urban Fantasy rather than the usual high fantasy of her Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses books.

Crescent City seems to host a great deal of fantastical beings, but also humans - and of course, someone wanting to start some kind of war between the two. Humans. Shifters. Angels. Elementals. Nymphs. Vampyres. Dragons. There's a little bit of everything in the city.

My first complaint might be all of the various names that are dropped almost immediately. Names that are familiar to the characters, but not familiar to the reader - leaving the reader to flounder for context to ascertain who these people might be and what their significance might be. Names that, more than likely, will become relevant within the story as a whole eventually, but are next to meaningless at the moment they're introduced.

In quick time, the reader is bombarded with information. Libraries, people plotting to start wars, public crucifixions. We're informed about the workings of the city as if it were old hat, and we should know these things, and certainly these things will likely all make sense in time - at the beginning of the tale, they do not.

It's obvious from pretty early on, as well, that the characters of Bryce and Danika are good friends - apparently dorm-mates when they were university. Their camaraderie is refreshing and touching in such a bizarre world, lending it a touch of normalcy.

Despite the amount of names and information we're given in such a quick space of time, the story and characters still grab hold of you. And the abilities of Sarah J. Maas strikes you fully, as in five quick chapters you find yourself able to mourn characters you already feel like you knew as fast friends.

At first I was concerned that there was just too much information, too much going on and too many names to keep track of or to make sense of. But that's not the case at all. I was worried that I would not enjoy this little taste of Crescent City as much as I had enjoyed her other works, but in five short chapters I am already eagerly anticipating picking up the book to enjoy wholly.

This little excerpt was sooo good. Within the first few chapters so much stuff went down that I was gasping after every page. I can already tell that I Iove the main characters. The main character is different from Maas' other heroines, but she's still likable. I also can't wait to learn more about the world, and the power dynamics each class has. This book went by so quickly, and I'm sad I devoured it rather than savor it, lol. I cannot wait to finish the rest of the book in March and learn the rest of Byce's story!

I received this EXCERPT on Netgalley in an exchange for an honest review. This short review is based on the first FIVE chapters of House of Blood and Earth. I'll be able to do a full review when I receive my book on March 3rd when it's out in the world!

House of Blood and Earth is probably my most anticipated book of the year, and these five chapters did not disappoint! We're introduced to the main character Bryce Quinlan who happens to be half-fae half-human and has all the hallmarks of a typical Maas character; beautiful, intriguing and a little (or a lot) messed up. I can't wait to find out more about her. The side characters are likeable, though there seems to be quite a few different characters and there's interesting smaller story lines; I'm intrigued but confident in how Maas will bring it all together, especially as this is Maas first foray into Adult Fantasy.

I love Maas's world building in her first two series' and House of Blood and Earth is no different, Crescent City seems to be one hell of a place. One of the big differences between Maas's new series and ACOTAR AND TOG is that Crescent City is set in a modern world and comes with all the trappings of such a world, including phones and credit cards.

In five chapters there's already quite a lot of information to take in. There's four different houses of Midgard and a whole lot of supernatural creatures, werewolves seem to be playing a big part in the series for example. Hopefully it'll be easier to understand once we're reading the whole book.

I already know this is going to be a five star read for me and I honestly can't wait to read the final version. If you're a fan of Maas's previous series you'll no doubt love this.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for this excerpt!

These first few chapters set up what promises to be an exciting series starter. Immediately, there is introduction of a number of creatures and their characters feel understandable. From what I have read, I'm excited to read more. Roll on my preorder!

I’m intrigued. Read the first 5 chapters thanks to Netgalley. It was a bit of a slowish start, which is more normal in Adult SFF. In the third chapter I certainly wanted to know more. Unfortunately the teaser stopped right at the first major action point, so I will definitely read this when it comes out and can’t wait for my preorder to arrive. I’ll reserve the final score and what I think for when I have read the whole book, but for now it has enough to make me want to keep reading it.