House of Earth and Blood

09/26/24 • 90 min

Through love all things are possible...
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City book 1) by Sarah J Maas is the start of the most recent series by the wildly popular fantasy/ romantasy author. Follow Bryce as she goes from party girl to fighting demons, finding out maybe she didn't know her best friend as well as she thought.
Jen and Ellie review the worldbuilding, plot, language and how they'd fair against underwater monsters.
Light it up! ✨

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If We Survive This - House of Earth and Blood

Transcript

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Ellie: [00:00:00] Hi and welcome to If We Survive This, a podcast where we read fantasy books and discuss how likely we'd be to survive the challenges in them. A quick warning that this podcast is filled with spoilers for all aspects of the book.
Jen: I'm Jen, the slightly more bookish side of the podcast, though I do have some fitness credentials.
Ellie: And I'm Ellie, I could survive in the wild for weeks as long as I have a good audiobook. Today