On October 23rd, 2018, Sarah J. Maas released Kingdom of Ash, the eighth and final book in the Throne of Glass series. She had indicated then that she was working on a new series that will no longer be for Young Adults, but this time, her series will be an adult fiction.
As you may know, her two series, Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses, have always been more on the adult side than YA due to her legendary sex scenes. The plot may be YA, but these specific scenes tended to push her books in the adult realm. So it’ll be interesting to see what she will do with this new series.
Today, Bloomsbury announced that the series will be released on January 28, 2020. Here is the picture they released on Instagram this morning.
Synopsis
Source: Goodreads
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas launches her brand-new CRESCENT CITY series with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.
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 notorious nightclubs. But when the murderer attacks again, Bryce finds herself dragged into the investigation and paired with an infamous Fallen angel whose own brutal past haunts his every step.
Hunt Athalar, personal assassin for the Archangels, wants nothing to do with Bryce Quinlan, despite being ordered to protect her. She stands for everything he once rebelled against and seems more interested in partying than solving the murder, no matter how close to home it might hit. But Hunt soon realizes there’s far more to Bryce than meets the eye—and that he’s going to have to find a way to work with her if they want to solve this case.
As Bryce and Hunt race to untangle the mystery, they have no way of knowing the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents, and down to the darkest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir…
With unforgettable characters and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Timesbestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom—and the power of love.
So here is what I know so far:
- Title of the Series: Crescent City
- Book #1 title: House of Earth And Blood
- Author: Sarah J. Maas
- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- Publication date: January 28, 2020
- Amazon Page (not much info available yet)
More info available on Entertainment Weekly
So excited for this!
Yes!! Can’t wait 😊