House of Flame and Shadow

House of Flame and Shadow (2024) is the third installment in Crescent City, a New York Times bestselling adult urban fantasy series by Sarah J. Maas. Previous novels in the series, which follows the investigative efforts of half-human, half-Fae protagonist Bryce Quinlan to survive in a world where humans must coexist with more powerful demons, angels, and other magical creatures, are House of Earth and Blood (2020) and House of Sky and Breath (2022). In House of Flame and Shadow, Bryce Quinlan allies with the Night Court to defend her world and her friends against the despotic conquerors, the Asteri.

Sarah J. Maas is a worldwide bestselling author of the Throne of Glass (2012) and A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015). The Crescent City series has been translated into over 38 languages. Maas often includes themes of friendship, loss, mental and emotional well-being, and love and empowerment in her books.

This guide refers to the hardback edition published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2024.

Content Warning: The source material features depictions of oppression, discrimination, and graphic death and violence.

Plot Summary

House of Flame and Shadow is told through the third-person limited perspectives of half-human, half-Fae Bryce Quinlan, who is the heir to the royal line of Starborn Fae; her mate, the Fallen angel with lightning power Hunt Athalar; her full-Fae half-brother

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