House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, 1) NYTimes Best of 2025 Piecing together the tiniest details

Piecing together the tiniest details

and a veritable circus thrown by a champagne heiress

even if she doesn’t hold his sole attention romantically

Sherman Kent

but it has never let me down

House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, 1) NYTimes Best of 2025 Piecing together the tiniest detailsThe first book in Sarah J. Maas's #1 bestselling Crescent City series. Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life working hard all day and partying all night until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now