Marissa’s Reviews > House of Earth and Blood > Status Update

"One wolf remains at the Old Square" you bet it does

There is so much headhopping and yet, I am simply deriving too much joy to care.

Open with a whole wolfpack getting slaughtered and an ensuing plot to bring their killer to justice, throw in some Howl's Moving Castle energy, slow burn sexiness, disturbingly well rounded characters, and moon lore (the goddess Luna? Hello it's my girl?) This is candy for me. This is the escapism I need right now. What the fuck, I'm pissed.

For an adult crossover, I notice the YA roots. The dialogue is vaguely teenish (males/females/alphaholes? No) and everyone is described as not only conventionally attractive, but devastatingly so (which, okay, this girl's favorite show is Sense8, so that criticism shouldn't hold water).

But this book is CHONKY and when I tell you I'm flying through it. A chonky SFF hasn't held my attention down like this in years.

Listen I'm halfway through this beast of a book and just, balls. I've gone and done what I thought was untenable. I do not just like a SJM book. I'm hooked. WHAT IS THIS. I don't know but I'm like...fucking mad that I like this so much.

I was harsh on ACOTAR because I perk up when I hear BATB retelling, and the story and editing made me want to chuck it across the room. But I'm a convert now.