Romantasy Rated

House of Earth and Blood

Sarah J. MaasCrescent City, book 1

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At a glance
Blaze: several explicit scenesSex scenes on the page ยท Common Sense Media 17+
Heat our rating
4/5 Blaze
Age our rating
18+ Common Sense Media: 17+
Sex scenes
Several explicit scenes
Pages
816 Bloomsbury hardback, 1st edition, ISBN 9781635574043
Published
3 Mar 2020 Bloomsbury Publishing

Scene chapters

Several explicit scenes. Several sex scenes are written on the page with explicit detail. They are a regular part of the book, though the plot still leads.

Also on the page

graphic violence, murder, grief and loss, drug use, strong language, explicit sexual content.

Why Blaze

Several explicit scenes.

Most of this long book is a murder mystery with very little heat.

Why 18+

18+ from us; Common Sense Media says 17+.

An adult novel with long sex scenes, drug use and a lot of strong language.

At and near heat 4

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Sources

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  • Scene chapters 54, 55, 61, 64, 95, from reader guides

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