# House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

### House of Sky and Breath

**Sarah J. Maas** · Crescent City, book 2 (ongoing) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/house-of-sky-and-breath](https://houseofareader.com/books/house-of-sky-and-breath)

The rebellion the first book kept at the edges moves to the centre, and the cost of the previous ending is still being paid. Longer, angrier, and ending on a turn that reframes the entire series.

- Spice: 4/5 — Explicit. Explicit and considerably more frequent than the first book.
- Romance prominence: 4/5
- Plot: 4/5
- Worldbuilding: 5/5
- Darkness: 4/5
- Writing craft: 3/5
- Burn: medium
- Tropes: fated-mates, found-family, touch-her-and-die, forbidden-romance, slow-burn
- Creatures: fae, angels, demons, shifters
- Setting: Lunathion, under occupation and on the edge of revolt
- POV: third person, dual
- Ending: happy ever after, ends on a cliffhanger
- Audience: adult
- Content warnings: torture, graphic violence, grief, explicit content
- Best for: Crescent City readers, and ACOTAR readers who want the connective tissue.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=House+of+Sky+and+Breath+Sarah+J+Maas

## What to read next

- [House of Earth and Blood](https://houseofareader.com/books/crescent-city) by Sarah J. Maas — spice 4/5. ACOTAR readers who want a real plot to hold the romance up.
- [A Court of Mist and Fury](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-court-of-mist-and-fury) by Sarah J. Maas — spice 4/5. Readers who found the first book slow and were told to keep going. They were right.
- [Quicksilver](https://houseofareader.com/books/quicksilver) by Callie Hart — spice 5/5. ACOTAR readers who want the same shape with the heat turned up two notches.
- [The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-ashes-and-the-star-cursed-king) by Carissa Broadbent — spice 5/5. Readers who want a second book that deepens the first rather than repeating it.

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