Am I the only one who doesn’t love the new Crescent City cover? I feel like the first is so much more artistically rendered and steers away from the whole “main character on front” vibe. I know there IS a woman on the front, but I feel like the art and design comes forward first and the woman is less prominent whereas the second book it’s obviously Hunt and he’s the most forefront of the design.
I don’t know. I’m just less enamored with it after how much I adored the cover art of the first book. I do really like the color scheme though.
I loved this scene from Pride and Prejudice so much and actually, I planned to draw Elizabeth, but as soon as I had painted the angel sculpture, Crescent City hit me.
Those who are familiar with the fantasy novel series A Court Of Thorns And Roses and Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas; let us pretend that Bryce Quinlan is not wearing an X-men suit here, instead she is wearing Illyrian leathers with a modern world twist ready to kick some Asteri ass.
Something that I’ve grown to adore about Sarah J. Maas’s books is a common trait that her female main characters have. They are all lovers of the arts. Aelin loves music, Feyre loves painting, and now Bryce loves dancing. Characters loving the arts isn’t something I’ve often come across in books that I love, so I really appreciate that.
Ayyo how are we all forgetting the women’s rights movement of 2021 when our feminist icon rhysand chose not to tell his very pregnant wife that the birth would 100% kill her
He pretty much went around battling misogyny with his mountain shaking roars y'all could never-
girlxgirl friendships, the strength of Bryce & Danika’s relationshi- to the point that even death couldn’t stop them
trauma, Bryce’s mental state and emotional reaction following what happened to Danika & the Pack, Hunt constantly having to kill for Micah
sex positivity, fuck ya taboo sex talks, I love how open these characters are
navigating romantic relationships, what I mean by this is how difficult it was for both Bryce & Hunt to move on after their respective partners. Trying to move past guilt for what they were feeling & having the strength to try for this new love
badass female characters, I mean this is just a given at this point. Bryce, Fury, Hypaxia (my fave), Danika, Lehabah, Juniper, need I say more
self-forgiveness, the emotional aspect to getting rid of the pain in Bryce’s leg. She took on everything that Ithan and Sabine said about her, and to an extent she believed it also. But she was able to turn this around, she could forgive herself for not replying to Connor’s text, for not being there for Danika.
Difficult family relationships, Bryce’s strenuous relationship with her brothers for the majority of hoeab. Loving her brother, yet struggling to get on with him, her guilt for being starborn. Her extremely fucked relationship with the autumn king.
Strong family relationships, I loved to see the strength of her mother & step dad’s love and support and care for her. We haven’t had anything like this before with SJM and it was amazing to see. Also her brother’s constant care for her, even when she was certain she didn’t need it.
Male emotions and weakness, this could probably be phrased better, but I loved how we got to see how thoroughly broken and hurt Hunt was after he killed for Micah. Grappling with what he’s being forced to do, and showing that weakness to Bryce. Allowing her to clean him in the shower, allowing her in.
Genuine compassion, Bryce freeing Lehabah and Sphinx, everyone at the meeting watching as Lehabah made the greatest sacrifice for her friends
