Crescent City HOFAS Episode 18: Chapter 52 - Chapter 54

Welcome to House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas!

This week we are covering chapters 52 - 54! Bryce reveals that the Mask can raise the dead without a necromancer, and as her group explores the caves, they discover carvings of an eight-pointed star and scenes of Fae hunting Theia’s pegasuses while the ghouls cower from Bryce’s power. Meanwhile, Ducan and Seamus fail to break into Lidia’s mind, and she and Ruhn share a vulnerable conversation about their pasts and families before tension sparks between them. Above ground, Ithan and Hypaxia rush to aid survivors after missiles strike Asphodel Meadows, while Bryce’s group crosses an underground river, and she admits she wants nothing to do with the Fae after this ordeal. The next morning, a Fae soldier thanks Lidia for saving his unit years earlier, revealing her hidden heroism, and she later studies a scroll about the Roots of Earthen Magic that suggests Avallen was once a powerful Fae stronghold. The section ends as Bryce’s group is confronted in the caves by Morven and the Autumn King. 

Join us for some cheap wine AND cheap thoughts  as we deep dive into these chapters!