Crescent City HOFAS Episode 27: Chapter 79 - Chapter 81

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

This week we're discussing chapters 79 through 81!  As tensions rise, Ruhn and Lidia finally give in to their feelings for one another, only for their fragile happiness to shatter when Lidia learns Pollux has captured her sons. In Crescent City, Hunt nearly kills Celestina for her betrayal, tearing through his halo with Helfire before Bryce intervenes, insisting Celestina must live to atone, and revealing her bold plan to use the Mask to raise the Fallen as an army against the Asteri, led by Naomi and Isaiah and housed in the mech-suits on Mount Hermon. Bryce and Hunt then reopen the Rift—this time to Hel—setting the next phase of the war in motion. Elsewhere, Ithan seeks out Jesiba to arrange a meeting with the Under-King, convinced he heard his brother Connor calling to him, while Ruhn urgently warns Bryce that Pollux has slaughtered mer and is holding Lidia’s sons at the palace, prompting him, Lidia, Flynn, and Dec to head for the Eternal City. At the Black Dock, Ithan and Hypaxia journey to the Under-King, who reveals his origins, the true nature of Urd as Wyrd—a primordial force of life—and grants Ithan seven minutes to speak with Connor, opening the door to long-buried truths and impossible hope. 

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