Pages:
624
Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Release
Date: 3rd
May 2016
Edition:
UK paperback,
purchased
Other
Titles by this Author: The
Assassins Blade, Throne
of Glass, Crown
of Midnight, Heir
of Fire, Queen
of Shadows, A
Court of Thorns and Roses
Feyre
is immortal
After
rescuing her lover Tamlin from a wicked Faerie Queen, she returns to the Spring
Court possessing the powers of the High Fae. But Feyre cannot forget the
terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin’s people – nor the bargain she made
with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court.
As
Feyre is drawn ever deeper into Rhysand’s dark web of politics and passion, war
is looming and an evil far greater than any queen threatens to destroy
everything Feyre has fought for. She must confront her past, embrace her gifts
and decide her fate.
She
must surrender her heart to heal a world torn in two.
SPOILER
WARNING: There will be spoilers for both A
Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court
of Mist and Fury in this review.
I know a lot of people had
problems with A Court of Mist and Fury, but
I bloody loved it!
It felt like a really long time
since ACOTAR came out and I was a little hesitant about diving back into this
world. I adored book one and angry reviews had started coming in about ACOMAF
buut thankfully I fell immediately in love. Sarah J Maas’s books are effortless
to read. Her world building is so intricate and consuming and her characters so
engaging that I read 180 pages without even realising it.
I was thoroughly swept up in the
building angst and tension between Feyre and Tamlin. Saving Prythian and
suffering at Amarantha’s hands damaged Feyre, and changed her, but it changed
Tamlin too and it put them in different places to each other. The discordance
between them was really well done, I think. I know a lot of readers felt
betrayed or even manipulated by Maas (their words, not mine!) for the switching
of the love interests, but it felt natural and so right to me! Maybe having not
read ACOTAR since before its release gave me enough distance to just go with
it.
Tamlin suffocated Feyre and
restricted her, but Rhysand encouraged her new abilities, tested her strength and
believed in her before she was able to believe in herself again. I loved
everything about it. The banter, then tension, the STEAM. My goodness, I do NOT
remember ACOTAR being quite that hot! *fans self* I also loved the relationships
that began to build between Feyre and the rest of Rhys’s inner circle. I
especially love Mor and Amren. I’m really hoping that we’ll get to hear from
them in their own novellas or something of the sort soon. It was really nice to
see Feyre finally become part of a family, even if it's a rather unconventional
one! She really grew in ACOMAF – we saw her come into her fae self.
I have to admit that just before
the end of ACOMAF, I was ready to rage when the splitting of the mating bond
was “broken”, then thankfully all saved. There was still a stinking cliffhanger
though! I want book three so damn bad…
A
Court of Mist and Fury is
another sweeping, heart-pounding and staggeringly romantic fantasy from Sarah J
Maas. I can’t get enough of her books.
Sophie
I haven't read this yet so I kinda skimmed this - I don't want to spoil myself or give myself any preconceptions! I'm really hoping I love this like I did the first book but I know that loads of people haven't liked the switch in love allegiance. I guess it depends on how its done so I will hold judgement until I read it
ReplyDeleteI think it's really well done, and I had a lot of distance from the first book as I read it over a year ago so that helped. Let me know what you think!
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