A Court Of Thorns And Roses By Sarah J. Maas

Okay so… I might lost some of my favorite critics over this because I know a lot of you weren’t a fan of this book. And I have some pretty intense feelings about some of the biggest criticisms lmao. I will talk about some flaws with the book still, as no book is perfect. But for the most part I really loved it. There will be rants. I have ALOT to say. Sooo here we go before I lose my nerve lmao.

My main petty annoyance: the fact that tamlin uses his paws the same way a human uses hands even when he’s in beast form lol. There I said it. Now let’s move on to hopefully not my most controversial review ever. I feel like I’m supposed to hate MAAS and her writing. But I don’t. I really love what she did here.

Characters:
Feyre:
I really don’t get the hate. Maybe she gets worse later. Maybe. But people hate her in this book too and I don’t get why. She was meh to me. I admired her in some ways and hated her in others. I loved her heart, and how often she let it guide her even if it resulted in her ignoring everything anyone told her. Which yes- did annoy me sometimes. But it wasn’t that bad.

now we get to the fun part.

Tamlin and rhyes (similar thoughts on both)-
Oh my god. The reasons you guys hate this dude are absurd in this book. Every single thing I was told to look out for and that would start me into hating him was ridiculous. I genuinely believe you guys just don’t ship him and feyre so that makes him immediately sooo horrible. Same for the rhyes haters.

You guys have to stop inserting in a fantasy setting and acting like any of the decisions made are simple. Both of them are great in their own way- and both had feyres interest in mind in my opinion. The questionable things they do, because yes there are some…Are either for show to SAVE feyre and everyone else. It’s all so obviously calculated and here you guys are trying to critique it like they’re events that happened over tea in a totally normal world with nothing intense or life threatening going on around them. Just why.

I’m team Rhys just because I like him a little more- and I love the way he thinks and speaks. But I also love tamlin and am still rooting for him to be happy.

I think they’re both fleshed out brilliantly and have many layers that I can’t wait to uncover. They both have scars and they BOTH have really unfortunate situations that are eating away at them that make them who they are. I’m just saying… think about the alternative that could happen if they didn’t make some of their questionable choices.

They wouldn’t have done half the stuff they did for this one human… if they didn’t truly care.

Villain-

Well she’s like not very nice lol so of course I don’t like her and I’m not rooting for her but…idk I put her here because I did kind of have a problem with how stupid she seemed to be for someone who was supposed to be cunning. She let certain people get away with way too much, and didn’t seem to notice or care. It was strange because then she would just randomly turn into a brutal witch out of nowhere but then let certain things happen other times. I’m sure some of it was her calculating but… still. It seemed a little weak.

She’s bitter, brutal and interesting. The ring, will probably haunt my nightmares. She just wasn’t as developed.

Lucien-

I don’t want him with feyre but I just wanted to say… despite me liking tam and rhyes… Lucien will forever be my babe. I love him the most. He’s so complex and he’s been through so much.

He’s witty, intelligent, and overall just cares about people even when he pretends he doesn’t. I want nothing but greatness for him lol. His story is heart breaking as well.

The rest- this story is filled with intriguing, misunderstood, and terrifying creatures. No complaints there.

Her family- feyres family is on my poop list. But I don’t hate nesta even now as some of you seem to. Maybe I’m a mean bitter person… Idk.

The plot-

Like every plot it has both weak and strong points. I loved seeing the world unfold, and getting to see a good chunk of it before the action started.

I did think the twist with the masks and how convenient all of the events were was well… convenient….while it did lead to the most exciting parts, I felt like the point of it was kinda glossed over and the explanation for why things were how they are wasn’t too important to the story.

But it came over decently- and the ending wasn’t terrible. So I’m happy.

I still got the magical yet unsettling experience I wanted. And I can’t wait to see more of this world.

I really feel like it’s just the cool thing to hate maas and these books now. But I don’t see them as problematic as a lot of people seem to. I had an incredibly enjoyable time reading them, and I saw the reasons behind the words .

Think what you want about me because of that lol. I will not defend myself for not seeing the issues other people see. I will be continuing.

eu adorei, igual a foto. é tão lindo que eu até chorei quando abri.

No podía dejar de leer! Si te gusta HP, este te va a encantar. Fantasía más amor en un solo libro.

At the beginning I thought this would be a simple beauty and the beast reconstructed tale in fairy land. Heck for while I even thought we would have our very own Gaston trying to storm the castle and free our female lead. Thankfully Maas took us further away from the original story, and delivered a flawed but strong minded female lead. Feyra taken away to fairyland for killing a fairy in the woods, is given a chance to pursue her true passions and find love. However, as she’s learned before nothing in the human lands or fairy realm is free. As we read further into the story we realize Feyra and Tamlin our Spring Fairy Lord can never have complete happiness when under a shadow of a curse. Throughout the course of the story we find out that various courts throughout fairy land have been enslaved. Tricked to be under the control of the vengeful fairy Amarantha. While Amarantha has her reasons for attaining power, nothing justifies her continued cruelty towards the fae. May contain spoilers, key moments I hated/loved ahead:

Nesta: I was so angry at the hurtful words that she said to our heroine at the beginning. Why criticize your younger sister that is literally putting food on your table? All that anger and hate, why could she not have shown some compassion and taught Feyra to read. Still their reunion was a tearjerker for me, to learn that she was the only one to have looked for Feyra. I’m glad that all the effort our heroine took to protect her family was not completely in vain. The father though..unforgivable.

Tamlin: He has this underlying superiority complex, and it really bothered me how he criticized her as being uncultured but never truly did anything about it. Maybe he also needed to heal from the curse and having to sacrifice his soldiers, but take Rhysand as a contrast. When Rhysand found out Feyra couldn’t read, he said he would have forced her to learn in the first few months. This is where it clicked for me, Tamlin may give her what she wants but not what she truly needs. Does he really care about her or is Feyra his distraction and prize. I thought Lucian would have been a better partner for Feyra.

Rhysand: I was left with one question, is he her true mate? The shocked reaction at the end to the book was too intriguing. I must say I went back and forth with this character. I knew he wasn’t all bad, after saving her during spring fest, and saying he doesn’t remember her face (as not to have the main lead tortured). Yet, I really found it cringeworthy on having our main lead drugged and forced to make a spectacle of herself. This was cruel and maybe he selected the better option considering the circumstances, but it was dehumanizing. He will need to do some serious groveling to get back on good graces.

Lucian: Now our one eyed pirate needs a spin-off, while he takes down the Autumn court. I found him utterly charming and hoping he was the true Fae High-Lord of the spring court. He came across genuine, with his dislike for the human guest and grudging acceptance. When it comes to characters like Lucian I’m always afraid the author will kill them off, as to not be a threat to a male lead. I’m was glad he was still standing by the end of the book.

Feyra: To have learned to hunt just to feed your ungrateful family, now this is a strong female lead. Feyra is loyal and needing love and care. It broke my heart for her to still think of a family that did not respect or care for her properly. The worse was when she lashed out due to her embarrassment of being illiterate. She is more that a few letters on a page. Feyra brought color, life, loyalty, strength, and love wherever she went. I wanted her to be happy, instead she choose to enslave herself in the attempt to free Tamlin. She loved him but Rhysand and Lucian demonstrated better care. I just think Feyra confuses loyalty and gratefulness for love. I’m not sure Tamlin deserved her.