229 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
A companion tale to the Court of Thorns and Roses series that picks up several months after A Court of Wings and Ruin.
This is very clearly one of those things where we’re just getting some random bits of info to set the stage for the next part of the series.
I definitely liked getting to peer into the heads of more characters!
It reads a bit like a Christmas themed fanfiction. It's a sweet story with warm fires, snow, good food and gift giving. It's cute but has little purpose beyond letting the characters heal a bit and setting up the next book. It was a nice comfort read but it also reaffirmed for me that I am happy to move on to a different series and author for a while.
nothing much happened? it could just go on being slice of life for these characters forever, but I don't think i'm into it.
This is a short book compared to the earlier novels in the series. Despite my difficulties with the earlier novels, I am interested in what happens to Nesta and Elaine. This book is somewhat of a disappointment because it only teases about them. There's a lot of dancing going on and sometimes I'm not sure if Maas is truly committed to what she has set up for them. I actually enjoyed the sneak preview of the next book in terms of Nesta more.
The story is centered around Solstice, but Maas crammed too many things happening into the story and didn't finish anything. I've read so many stories that are set around a Solstice as a staple in fantasy. This was not well done.
I also found the treatment of Tamlin to be a bit extreme. I don't even like that character, and readers aren't supposed to. But there might …
This is a short book compared to the earlier novels in the series. Despite my difficulties with the earlier novels, I am interested in what happens to Nesta and Elaine. This book is somewhat of a disappointment because it only teases about them. There's a lot of dancing going on and sometimes I'm not sure if Maas is truly committed to what she has set up for them. I actually enjoyed the sneak preview of the next book in terms of Nesta more.
The story is centered around Solstice, but Maas crammed too many things happening into the story and didn't finish anything. I've read so many stories that are set around a Solstice as a staple in fantasy. This was not well done.
I also found the treatment of Tamlin to be a bit extreme. I don't even like that character, and readers aren't supposed to. But there might be a case of people feeling a bit righteous and being in the wrong here. Unfortunately, when it's the main protagonists, it's hard to step back.
I'll still pick up the next book, though I'm not sure when it is due out.
The novella was alright but nothing you need to read if you aren't an Acotar super fan. Maybe I read it at the wrong time because it is a christmasy book as they celebrate a holiday which is very similar to it. Reading it in summer surely didn't help connecting with this 200 page book.
