448 pages
English language
Published May 19, 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
At least, he’s not a beast all the time.
As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
Denne overraska meg. Eg las den i lag med ein kollega, og alt eg visste på forhand kom frå tiktok. Boka var heilt grei. Den underhaldt meg gjennom veka. Eg har allereie kjøpt neste bok i serien.
Den er absolutt ikkje god, men den er underhaldande.
Lord this book was misogynistic and dumb. The only use for this book is to read it in order to make fun of it or to use it as example of how to write terribly and then vow to never ever write anything like this book. In the acknowledgements the author said she worked on this book for YEARS! Holy hell. It felt like it was written in a few months while under the influence of lots of stimulants. I hate this book so much. I hate the author for having written it. Edit: I have to put at least a half a star in order for it to be considered that I "rated" this book something. No stars is not an option and just means "unrated" but I want you to know I really mean No fucking stars. It does not even deserve half a star.
Desisti rápido. Para mim foi secante
I had been promising myself that I would read this series but I always kept putting it off. Mostly, this was due to the fact I had read A Throne of Glass a long time ago and found the female lead not readily to my liking. I had always promised myself that I would eventually give it another try but first, I wanted to read A Court of Thorn and Roses. I had been hearing a lot of mixed reviews but my friends have mostly been the ones telling me that the series was much better once you started reading it.
I won't lie when I have been told that the series is a mixture of Hades and Persephone with Beauty and the Beast. I have always been a sucker for these and I had placed this series on my TBR. Now that I had time, I decided this would …
I had been promising myself that I would read this series but I always kept putting it off. Mostly, this was due to the fact I had read A Throne of Glass a long time ago and found the female lead not readily to my liking. I had always promised myself that I would eventually give it another try but first, I wanted to read A Court of Thorn and Roses. I had been hearing a lot of mixed reviews but my friends have mostly been the ones telling me that the series was much better once you started reading it.
I won't lie when I have been told that the series is a mixture of Hades and Persephone with Beauty and the Beast. I have always been a sucker for these and I had placed this series on my TBR. Now that I had time, I decided this would be the series for December. The final books that would end my 2023 reading year.
But now having read the series, I am a bit torn about where to rank it. While the story felt slow - too slow for that matter, it did have its moments. But again, the female lead is what drove me insane. I don't what it is about Maas's female leads but they end up being extremely annoying. I don't feel she improves much. I don't want to give too much away, but I found her decisions and actions frustrating at times. However, there were also moments where she showed strength and resilience, which I appreciated.
On the other hand, the world-building in this series was phenomenal. Maas has created a rich and vivid world, filled with different courts and creatures. I was completely immersed in this fantastical world and loved learning about the various realms and their politics.
The romance in this series felt slow. For one thing, I am glad that this was not some insta-love with both declaring how much they were made for each other, blah blah blah but it was taken slowly allowing the characters to see each other's flaws and strengths but at the same time I also felt that it was at a crawl. It could be frustrating at times and at other times it felt right.
Final Thought:
Despite its flaws, I did enjoy reading the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. The rich world-building and captivating romance kept me engaged despite some of the frustrations with the main character. I would still recommend giving it a try, especially if you enjoy fantasy and romantic elements.
4.35/5
I genuinely don't understand why wholly misogynist and terribly written fantasy, is so popular.
I get that people have sexual fantasies for this sort of thing, but it's not even well written. There's so much structure missing, and the love triangle between a huge controlling blonde masquerading as someone who cares, a tiny prickly but completely naive human, and a dark haired antisocial nasty man, is so utterly predictable and dull. There is nothing feminist about this.
Oh and the main protagonist spends a lot of her time puking her guts out throughout the series - to the point where you wonder if the author has some weird vomit fetish.
It feels like the author only wrote a book to service a few "steamy" scenes and did that badly so, cause they draw you completely out of the mood of the wider narrative.
Hard to read in some parts and there is a whole section that is very 'plot dump' vibes but honestly, it's such a fun read.
Starts slow but so worth it.
This gives me such a twilight vibe, bringing me back to the days of Edward Cullen. Wow
Another irritating female protagonist in another teen fantasy romance.
I liked it a lot! Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, but with actual fairies.
I was gonna give it 3 stars, but I liked how the villain died.
Content warning (Mild) spoilers ahead
I have to say. The first time I read this book, I hated it. Human girl kills faerie, then is taken by faerie high lord to become his… honored guest?
Let alone… love interest?! Let alone… being remotely successful among a faster/stronger species?!
I finished it because I hate leaving things unread. But by the end, I kind of got it. It pulled on my teenage romance loving heart strings. I got the second book and boy oh boy was that one WAY better. I read the rest of the series within a week, and I have to say I love the universe Sarah J Maas created.
Yes, it will never be considered ~literature~ like Kafka, but it is such a fun guilty pleasure read.
This is a hard one to give a star rating to, because like. It’s fast food lit. It’s hot, greasy trash worthy of a CW show and I really enjoyed myself despite my glaring Icks with Maas’ writing style. I’m giving it a two more for the sake of the algorithm than anything else.
I have one spoiler thing I’ll mention, but I’ll mark that under some
So this was cringe and bad but in a sorta good "I can't look away" kind of way?
I'll be begrudgingly reading book 2, I suppose for the same reason I can't stop watching bad reality TV.
Why the hell did I read this?
There was only one reason and that was what a booktuber once said. I won’t mentioned her name but she’s known for her sarcasm, irony and comedic exaggeration. I knew that she was exaggerating about that book as well, but nonetheless, my curiosity grew and I wanted to know if that part of the book she mentioned was true.
Well... i was deceived. There was no such thing that the YouTuber mentioned.
I honestly feel so betrayed, haha, oof.
The reason itself was ridiculous af, but I wanted to know and now that I know — that it didn’t happen — I really pity myself. To have wasted my time over sth like that.
Adding to that, the book is cringe as f* and I really really questioned my own sanity on why I continued reading. Why the hell waste my time like …
