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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

55 reviews

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Amazing! Second favorite in the series now, mist and fury being first. It is more plot and war based than character based which I didn’t think I would love as much as I did. I’m not one for battle scenes, reading them can be tough to get through, but I loved these. They were so descriptive and made me feel like I was watching it through a screen. Didn’t think war would be one of my favorite things about the book but the writing was just perfect. And the character building; even with less character building focus, it was amazing. It was found family mixed with actual blood family and it was beautiful. Amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Genocide, War, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Child death, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Infidelity

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, War, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Kidnapping, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ripxw's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse

bookrecsbyjess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit

charlieiniso's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, War, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexual assault

samcohen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and War

elthechameleon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I truly found the second and third books of this trilogy to be incredible. The way Maas describes Velaris and every relationship (platonic, romantic, or otherwise) is with such fondness and precision.

I even loved Tamlin's small redemption arc at the end.

. I rated this book slightly higher than the second (I pretend the first doesn't exist) because it's beautiful to see Rhys's and Feyre's healthy relationship grow into something stable. I wonder if Maas wrote the trilogy this way to make these later stories so much more meaningful. Mor's revelation, the sacrifices at the ending, the building romance between

Nesta and Cassian - even the complicated tryst between Elain, Lucien, and Graysen...

It was all worth it. I hope the tv show producers make this world as diverse as I imagined it. This was stunning, and I want to escape into the warmth of this little crew again and again. Perhaps what makes this unique POV special is that the rest of the characters are surrounded by longing.

from Tamlin, to Mor, to Helion, and Lucien (that plotline I want to see wrapped up).

. Nothing is guaranteed in this world, which makes the fierce love all the better. Even the squealing amongst friends at reunions was a pure delight. (Also, did anyone else notice how Maas is so into scents?)

The scene with Rhys rubbing rosemary onto Feyre's back was really heavenly.

. Beautifully done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, and Death of parent

ayeshat98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

Really did not like this book. That being said, the war/action scenes were really well done 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Grief, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape

illuminatedspace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Grief

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Confinement