Reviews with content warning for Kidnapping - A Court of Wings and Ruin

2024 reread:

Rating: 5/5 stars

This will never be my favorite of the series but it has some truly ICONIC moments and I thoroughly enjoyed the reread!

Original review (December 2022):

Rating: 5 stars

Feyre and the Night Court must create alliances and battle ancient magic to save Prythian.

As the third book in the series, there isn’t a ton I can say without a lot of recap and spoiling, so I’ll keep it short. This one was a tad long for me and didn’t have the impeccable sexual tension of ACOMAF, but it was nonetheless an absolutely phenomenal roller coaster ride the whole way.

CW: Blood/death/war/grief; kidnapping; misogyny/sexism; torture/violence; sexual assault; domestic violence/physical violence

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas was an incredible continuation of an already great series. It’s not often I dive right into a second 600+ page book immediately after finishing one, but I couldn’t resist. I loved the new characters that were introduced and the changing dynamics of those who we’ve met before. I was happy to finally meet the rest of the High Lords and I cannot wait to dive into the next book. This series truly has everything I love in books, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. The more I read of the ACOTAR series, the more I can see why this is such a fan favorite and beloved by so many fans of Maas. Each book sways me more and more towards ACOTAR being the superior series over TOG (but let’s be honest, they’re both amazing). I loved this book and if you’re a fan of fantasy, you will too, especially if you like a little spice thrown in.

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The third book in the ACOTAR series, A Court of Wings and Ruin resolves a lot of the major plotlines established in A Court of Mist and Fury. One of the longer books in the series, I was worried it would have a lot of extraneous filler. I found myself pleasantly surprised that I hardly ever felt that it was dragging on.

I felt like a lot of the war scenes were pretty well done, especially because a lot of romantasy writers tend to struggle in that regard...or they make it way too pretty. Mentioning the gore and the flies, well done, Sarah J. Maas. I will say that I wish Feyre had been involved more in these scenes, especially since she established in A Court of Mist and Fury that she can fight well, especially since

she killed the Attor

. It felt a bit like a wasted opportunity, but I understand that Feyre is considerably young compared to war-seasoned characters like Rhysand, Cassian, Azriel, and Mor.

The ending killed me and brought me back, and I guess

that's what happened to Rhysand too

. I was an absolute wreck when

Rhysand died pouring his power into fixing the Cauldron

, and then for a few chapters after too. I thought Sarah J. Maas had been mentioning how

Rhysand would rather give himself up than his friends or his people

for the whole book so that Rhysand and Feyre would work together when this sort of thing happened, but I was very wrong. Honestly, I was more surprised that

Tamlin actually helped bring Rhysand back to life

than

Rhysand being brought back to life

at all.

Overall, a well-done conclusion to a lot of established plotlines. I was already feeling depressed at the thought of leaving the world of ACOTAR behind, and I still have a novella and a novel ahead of me.

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