Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Un Palais de flammes d'argent by Sarah J. Maas

69 reviews

meghansarmiento97's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

zafri's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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

I adore Feyre; yet Nesta speaks to me in ways her sister’s character couldn’t begin to—enough for me not to mind the 3rd person omniscient. I think I preferred hearing of them, through them, rather than from them; all the thoughts of the Night Court members lived up to my expectations, yet still had me on an emotional rollercoaster. Throughout the series, I remembered exactly why I fell in love with slow-burn romances way back when—it only makes the scenes so much better. And by the time I got to this book, I craved the long journey of undiluted tension. To my surprise, Nesta and Cassian burned their way through that journey and left me reeling, desperate for more. SJM didn’t disappoint. I may have fallen in love with the Night Court back in ACOMAF, but they wholly own me now. Fiending for more. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

jennavai's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

midnacine's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

2.5

I'm not gonna get into a whole detailed essay with this book. Read my previous reviews of this series for context.

It's no secret I hate Rhys and reading from Feyre's perspective, so this book was so refreshing in that I could almost forget they existed. Almost.

Overall, I loved the journey Nesta and Cassian went through. As someone who struggles with mental health, I think Nesta's healing was handled beautifully. I loved seeing her realize her love for Cassian and find friendship in Gwyn and Emerie when she thought she didn't deserve it.

Two big things I didn't like: Feyre's pregnancy and the fact that Nesta sacrificed her power because of it.

I love that we see Nesta coming to terms with the truth that she doesn't wanna be a cruel, ruthless queen. I even love that she makes sacrifices for family members who didn't see what she was going through- I think it really brought her story full circle. However, I hate that there was no other way for Feyre to have survived the pregnancy. For a world in which magic is abundant, you'd think they'd have figured out how to perform a C-section correctly.


It gets an extra half star over the other books literally only because Spicy Cassian and I didn't have to read Feyre saying "my mate" over two hundred times.
 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

captainmadeline's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

5.0

loved the other books in this series, but I found myself many times during this book going, “Is it bad that I like this one most?” I felt like I was betraying Feyre and Rhys, the OG main characters!

This book resonated with me on an even deeper level than the others had and I cannot even express how thankful I am to have read it. It has inspired to take better care of myself, exercise, and practice mindfulness, all things that are difficult because of my anxiety. I am thankful to have found a character like Nesta, who despite her own struggles,
has learned how to live
.

If you don’t like books that graphically talk about sex, this book is not for you (but I doubt you even got to this point because the first ACOTAR books had it too). This book was the most graphic when it came to sex, and the most abundant. I loved how female sexuality was handled. 

My favorite part of this book was the relationships. Obviously, Nesta and Cassian. NESTA, GWYN, AND EMERIE. THE HOUSE?! O m f g. Now all we need is Emerie and Mor to get together and Elaine and Az!!!!!!

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

prairieraven's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

space_enby's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

3.0

The plot felt like it was ignored throughout most of the book and just randomly jumped back in towards the end. The writing was really repetitive and some of the word choices were interesting.  

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

nienora's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

It had smut (definitely quantity over quality, but some where good), it had cute, bonding moments and angst, banter. It's more character driven, which I liked. I had a lot of fun. Realistically it's more on the lower end of four stars. But I didn't read this and expected quality. And if I can give ACOMAF five stars, I can certainly do it again for characters I actually like.

For a book that's not about Feyre and Rhys they sure get mentioned a lot. They decided what's best for Nesta, how she'll get better. Hmm that really reminds me of a certain someone who we despised for exactly the same reason. Someone who locked Feyre in the house where she can't escape, like how they put Nesta in House of Wind where her only way out is down thousands and thousands of steps.

Pacing is horrible. It explains everything in excruciating detail for two weeks and then bam - time jump 4 months followed by short recap what they did in those 4 months. How they trained, where and how many times they've fucked. If I don't get description of that scene, I don't care that it happened.
Whole fourth part could be a book on its own. This way it felt rushed. If someone stopped and looked around first, they would get in so much less trouble. And I fully expected a magical rabbit with wings to fly down and rescue them at some point. If everyone and everything else can save them already, why not that?
They sat on a tree, for three hours and shared their deepest darkest trauma... And it just felt like a long recap of everything we knew already.

I'm glad that Nesta needed some time to get over her trauma and wasn't just magically healed by having sex with Cassian. There was a bit of that too, but they also had bonding moments and she worked through some stuff so I'll let it slide.
First of all, if Cassian could keep his mouth shut, I'd be grateful. There's no reason for him to talk during sex scene, especially to say the lines he did.
Also they fucked right after Nesta got assaulted by a kelpie. And it was just brushed off like nothing happened... But that almost rape scene did blend with everything else that happened during that time.

SPOILER

Rhysand–IT'S YOUR CHOICE–Rhysand decided not to tell Feyre she'll die at childbirth. But told everyone else. And when Nesta told Feyre, she's made the villain. At least Rhys knows he's controlling bastard and told Cassian to take Nesta away. The way she told Feyre is wrong, and at that moment it's done for the wrong reason but she still deserved to know from the beginning. And make her own decision about it. At least Nesta showed regret over how she'd done it.
So Feyre got pregnant while she was in "Illyrian form" and that's why baby has wings and can't pass through her birth canal.. I guess abortion wasn't option. Because it's your choice doesn't apply to your body.
I almost forgot that Rhys used forced shields around Feyre so that no can even touch her or smell that she's pregnant. And that's okay, he's just overprotective hihi. But when Tamlin does it, it's not okay.

I hate that Nesta gave her powers away so she could bring back Feyre, Rhys and the baby. They were dumb enough to make a bargain to die at the same time, they should deal with consequences. But at least she changed all their anatomy so we won't have this stupid drama again.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

edie_reads's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

2.75


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

juujules's review against another edition

Go to review page

lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings