Reviews with content warning for Toxic relationship - Un Palais de flammes d'argent

I could not get past the first 5 or so chapters. How Sarah had the Inner Circle leave Nesta on her own to deal with her PTSD and get mad at her for not getting better is so aggravating. Mental illnesses, for most people, don't get any better without help. Her family should have reached out sooner, not when they were embarrassed by her behavior.
They didn't reach out because they were concerned for her but embarrassed when she spent their money. Which I feel the need to point out, they have been paying everything for her for a year. I also find it unbelievable that none of the Inner Circle are sympathetic towards Nesta with her PTSD. The fact that the Inner Circle can't relate to her PTSD after having gone through what they did in the first three books and what others are said to have gone through before is completely unrealistic.
There were also better ways to get Nesta up to the mountains. The Inner Circle didn't need to trick her out of her house, steal all of her things, condemn her building, and give her an ultimatum where both options are threatening to her life(go to a place that is known for its misogyny or to a place where Fae are hated).
On a final note, A Court of Wings and Ruin had an ending. There was not hint of another book, besides it being listed on Goodreads. This reeks of an author only continuing a series for more money. I know authors get their money but I feel that if an author is going to continue to write about a world different characters should be the focus of the story. Yes in the first three ACoTaR books it was about Feyre and Rhysand and this was about Nesta and Cassian, but Nesta and Cassian also had important roles in the first three books.

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

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glad I didn't support this with actual money because uuhhh, what in the everloving fuck was this? she's done Nesta so dirty. and Rhysand is one of the 3 worst men - oh sorry "males" - in this series. also, who fucking thinks you can "heal" trauma by having ridiculous sex at every opporturnity? especially trauma involving r*pe? I swear to god, I hated every single sex scene in this book. also, what was Cassian's personality again besides being either horny or hurtful towards Nesta? and that scene where they talk about being mates - how awfully he treats her, how he's forcing it upon her, how she doesn't get a choice to not use that word or do a ceremony or whatever - way to treat a survivor of r*pe and other trauma. way to fucking go. last but not least. how dare Nesta be stronger than mighty, shiny Rhysand, savior of everyone and their mama? ofc that had to be changed at the end of the book. how dare a woman - oops "female" - be stronger than almighty fucking Ricepan.

If I have to read the word female or male regarding a person ever again I'm going to combust. this is awful.

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