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

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ohgull's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

This book was long, hard, and difficult. I felt like I was following Nesta's journey along with her based on my reading experience. I had to check this book out of the library 3 times because I just took so long to finish it.

Going in, I didn't have the highest hopes. I didn't like Nesta, and I still wouldn't call her my favorite, but she grew on me a bit. Cassian on the other hand, will always be amazing. I enjoyed seeing Nesta grow and look back on herself, learning from past mistakes. I loved the new characters in this book. Gwyn and Emerie are great additions to the cast and I feel like they have a lot of potential in the future.

My gripe with this book is how long it is. I was fine with the number of pages, like its a long story, but wow, the middle section of this book is slow. The plot really only gets to it's climax around 80% and before that, I felt like I was barely being led along by a promise of a good ending. I get the reason why, because a lot of the slow moments are integral to Nesta's journey and make the transformation from her at the beginning to her at the end be seamless and give you the feeling of not knowing how far you've climbed until you look down, but man. I almost DNFed at 75%, which is saying something because I was already 500 pages in.

TLDR: Good book, made for some great moments, but definitely get ready for the long haul.

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honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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spencerseas's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective 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

3.75

This book thoroughly answers the question “what if faeries were extremely traumatized and very horny.” Not as compelling as the third book but a pretty good read. Started to fall into that fantasy trap of making each successive character unimaginably more powerful and then the magic just sort of solving major plot points on its own. Strong character development and assessment of grief, though.

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egurgens's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really struggled to get into this book because Feyre is no longer the main character, instead it's Nesta. We get a bit of a glimpse of post-war Nesta in a Court of Frost and Starlight, but we really get to see who Nesta is in this book. It took about 200 pages at least for me to really begin to enjoy the book, because Nesta is just SO miserable in the beginning. However, I think it's really important for the readers to understand that Nesta isn't mean and miserable and defiant because she wants to be, but because she's really struggling with her own mental health, and is afraid to let anyone get close again.
Once I got into this book, I began to INHALE it. The reintroduction of the Valkyries? Hell yes. Empowering battered women to be able to stand up for themselves and defend themselves if needed? Loved it. The very spicy scenes and the love interest? I'm drooling. The plot was amazing, with Rhys, Feyre, Cassian, and Azriel recovering from the war, only to find a new enemy and artifacts, which only Nesta has the power to find. That was a brilliant way to bring Nesta into the fold of the court, even begrudgingly, and to enable the court to begin to see her in a new light.
No worries for anyone who is afraid that Feyre won't be present in the story, she definitely is, but is more of a side character here. But she is still present and as lovely and lovable and fierce as ever. I'm super excited for the next book and what new perspectives that offers.

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ka_ke's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I’m speechless. A Court of Silver Flames was so good. Watching Nesta and Cassian’s transformations honestly made me cry and watching Feyre & Rhy’s struggles pulled at my heart. I wish there had been more Mor & Az appearances, I also think Elain could have been more present. The spice was unbelievably good. All in all, I could have used more plot, but honestly Sarah J. Maas did not let us down.

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painausten314's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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lisa_m's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I just finished reading this and I have to say I loved the ending. Still I cannot give it more than 4 stars just because the beginning was so boring. I would say the first 200 pages I just had to get through to get to the good stuff, the great writing I'm used to with SJMs books.

This book definitely did not disappoint. I loved so many parts of it and I even grew to like Nesta. I guess it's important to add that I did not like her at all! Even during the first 200 pages I thought she was just incredibly annoying and frustrating. But I loved her growth!

My favourite part about the book was Nestas friendship with Emerie and Gwyn. I love strong female friendships in books and this one was just phenomenal!

Also I was worried that this book might be a but too smutty for me but it really wasn't. I mean don't get me wrong there is a lot if smut and it's quite excessive. I would still have liked the book better with less smut but at least it didn't make me uncomfortable. It was woven into the story in a way that made sense and it didn't hinder my enjoyment of the story.

One thing that bothered me a bit was the POV though. We only got to see through Nesta and Cassians POV and I'm just too attached to the rest of the Night Court (especially Feysand). I wish we got to see some things from their perspective as well.

Edit: I can't stop thinking about this book. The story was more important to me than I even realised while initially reading it. I definitely want to reread this book and it is one of my all time favourites. It is difficult because the beginning is really slow and 3-4 stars but the majority of the book is really great so I'm gonna change the rating to 5 stars for now. Maybe if I reread it I might change it again.

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