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Hof van mist en woede

Sarah J. Maas

4.55 AVERAGE

marcheng's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lazide's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous

aj59bizg's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional 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

This book was really good! The plot and pacing was pretty good, the characters were great and turned out to be pretty lovable, even the ones I didn’t like in the first book. I super loved

Rhys

, especially about halfway through the book. I hated

Tamlin

, but that was definitely to be expected, and I didn’t really like him in the first book anyways, so I was not surprised or disappointed.

The one thing I did not like was the

fated mate thing, because it felt like it took away from the choice and consent of the romance, turning it into a magic thing instead of two people choosing each other. Also, kind of felt like the author used sex scenes as a crutch, as though they would replace actual romance building, which annoyed me.

That is the only reason why this book got 4.75 instead of 5 ⭐️.

Definitely worth reading the first book (which is not nearly as good) in order to get to this one.

_ariajoyyy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

okay WOW.
any doubts i had after book one were erased with this sequel. so let's get into my thoughts, shall we?

first off, sometimes it's not so fun being proven right. in my review on ACOTAR, i said this about Tamlin -

"i went into this knowing that Feyre will eventually end up with Rhysand, BUT i thought the relationship between Feyre and Tamlin was sweet!! because i've been betrayed before, i'm sure some plot twist will come along and ruin the vibes..."

and we got to the "twist" rather quickly. we find that Feyre and Tamlin are broken pretty badly from Under the Mountain. Feyre has essentially lost her will to live, having been killed by Amarantha and revived by gifts from all seven High Lords and returning as Fae. she is now plagued with nightmares, waking every night and getting sick. Tamlin's solution, with his own brokenness clouding his vision, is to keep Feyre locked safely in the Manor, keeping her busy with wedding planning. he also refuses to let her go with him on safety patrols, claiming she will only be safe at home. keeping her safe is also his reasoning for not letting her use and train her newfound abilities - a product of the 7 gifts from the High Lords. this brings Feyre to a breaking point. on the day of her wedding she begs for someone, anyone to help her, save her. and guess who shows up?

honestly i was worried about how we would see the transition from Tamlin to Rhysand in terms of relationship building, but it worked SO well. Feyre takes time to warm up to Rhys, all the while meeting and befriending his Inner Circle and learning that he's not the scary, threatening, ruthless High Lord she thought he was.

speaking of, i LOVED meeting the Inner Circle so much. their dynamic was so heartwarming, and the way they seamlessly accepted Feyre as part of it made me smile.

not really going to keep expanding on plot details, but i thoroughly enjoyed this book. and THAT ENDING?! ugh my heart was racing, i was tense, i was grieving. it was definitely a roller coaster. i'm really excited to start ACOWAR next.