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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

123 reviews

cait_coll's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

Alright so, I HATED the main character in the first book of the series, for a multitude of reasons, namely she was dumb as rocks. The start of the book did not change this fact, however, the proximity of her character to Rhysand tricked my brain into thinking she changed, and I eventually liked her again. However, in my lesbian opinion, GODDAMN RHYSAND. That is all I will say on the matter, other than that, the plot picked up but not until the latter half of the book, also

Tamlin had such a strange change of character from the first book, I understand it was explained by the ‘trauma’ he got from watching Feyre die (get a life bro she literally couldn’t read…) but it really gaffe me whiplash reading these back to back.

Overall, liked this a lot more than the first book, and if you’re looking for a book that will make you react for an invisible audience you’ve found it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Rape

Minor: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Rape

banscout's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

this book was magnificent, truly magnificent. the progression of feyre's character was absolutely immaculate and the tension between rhysand and feyre had me FLOORED. this book was rhysand's and i actually love my wife he can do no wrong because i said so and also because dinner is on the table rhys please come home the kids (stares at the night court inner circle) miss you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Torture, Abandonment, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Murder, and War

broo000's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism

nimeneth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Vomit, and Misogyny

riella_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 The fact that I swore I would never read this series and yet here we are rating this 5 stars?!? This was perfection. I havent been this engrossed I'm anything since twilight, which was a long long time ago 😅

Also, excuse me but Rhys??? I knew that booksta and booktok was obsessed but I stupidly thought they were exaggerating. They weren't. Rhys is literally E V E R Y T H I N G and im here for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Torture, Murder, Sexual content, and War

missmae94's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Misogyny

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

Big upgrade from the first book. Spice level increased by a good 40%. Enjoyed watching feyre’s progress and how she flourishes. It was nice to be able to relate to her mental health problems but watching her find herself again and find what life had to offer really just inspires hope in me. I’m excited for the next book albeit I don’t believe any other book in the series will live up to the expectations of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, War, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Blood, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bzliz's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

Since getting out from Under the mountain, Feyre is suffering from PTSD, awaking nightly after reliving the trauma of her ordeal in her nightmares. She takes some comfort in her new friend Ianthe and in Tamlin when he takes her to bed, but his overprotectiveness takes a dark turn. As Feyre starts to panic as she’s walking down the aisle to wed Tamlin, she silently begs for someone to save her. Rhysand whisks her away to begin their deal of Feyre staying at the night court one week of every month. When she’s with Rhys, she learns to read and control some of her powers but she withers again when she returns to Tamlin. The final straw is when Tamlin imprisons Feyre in the house “to keep her safe.” 

Feyre flourishes as part of the night court and I think it’s the journey we all hope for when someone gets out of a toxic relationship. 

A lot of the action sequences start out of nowhere which I don’t love. It feels like its more for shock value than having a purpose to move the plot forward. One battle with good build up was the one in Velaris. There were little hints that something was no right and it showed the crew that they’d been betrayed. Within the battle, Feyre’s powers grew in scale but stayed true to what we saw her training with earlier. I also appreciated that while Feyre can get vicious to defend her city and her people, she’s not immune to the hurt it causes her to kill. 

The graphic audio is truly the best way to read these books. The cast is very talented and it feels so much richer. The stakes feel higher and the tension feels much deeper when you can hear a character struggling in the background (the ending, in particular). I’m excited to read the next book with the graphic audio soon!

Content warnings:
Blood, injury, violence (on page):

War is brewing so there’s several little skirmishes, Rhys and Feyre are attacked a few times

Sexual content (on page):

Feyre and Tamlin have sex a few times at the start of the book, she and Rhys have a little flirtationship culminating in a very physical relationship once Feyre calms down about them being mates

Toxic relationship, emotional abuse (on page):

Tamlin and Feyre do not have a healthy relationship. He readily keeps information from her and keeps her in the house as much as possible as an attempt to keep her safe. This culminates in him locking her in the house so she could not follow him and Lucian, after which she gets out.

Panic attacks (on page):

Feyre wakes nightly in a panic from her nightmares, causing her to become a husk of her former self.

Sexual assault (off page):

Rhys tells Feyre his story of being forced into Amarantha’s bed. The discussion goes on for a while and feels worse once Feyre starts thinking of how badly everyone has treated him.

Kidnapping (off page):

Feyre’s sisters are kidnapped from the human world and forced to become fae.

Misogyny, sexism (off page):

So many of these fantasy kingdoms treat women as lesser beings and that’s still the case here. Strongest mentions of mistreatment by the court of nightmare and the Illyrians

Vomit (on page):

it happens several times. You’ve been warned

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Vomit

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Gore, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Torture, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Toxic relationship, and War

niarfodnof's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Somehow I continue to be surprised by where the author takes us and the characters. This book was an absolute pleasure to read from beginning to end. It is packed full of action, interesting characters, dynamic relationships, and surprises. Already ordered the last 3 books in the series because I have to know how this all ends!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny