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Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
I read book two, and liked it well enough to go right into book three. But - oye. I'm done with this series, maybe with SJM books in general. Why you might ask?
1. The writing is SO BAD. SJM needs a thesaurus or an editor, likely both.
I wish I knew how many times that someone's 'throat bobbed' or how many times a character made a 'vulgar gesture' at another.
2. NO likeable characters. I ended this book disliking basically everyone (the firebird queen seems cool... but she had like 2 lines, so). It's a sad day when you find yourself hoping for the demise of main characters. People (and fairies) die, can we just have a character die and deal with the loss? Apparently not.
3. The steamy scenes feel gratuitous and just more bleck. I don't want to read about people licking each others tears. gross.
4. What was happening here with gender? Why are we constantly using the word male to represent description? Which leads to a larger question, in a book that is SO excessively LONG, why is there no true character development? Also, the token bisexuality that's tossed into the story seems like a marketing ploy more than true character development.
5. Lastly, the whole concept of 'mates' in this series is inconsistent and tiresome. Can a female actually opt-out to a 'mating bond' which is always 'snapping into place' around them? The answer here is not clear. Yes? No? Is there free will in these relationships? Which plays into themes of co-dependency, and just more yuck.
Goodbye ACOTAR. I wanted to like you, lose myself in a fairy world.
Instead I could use a palate cleanser. Onto better books!
Graphic: Toxic relationship, War
Minor: Sexism
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Classism
Minor: Biphobia, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Outing
Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Vomit
Minor: Slavery
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Classism
Rating: 5/5 stars
This will never be my favorite of the series but it has some truly ICONIC moments and I thoroughly enjoyed the reread!
Original review (December 2022):
Rating: 5 stars
Feyre and the Night Court must create alliances and battle ancient magic to save Prythian.
As the third book in the series, there isn’t a ton I can say without a lot of recap and spoiling, so I’ll keep it short. This one was a tad long for me and didn’t have the impeccable sexual tension of ACOMAF, but it was nonetheless an absolutely phenomenal roller coaster ride the whole way.
CW: Blood/death/war/grief; kidnapping; misogyny/sexism; torture/violence; sexual assault; domestic violence/physical violence
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War