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A Court of Silver Flames (Part 1 & 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

60 reviews

khloereads86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Vomit, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexism, Confinement, Child death, Blood, and Addiction

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Torture, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, War, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Rape

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Vomit, Mental illness, Blood, Pregnancy, and Eating disorder

narayan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical trauma, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Rape, Cursing, Vomit, War, and Emotional abuse

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Grief, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent, Cursing, and Alcohol

gretaparry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gore, Grief, Eating disorder, Death, and Cursing

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

Months after the war with Hybern, Nesta is still estranged from her sisters and the rest of the Night Court. Finally, Feyre gives Nesta an ultimatum: she can start going to training with Cassian every day and work in the library in the House of Wind...or be banished to the human lands. Angrily, Nesta agrees—but she won’t acquiesce that easily. It doesn’t help that she’s now spending hours a day with Cassian, the one person who always seems to set off her anger—or worse, her desire. Though the war has ended, peace is fragile, and the human queens are up to something that Nesta, Cassian, and the other members of the Night Court must prevent...or go to war again.

I was underwhelmed by the ACOTAR series when I first started reading them (partly because they had been so hyped up on booktok, and probably also because I listened to the audiobooks...mistake), so I didn’t have high hopes for A Court of Silver Flames. I surprised myself by enjoying it more than the others, though the plot is still just as confusing. The biggest difference I felt between this book and the previous several was the importance of the female relationships. Though Feyre has some female friends, their relationships never felt as fleshed out as Nesta’s friendships with Emerie and Gwyn. Also—and I am fully aware that this is a very unpopular opinion—I never liked Rhys all that much, and seeing him from Nesta’s point of view only supported that opinion. Cassian, on the other hand… (My favorite of the “bat boys” is still Azriel, though, so I’m holding out hope that one of Maas’ upcoming books will be about him

...and Gwyn, perhaps?? I never cared all that much for the Azriel/Elain pairing (she is just too boring, I’m sorry) but I want him to find a happy ending, and I loved Gwyn!

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Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just the vibe of the ending):

Happpy! But still plenty of room for sequels because God forbid these poor idiots have a minute of rest.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse and Fire/Fire injury

kharpstead's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Vomit

radipede's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

not super much to say about this one. i skipped a court of frost and starlight (not a fan of fantasy!christmas) and yet was still bombarded with fantasy!christmas in here... unfortunate.

nesta's struggles, her growth, her training and friends, i think all was dealt with remarkably well. the self-deprecating spirals got intense and happened a little too often for me personally; it felt like it teetered on the edge of misery porn. in the author's note at the back of the book which i (surprisingly) read, it came across that she had personal experience with, well. nesta's struggles, training, growth, friends... etc. makes sense why it feels so grounded and realistic; i appreciate it.

the romance between nesta and cassian (that doesn't need to be spoiled, right? you saw it coming from book 2?) i could somewhat enjoy! it was okay; i don't think the author quite has the hang of the balance between romance and plot, though. also, really? nesta and cassian's "just sex" thing echos feyre and rhysand's exactly, down to the "sad, tired man who knows about the mating bond and the woman who doesn't". seriously?

they all seem to have the same taste in sex as well, with all the roughness and biting. with this and the similarity in the start of both relationships, it makes me wonder about the author's experience. she has to know everyone has different tastes, right? it just seems a bit stale to me, like, i've read this in book 2, give me something new.

the prose has improved i find, there were a handful of lines that are really compelling to me, and a bunch of funny moments that were actually *meant* to be funny this time! the sentence fragments got tired, though.

i liked the training, the priestesses, the valkyries (even if there was some cringe. vakyries? really? and valhallan? *really?*) and nesta's drive. i think the pov shift worked well, and i enjoyed seeing both their perspectives; there was even some difference between them this time.

wasn't a huge fan of the end.

feyre escaping death a second time? i think it would've been more powerful and impactful to have her, rhysand, and the child die than have nesta save them all. her sacrifice/vulnerability was... i guess it fit in her arc? i don't think it was particularly emotionally compelling, considering i didn't really believe either of them would die (they've cheated death once already, what's one more time?) and i think it would've been much better for nesta to have kept her powers, *maybe* find a way to manipulate death to keep it from touching her family this time. it really feels that maas can't let feyre die, and in turn, can't let rhysand die, *and in turn,* can't let the child die, because ~perfect happy family~. nesta had to be nerfed (much like amren) because how dare someone else be more powerful than rhysand or feyre? it feels, again, tired. like i said, i think it would've been much more compelling to have nesta stay powerful; my sister the death god is a catchy title, don't you think? joke, joke, but it would provide an interesting point/advantage/obstacle for future books.

AND

THE CHILD IS TAN??????????? HOW???????????? **HOW?????????????????** FEYRE AND RHYS ARE WHITE AS FUCK, HOW????????????????????????????????????

that's all, really. not much else to say. oh, feyre annoyed me by--

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

cassian and nesta have sexual interactions several times.

feyre

is pregnant and has morning sickness. there is markedly less vomit in this book compared to the others. it seems everyone enjoys drinking a little too much but specifically

nesta

has a big enough problem that an intervention is needed; this theme is faint but there throughout the book. past mentions of sexual assault by nesta (several flashbacks, one leading encounter) and gwyn (one specific mention/explanation, a handful of brief allusions)

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Sexism, and Addiction