Reviews

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

rikana93's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

tattoosnmagic's review against another edition

5.0

This book just made me despise Tamlin. I love how the characters are developing and I was surprised and estatic that Rhys is her mate. But Tamlin can go all the way away. Again it was a book I could not set down. Thankfully I bought the entire set at once.

nikki_furmama_reads's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

rainbow_ric3's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.0

gofins0713's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

sapphyi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

bookslikegranola's review against another edition

1.0

I did not enjoy the first book, but was told that the second one improved, so I kept reading.  However, the improved writing and plot only served to emphasize how incoherent the characters and romance was. 

 

Feyre (and Tamlin) is deeply traumatized from the events of the first book. Not only is she not getting better, the confining responsibilities of her new position and the strange powers of her new body begin to completely break Feyre. Whoever could come to her rescue? I initially had high hopes for this book. It felt a lot more honest about Feyre, instead of being constantly told she is a competent, survival-at-all cost huntress (when she is constantly stupid and incompetent), the story tells us that she is a deeply traumatized woman who is in over her head and deeply naive about court politics. It seems to set up a critique of her book 1 whirlwind romance that was based on lies and emphasizes the inherent cruelty of patriarchal monarchies. The problems start when the plot finally kicks off and Feyre is rescued by Rhysand. I get that he was doing his best, but redeeming the character from book 1 who had to use tactical sexual assault to “protect” Feyre is a hard lift for me. Especially because Rhys feels like he’s three separate people: randomly cruel and overbearing, deeply sensitive and supportive, and an adventuring ally who lies/soft betrays all the time. His character seemed to shift rapidly depending on the needs of an individual scene. He truly didn’t make sense to me and zero sense as a love interest. I could also nit-pick a lot of other things that rubbed me the wrong way (why do they host the queens in Nesta’s house-can’t they just rent property elsewhere? What exactly does Mor’s truth magic do?), but clearly Sarah J Mass just isn’t for me. I will say, I did appreciate how Rhys was willing to let Feyre fight (even if it was lukewarm), as I hate the trope of a woman love interest having vast magical powers yet being kept from the battle because of the male lead’s “protective instincts”. 

 

I really don’t recommend this series. There are better fantasy and way better romance. But, I’m clearly missing something as a lot of people love these books, so take this with a grain of salt. 

chars_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

caiteatspaper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

kentdubler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75