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adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is all about world building and preparing for the second book, it seems. I was hoping for more of what the last 1/4th of the books story showed. It didn’t meet the expectations of what people were telling me about this book. I did like the characters and the descriptions of the world are very detailed. I personally felt it was very cringy for the first half and then gave me what I was expecting for the second.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, Blood
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
God I hate tamlin, but the rest of this series is chefs kiss
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Uhh I wanted to like this book so much more than I did. The pros are it’s fast paced, relatively captivating and has some interesting twisted characters who I enjoyed. The cons - I was so bored during huge chunks of the book and the tropes were so repetitive. also felt that Tamlin didn’t do anything to earn Feyre’s trust. Additionally the build up to the spice was so crazy and then totally dead chemistry. Alic just dishing about everything for a whole chapter felt like a boring plot device and the whole hunger games in the underworld made ZERO sense and I felt like the resolution came too quick. I am not sure I’ll continue.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Torture, Blood, War
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I decided to finally read this book and it makes for a fun summer read, particularly the graphic audio. I had not realized how deeply it is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I enjoyed that the story did become its own work especially towards the end. I enjoyed the characters and felt that SJM wrote a convincing representation of a 19 year old who had a lot on her shoulders. This was a fun read and I do have some criticisms.
The author jumps around with the timeline a lot. Often it felt like some descriptions were given once and then never mentioned again which made it especially hard to go back and revisit details on audio. I was able to figure out the riddle immediately but I still felt satisfaction when my guess was correct.
The author jumps around with the timeline a lot. Often it felt like some descriptions were given once and then never mentioned again which made it especially hard to go back and revisit details on audio. I was able to figure out the riddle immediately but I still felt satisfaction when my guess was correct.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
One of the best books I’ve ever read. Laughed and cried a lot. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Vomit
Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting
Minor: War
adventurous
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, War
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, War
Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m done lying to myself I was going to rate this higher because I know it’s popular but I was not a big fan, it was overall all right. One good thing about it is it’s such an easy read I was able to read it really quickly, which made me feel good about myself lol. It’s pretty predictable and was basically everything I was expecting. I don’t really care for the main character Feyre or her love interest Tamlin, it was all very cliche for me and kind of read like fanfiction. The reading level is basically a YA book if it weren’t for the explicit sexual content and violence (which made for an interesting contrast—dark/adult subject matter but at like an 8th grade reading level) There also were some moments that were damn near close to rapey/assaulty from the main love interests which was uhhh not great. Note that I say love interests plural because I guarantee a love triangle romance with bad boy Rhysand in book 2–again, a lot of this book is very predictable. I predicted that from the moment he was introduced and described as “the most beautiful man I’d ever seen”
That being said, since the book was such an easy read, there were a few side characters I liked, namely Nesta and Lucian (I’m really hoping we see Nesta again), and I’ve heard the rest of this series is WAY better, I’m going to stick through and read the second book!
Also, would be better if it was at least a little bit gay. There are all these faeries and magic, it’s just not adding up LMAO
That being said, since the book was such an easy read, there were a few side characters I liked, namely Nesta and Lucian (I’m really hoping we see Nesta again), and I’ve heard the rest of this series is WAY better, I’m going to stick through and read the second book!
Also, would be better if it was at least a little bit gay. There are all these faeries and magic, it’s just not adding up LMAO
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, War
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism