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adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Violence
Minor: Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, War
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i wouldn't trust a man that growled that much if i were you feyre
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Kidnapping, Alcohol, War
Minor: Vomit
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Basically beauty in the beast meets howls moving castle meets katniss everdeen protagonist design.
It had some good moments but also some awkward, cringey line choices & scenes. The romance was also meh.
I'm intrigued to know how the author will make tamlin a bad guy after this book and eventually make us (the reader) root for rhysand instead
It had some good moments but also some awkward, cringey line choices & scenes. The romance was also meh.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Murder
Minor: War
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexual violence
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ummm. So it’s not a good book, by any stretch of the imagination. It reads like a fan fiction of nothing if that makes sense. There were some laughably bad parts and some parts that were almost redeeming, but then not.
I don’t think I’m the target audience. I don’t mind thinly disguised erotica, but if you’re gonna have muscled (presumably hung) male fairies lounging about, you can only hope for some guy on guy action. None. Painfully straight. Alas… a guy can dream.
Our protagonist is vaguely annoying and egregiously underdeveloped. Appreciating colors in paintings is not a meaningful character trait, in my humble opinion. Besides that, a large portion of this book is giving internalized misogyny. I don’t know how else to put it.
Imagine living for a man…. Literally pathetic.
Lastly, this world’s version of a condom, “the contraceptive brew,” is the funniest thing I’ve ever read. I really don’t think it was supposed to be a joke, which is what disturbs me even more. Maybe the author was dared to put that in.
Anyway, this book is basically a porno. Not well-written, but mostly entertaining. Will probably read the sequels.
I don’t think I’m the target audience. I don’t mind thinly disguised erotica, but if you’re gonna have muscled (presumably hung) male fairies lounging about, you can only hope for some guy on guy action. None. Painfully straight. Alas… a guy can dream.
Our protagonist is vaguely annoying and egregiously underdeveloped. Appreciating colors in paintings is not a meaningful character trait, in my humble opinion. Besides that, a large portion of this book is giving internalized misogyny. I don’t know how else to put it.
Imagine living for a man…. Literally pathetic.
Lastly, this world’s version of a condom, “the contraceptive brew,” is the funniest thing I’ve ever read. I really don’t think it was supposed to be a joke, which is what disturbs me even more. Maybe the author was dared to put that in.
Anyway, this book is basically a porno. Not well-written, but mostly entertaining. Will probably read the sequels.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I absolutely loved the start to this series. I’ve been putting off reading this for so long because it’s so hyped up but I absolutely loved it. I don’t understand how people call this book spicy, to me there is very little spice but hopefully that improves as the series goes on..
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War
Moderate: Blood, Vomit
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I think one of the reasons that this book reads so easy, and why I didn’t love it, is that everything seems a little too convenient. Everything goes according to plan. Feyre, no matter how stupid she acts—and she does some TRULY inexplicable and delusional things—always manages to come out on top. She gives us no reason to believe that she is capable of the things she pulls off, and yet, it just happens for her. It’s simultaneously not really believable and hugely predictable. I think this is the pitfall of writing an “badass” female MC without fleshing out any systemic failures. Sure, she can kick ass, and that’s hot to every gorgeous man she comes across, but at what cost? We don’t get to see any character development. Even in moments where she struggles, it’s hard to reach any depth of emotion about it, because you know that everything is going to magically work out. And speaking of magic, SJM threw out everything interesting about fae stories, everything that makes them complex, and decided to emphasize the boringest parts of them (sexy, immortal, maybe evil? but probably not). Another area that SJM decided to abandon complexity is the worldbuilding. It’s flimsy. Functional at surface level but if you look ANY deeper it crumbles. I think that plot-driven stories are always at risk of this because they can fail to really examine character motivations, but this one also just feels like a lack of forethought on the author’s part. All in all, the story is fine. I don’t particularly like Beauty and Beast or retellings, and I especially don’t like beauty and the beast retellings, but despite that, the story did move along. Maybe if you read it fast enough, you can just glide past all the issues.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Classism
Moderate: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War
Minor: Child death
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Once I got past the talking animals part I loved this book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence
Moderate: Blood, Classism
Minor: Drug use, War
adventurous
fast-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
Feyre is a little bit of a pick me but we love her for that. Lucien is my little angel and I would kill for him, the rat bastard.
Some of the word choices and descriptions were a bit immature and YA, but not too distracting that it ruined the read. Just a lil cringe at times. The world and creature building was fantastic.
I recommended to my boyfriend who is much more well-versed in fantasy stories, which says a lot in my opinion.
Some of the word choices and descriptions were a bit immature and YA, but not too distracting that it ruined the read. Just a lil cringe at times. The world and creature building was fantastic.
I recommended to my boyfriend who is much more well-versed in fantasy stories, which says a lot in my opinion.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism