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Graphic: Abandonment, War
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Liked
-Feyre's courage
-Depiction of ruthlessness in humans and faeries
-description of trauma and grief
-the characters we meet
Disliked
-the uselessness of Feyre's family
-Tamlin's temper tantrums
-Feyre's inability to figure out the world's easiest riddle
-the choppy pace of the book (way too slow to way too fast)
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol
Their relationship is what sets the main plot and the antagonist's plans in motion. Unlike Mass' other series, Throne of Glass, whose plot is propelled by the events of the story and puts a lot of the romantic relationships of characters on the backburner - romance is an integral part to the plot progression in this series. It's dependent on Feyre's love and her willingness to put herself in dangerous situations to save Tamlin.
In the book, I felt for Feyre and her situation. In a new place - the Spring Court of the Fae Realm - and surrounding by people she didn’t know, away from her family, with no choice but to trust those arround her for her survival. Personally, though I liked the scenes between Tamlin and Feyre, I definitely didn’t like Tamlin right away.
I found rooting for him difficult as besides being Feyre's kidnapper who she grows close to - I didn't find him all that dashing. He paid a lot of attention to Feyre, and made her feel special and wanted in ways she didn't at home, but personality wise - I found Lucien more dynamically interesting. I really like Lucien’s friendship with Feyre and their banter and I was glad to see that he continues to be a recurring character in the series.
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Death of parent
I was judgemental because it was recommended on booktok and also because I find magical creatures titled "High Fae" a bit tacky. But I managed to look past that, so that's something.
Positives:
The detail! The world building! I managed to imagine how everything/everyone looks. Things that happened early in the book will suddenly be mentioned in chapters waaay later, and still be relevant to the story. Being able to bring everything together like that shows true talent.
Negatives:
There were certainly things I didn't like, but I almost don't care. For instance it wasn't necessarily logical how fast Feyre got over deeply traumatic things. Everything she lived through would've given her severe PTSD, and yet she seems to get over it in three pages every time something bad happens. I don't believe for a minute that
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Dementia
Minor: Gaslighting
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Slavery
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood
Moderate: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Murder, War
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail