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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous hopeful relaxing tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have no words. I’m not sorry. 

Shoutout to The Reading Hag for TRULY immersing me into this series. Please if anyone wants to read this with the audiobook, listen to her on YouTube or Patreon. She absolutely influenced my interest in this series.

Edit (After Calming Down A Year Later)

I would personally give this a 4.5 due to the fantasy politics that were beginning to develop-- it wasn't what I was most interested in. I believe why I liked this book so much is for the same reason why others may dislike this book. I loved the details and descriptions of everything: how Feyre was hunting in the woods, how she observed the beauty of the spring court, the look of Tamlin's skin and body and how it glowed, the description of the events that occurred, etc. I am a big cottagecore, slow-paced, lifestyle kind of girl and if you remove the climax and abuse that came afterwards, the story was beautiful. I wish this was a stand alone book or there were more books that went in detail on the simple things that Feyre was (reluctantly) a part of while in the Spring Court trying to understand everything.
I know most people hate Tamlin due to the later books and love Rhysand but I  wasn't a fan of that concept, and I'm glad it wasn't *too* pushed in this first book. I enjoyed seeing Tamlin & Feyre's development together and I wished they did more with it properly in the later books, rather than making him a sellout and having Rhysand become the "tall, dark & handsome bad boy" that everyone loves.  Otherwise, remove the dungeon and torture, the sick villain, the foreshadowing of another man being a love interest, make Tamlin have better character development and it would have been a true solid five stars.
Give me more books with nonsense descriptions about the way the character paints, the way she spends time in the gardens and forests, etc. 

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I loved this book! It unlocked a whole new world for my imagination to go to. I've never read about faeries, but I remember trying to find faeries as a child, and this appealed to that nostalgia. I loved the intriguing characters and their actions/conversations were entertaining. I heard the series gets better, so I'm excited to read the next book!

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Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was a little slow to get into and I felt myself feeling frustrated with Feyre repeatedly. If I didn’t know the hype around the series I can’t say I would have stayed. I appreciate the craft of the writing and will continue reading to understand the excitement. 

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The world building and story telling is really good. I enjoyed the dynamic between the Fey world and the Human world. Towards the middle of the book there was a chapter that could have been title "Info Dumping" but I wasn't too upset since it was interesting information. Feyre starts off as annoying and very hard headed. While I never disliked her, it was hard sometimes reading about the terrible choices she would make despite being told it was a bad idea. 

Many of the graphic descriptions or allusions to torture were off putting. I know that was the point, but some of the characters seem to be over the top evil. Maybe Fey are different, but it seemed an unnecessary way to gain what they wanted. 

I loved the characters of Tamlin and Lucien. Both are genuinely good men, even if it is misguided at first. But you can tell how they do deeply care for Feyre and their people. 

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