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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1138 reviews

zelda_ehren's review against another edition

4.25

dark hopeful 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

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princess_oatmilk's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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bookish_hollyx's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark medium-paced

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madreads22's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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evelynnnn33333's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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ruska_777's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: No

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karlin0336's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a reread for me (it's been so long that I decided to stop reading A Court of Wings and Ruin and go back through these so everything's more fresh in my mind). My original rating was 4.25 stars, but I definitely enjoyed it more the second time around. Not at all a fan of the amount of spice in this series, but this one is quite a bit more tame than the others. (Definitely skippable if you want to go that route.)

If you're a fan of books about the fae, you will love this. Worldbuilding and characters are great. The story from start to finish is captivating. The ending is mind-blowing. Plus, it's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but with fae! What could be better?

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oxian_d's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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

Finally, I have finished this book, been delaying it for quite some time now. I don't know, maybe it's too romancy for me that I got bored along the way or perhaps it's too predictable. I almost, not want to finish this book. It's just so similar to the Beauty and the Beast story, well only on the first part. Although, it was interesting, emotional, even the words were written well. And love the creatures, colorful to imagine, the scenery too with the painting and the magic lake, and I even felt for their love story for a bit but it's too predictable. Falling in love with her captor, is crazy. The beast tamed the beauty? I thought she was a hunter, where did that go? Falling for the first rich guy she saw is just lame. I'm sorry to say women are not weak and dependent. It's just so disappointing and with the theme: good vs evil, rich and poor, the usual stuff. To make it worse it felt too dragging. But at least I enjoyed the itsy bitsy twist in the end with the involvement of the fae kingdoms to make it different.

I just don't like how the beast named Tamlin tamed the hunter Feyre even if it was a prophecy in the story so it seemed. She wasn't a hunter anymore but a girl, an ordinary girl who loves beauty and fell for a guy or the next who helped her. So typical. It's too predictable. Even the evil queen was too lenient to her. The fantasy ended but they made this into a series can you imagine. I think her face was a history, a reminder of someone and this will be revealed next like who wouldn't guess. Together with the love triangle scenario, she will marry one of them for sure and the looming war with humans is at the brink. A story reminiscent of what was and what will be. That is why this is predictable and boring.

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