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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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storyorc's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Entertaining again. If you are looking to shut off the brain, kick your feet, and giggle, this'll do it.

Maas is clearly trying to bring a layer more nuance than is traditionally typical for the romance genre in having Feyre struggle with her trolley problem murders and not end up with her original love interest. I welcome this. There were even a few lines that captured some real depth and wisdom. It's a step in the right direction, even if we're never really question whether Feyre will face lasting consequences any more than we do that she'll end up with Rhysand. Even if Rhysand's superiority is made clear immediately and repeatedly while Tamlin speedruns villainy. Even if it's all as subtle as a bag of bricks to the dome.

Yet again, the side-quest fairies who most closely resemble their mythological counterparts are the most interesting. In contrast to Rhysand's Inner Circle of lovely but not terribly original friends (with the possible exception of Amren), the fairy-fairies are intimidating and otherworldly. We see my favourite Suriel again, and also two (original?) delightfully sinister creatures, the Bone Carver and the Weaver. Feyre's meetings with them are the most memorable and exciting parts of the book and the only time you feel real fear that the heroes are facing something that could ruin them.

The romance payoff works too. Feyre and Rhysand are cute together, dammit, but over 600 pages, even their snarking and flirting grows repetitive. By the sixth obstacle or missed opportunity, I started hoping she'd go yell at Tamlin again just for a change of pace. Even the ending couldn't stop me skimming until Maas finally kicked into high gear with the

Tamlin and Lucien

reveal.

Other things that haunt me:

The idea of a fairy city having night clubs, lingerie shops, and bank accounts with lines of credit.
The idea that Rhysand is overpaying Feyre when she literally
has every power and is the only one who can enact his plan to save the world
.
"Licking" as a synonym for oral. This cannot be allowed to continue
Rhysand's little speech about
shaking mountains if she gave him head
turning out to be literal. Sir, you are a head of state. You cannot be terrorising the populace with both property damage and the knowledge of why it's occurring.
How no-one acknowledges that Tamlin and Lucien's concern Feyre is being mind-controlled is extremely legitimate! Their personal enemy, who spent weeks publically sexually assaulting Feyre and is known for mind tricks, kidnapped her from her wedding and they're supposed to believe her letter that it's all good?? Let them be shitty control freaks without this as an excuse.
Nesta, a human, was described as roaring and now I'm no longer certain if all the fairies snarling and growling and roaring are doing so metaphorically too or literally, as I had assumed
Fairy diplomacy is WILD. I'm pleased they have different etiquette to humans but the Night Court's standard diplomatic strategy seems to be to show up and pretend to be bored sluts. Heads of state talk about Feyre's chest and
practically fuck
in the throne room. Consider my pearls clutched.
Morrigan, Azriel, and Cassian need to shit or get off the pot. Cassian makes the most valiant stab at being interesting but without the love triangle, they might all feel more like the powerful allies they're intended to be instead of teenagers.
What is the significance of leaving the human queens nameless? Why would Rhysand
reveal Velaris
now, on hope alone, when 3/4 of his tragic backstory is about protecting it?
The >9000 power levels erode all stakes. It's not enough for Rhysand to be able to mind kill, he has to be the Most Powerful High Lord Ever; it's not enough for Feyre to have all the High Lord powers, she can also just
decide not to be affected by the King of Hybern's magic (persuading it was a cute idea, but immediately dropped?)
; it's not enough for Azriel and Cassian to match the strongest Illyrians by using siphons, they have to use SEVEN.
The knee tattoo idea is something you write in your notes app at 4am while listening to Broken Crown but it should have been nixed in the cold light of day

Mostly, I just wish some of the hard choices our heroes make were pushed and explored further as truly morally ambiguous. And that Lucien was in every chapter.

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meyermz's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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tesspacito2's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

UGH I love this series. A fantastic second book that really shed light of aspects of the first as well

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vhewittreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Too long , could have been shorter with the same effect . Enjoy the premise but dragged out

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angelica95's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

5.0

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kylebees_03's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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usuallyaudio's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really hated the first book in this series, so I am glad that I continued on to read this one. Definitely much better in my opinion, I wasn't cringing and rolling my eyes the whole time.

Though still not a fan of our main character, the surrounding characters were more interesting (and less cringey) than book one.

I have to note- why did SJM have to use the term "puking your guts up" so many times?? There is a lot of mention of vomit but it is always using that term. Not relevant to the plot but so frequent that I had to bring it up.

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sydneyhenshaw's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow. I genuinely couldn’t put this book down and can’t wait to get into the next one. I thought acotar was good but this one is even better. Truly a 5 star read for me.

I was surprised that I did end up actually liking Rhysand. I know his popularity but after reading the first book I just couldn’t imagine myself liking him. Even midway through this book I thought how I liked him more than tamlin now but still didn’t really like him. I get it now.

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aimnorth's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.0

The first third of the book is incredibly slow, but once the pace picks up it really picks up. I've always found the main character of this series hard to swallow, but this book did a great job breaking down her trauma. Exploring the trauma of the other characters was also very well done.

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ashlyncherie's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

My third read-through! I recognize more flaws every time, but I still love the parts that I love. This is the best book of the series, if not the only really good one. And she does characters and relationships and friendships really really well.

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