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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

134 reviews

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ziracrow's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

Although it took me about an entire month to read it, the 750 pages were worth it! At first I was skeptical of the third person POV, but it really suited Nesta and Cassian’s story. I loved how the focus shifted between the two seamlessly, between romance and action, between lust and rage. Nesta’s character development was outstanding and happened naturally across the pages, not just all at once at the end. Once again, the last 100 pages were INTENSE and ruined me, but they were fearless and passionate and so fitting to the characters’ separate arcs.

I adored the friendship and found family between Nesta, Gwyn, and Emerie, and even the House. Nesta realizing that she did deserve love even after all of the horrible things that happened before was a satisfying plot point, even if it took her a long time to get there. We love a proper redemption story.

It was funny and sometimes ridiculous (in a good way) how Nesta and Cass tried to act like FWB for much of the book, but they were NEVER that casual. They both literally risked their lives for each other on PURPOSE before they’d ever even KISSED. It was way too laughable how they both pretended to not care for one another, and how spectacularly they failed. So stubborn, the both of them.

“The music was no longer the most beautiful thing in existence. He was.”

The grit, the determination, the unbridled power unleashed(!!!!)…. All of the right relationships gained. The SPICE!!

An incredible read, even despite the Wattpad direction that Rhys and Feyre’s story went (I still love them sooooo much but the pregnancy storyline was a little too Breaking Dawn for me).

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sibard's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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evawithane's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Starts out slow. I personally wasn't a fan of the main character until about halfway through the book due to the way she was portrayed in the earlier books - and by the end I found myself relating so much to her and rooting for her.

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shansbookjournal's review against another edition

4.75

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: Yes

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stewartj0421's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An explosive release of the spicy, destructive tension that has culminated throughout the first four books.

In A Court of Silver Flames, Nesta Archeron continues to battle against traumatic events so harrowing, she refuses to even think about them, let alone recount her experience to anyone else. This book is our first look at the inner turmoil that has plagued Nesta's mind ever since - and perhaps before - the Fae irreversibly encroached upon the lives of the entire Archeron family.

In this fifth iteration of the ACOTAR universe, Maas forces the reader to confront an equally-as-ugly side of the war that has brewed and boiled over since the start of the series. Readers have already seen battles of love, abuse, and neglect through Feyre's eyes, but in this novel that is no less than an epic saga, the reader must confront two dirty truths: that victims of abuse can become perpetrators, and that healing is never linear.

Nesta is a notoriously controversial character, representing the imperfect victim. It is often challenging to see the light at the end of her tunnel because of how frequently she self-sabotages. She has often been portrayed as mean-spirited and selfish, opting for vicious spite where her sisters are compelled toward love and forgiveness, if not their own versions of self-centered behavior.

Yet it is not difficult to pinpoint Nesta's insecurities and her own neglected childhood as catalysts for her fiendish persona, and in this novel, the first chance at experiencing Nesta in the first person, we learn that our initial perceptions of the character may have been skewed through Feyre's lens in past books.

ACOSF is a reconciliation between Nesta's outward conceit and her deep-seated inner conflict. Through the support of new friends and flames, yet with plenty of fresh hardships, she begins to truly face the reality of her past and the trajectory of her future, taking steps forward instead of moving eternally into the past.

The end of the book did not necessarily leave me a new fan of Nesta's, but I certainly have an understanding of and appreciation for her journey in a way that I never imagined possible for this character. I am proud of her effort to mend relationships and forge new pathways, and I hope Nesta's redemption arc is fulfilled the next time we meet her.

Book originally reviewed on Discovery: https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/a-court-of-silver-flames-sarah-j-maas-91b932d6-c307-4de5-99e8-9db4e5eaa4ec/user-reviews/a-court-of-silver-flames-jordan-stewart

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