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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

279 reviews

codytheguitarist's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

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Definitely the heaviest of all the ACOTAR books. While the others dance around or occasionally bring up heavier subjects such as grief, mental illness, sexual assault, and trauma, this book dives headfirst into all of them and many more. This book is not for the faint of heart but if you’re willing to confront your inner demons to read it I highly encourage you to do so. Many of the passages rang very true and hit close to home for me personally as I have felt similar things as the de facto main character and said many of the things she said about herself almost verbatim about myself. The change in narrative style from first person to third person was an interesting adjustment as I’d gotten used to ACOTAR, ACOMAF, and ACOWAR being written using the former. But since ACOFAS used a blend of both it wasn’t quite as jarring to suddenly switch to the latter for ACOSF. Also there’s a LOT more sexual content in this one than all the others combined. Not really sure what to do now besides read Sarah J. Maas’ other books and wait for the sixth ACOTAR book to come out. Absolutely loved it, a very beautiful and heart wrenching story of redemption for Nesta. If I could give this book a 10 star rating instead of just 5 stars I would do it in a heartbeat, A Court of Silver Flames is now unquestionably my favorite book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Torture, Medical trauma, Abandonment

katklev's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, War

tkartco's review against another edition

5.0

emotional

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Self-loathing, healing journeys, female empowerment, and CASSIAN- need I say more? By the end, it was up there with ACOMAF for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Torture

michaela_s71790's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit

This book actually makes Nesta relatable, a task that I thought was impossible. It was a little trope-y at times, but Nesta's redemption arc is pretty great. And yes, this is the steamiest book so far. Wheras previous books were fantasy with some smut mixed in, this is smut with some fantasy mixed in. I look forward to reading the next installment!

blizzardinsummer's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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this isn’t 5 stars because i wasn’t as invested throughout as i was with acomaf & acowar and i definitely have my complaints with choices that were made, but it was still such an amazing read. i’m a feyre girlie, but i adore nesta so much even if she makes me want to throttle her at times. her healing journey was so beautiful plus the friendship between her, gwyn & emerie is top tier. and cassian? that’s officially my number #1 batboy. i’m sorry, rhys, i still love you so much, but you got dethroned this book. highly recommend and can’t wait for the next one (sjm announce something i beg of you).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, War

serai27's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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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I worried when I first started this one that I wouldn't enjoy it as much as it had moved away from the perspective of Fayre but in fact I loved it.

It was so nice to see the development of Cassian and Nesta and to see some of the other characters from a different view point, often not taking things on face value as it often felt Fayre did, and perhaps questioning some of prior events after having a different perspective. I also liked exploring why Nesta was acting the way she was and going on

pathway to healing.

Like many of the other books I found it predictable at points but it didn't take away any of the enjoyment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

msalexnicole's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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This was a 6 star book for me!  Especially after a court of wings and ruin was so terrible. I loved redemption in this book, I laughed, I cried, I was inspired! 

Expect:
Training
Fates mates
Found family
Tension 
Spice
Strong fmc
Multi POV


Spice 4/5
Overall 6/5!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Classism

5tate0f6race's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture

brisha's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture