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Regatul spinilor și al trandafirilor by Sarah J. Maas

21 reviews

pretzel2023's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

I'm just going to leave this reveiw on the first book as a reveiw for the whole series-
I really love this series! It's extremely well written in my opinion. It is kinda spicy the further you go in and that's a little much for me but that's just my taste. I love the characters especially the sisters!!! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Again this is for the whole series not just this book specifically.... also spoilers coming! Ok so I did add some things for content warning bc I feel like there are a lot of triggers especially with the whole tamlin thing the farther you go **if yk yk

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy this book as much as I did. I found some of the writing to be a bit cringe/odd but I had alot of fun reading it. Maybe it's just because I haven't read a fantasy book in a while but this book was exactly what I needed and im anticipating the events of the second one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Confinement, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, and Excrement

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, and Chronic illness

salinafloye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Slavery and Sexual harassment

csmall73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Initially the story kind of meandered through events that don’t seem to have much value to a storyline. Everything does tie in an intricate plot that even extends past its own series. As things develop it becomes quite chaotic and confusing but it is good. You get sucked into the story and into feyre. You must know what happens next even though it breaks her and it breaks you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Gore, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

kingkiara's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

I picked up this read because of the hype on booktok but honestly I hated it which isn't typical of me with books. However I couldn't find one thing that i even slightly liked and had to truely force myself to finish it just to see if there was anything worth redeeming it at the end. Unfortunately there wasn't and this was my first ever audible return. In short, the characters were severely under developed and unlikeable. The plot was barely there & honestly that part i could have maybe forgiven if the spice had been worth it but no. I think this may be my first and last taste of this author's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

raveries's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Xenophobia

heidishartrandnewell's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

For an avid reader, the tropes that seem evident in this first book do not continue throughout the series. This book gave me tons of Twilight vibes which made me very uncomfortable, but that dynamic changes as the series continues! Keep reading!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Classism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Death, Confinement, Blood, Ableism, Abandonment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

lyd41's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

This was wattpad level trash and the sex scenes weren't even worth it. Also SJM ruined fae lore. Fae are supposed to be epic and whimsical, all she did was make them sus 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Vomit, Gore, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, War, Murder, Stalking, Sexual content, and Slavery

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Update: Six Months Later
I really hated this series, and after a friend spoiled the ending of House of Sky and Breath for me, I've decided I'm never picking up another SJM book ever again. I'm dropping my rating to 2 stars because in retrospect I just don't like any of these books lmao, thanks for coming to my TED talk

Okay... so I loved this book, but I have a lot of feelings. I usually write reviews on my phone but I had to come onto my laptop to type this one. That says a lot for me, because I'm lazy and pulling out my laptop is a hassle. Just a fair warning, my emotions WILL lead to cussing.

Just as a spoiler-free tidbit before I continue: great book, highly recommend if you're into high fantasy and heartbreaking romance.

I'd like to preface this saying I had the endgame couple spoiled for me long before I even bought this book, so if you haven't seen the fanart like I have, please do NOT continue reading this. Knowing is what made it difficult to read.

All in all, I really enjoyed this! I mean, clearly, because you see the five star rating. I love how the reader is introduced to this series with a twist on a classic fairytale. I think I remember my friend telling me it was a Beauty and the Beast reimagining years ago when she first recommended it, but I definitely didn't realize it until like halfway through lol. The characterization and the world building is so beautifully done. I feel connected to Feyre and the Spring Court fae, my heart aches for Tamlin, and Lucien is my precious snarky boy. Now, when it comes to Rhysand........... Rhysand is where the majority of my issues lie. Again, I know he ends up becoming the love interest for Feyre over Tamlin. What I can't figure out is WHY.

I published several of my Kindle notes on Goodreads, and if I were able to post them here, you'd notice the majority of them are from the last quarter of the book. When Rhysand first appeared at the Great Rite, I was like "oh okay cool this is gonna be like a ASITE/Plated Prisoner thing where everyone's terrified of him because he can kill people but he's actually a really wholesome guy who just doesn't wanna see people get hurt". And then we find out he's the one who sent the disembodied head to be displayed on Tamlin's fountain AS A JOKE and my brain turned into that clip of Tyra Banks saying "We were rooting for you! We were ALL rooting for you!"

Rhysand DRUGGED Feyre and forced her to give him lap dances in front of Tamlin nearly every night for three months. THREE MONTHS. Oh but he healed her arm and used his magic tattoo to help her win the second task because she can't read. Like big fuckin deal. He laughed at her pain, literally marked her as his property, and purposefully dressed her up in skimpy clothing she felt embarrassed in because he wanted to make Tamlin angry. Way to just objectify this woman and use her as a tool to hurt the guy she actually loves.

And then this mans has the AUDACITY to excuse his behavior and justify it by saying that he didn't want history to remember him as someone who stood in the background and did nothing, that you wanted to be written down as someone who fought against Amarantha "at the end". But bitch where were you BEFORE all of that??? Acting as her damn lackey and having sex with her. And worse of all - Feyre actually starts feeling for him! You're just gonna let three months of abuse slide under the table because "he feels as though no one should die alone just like I do!"

I just know this is gonna turn into a Severus Snape thing where the whole audience is expected to forgive this asshole for treating Feyre like garbage because he's dark, mysterious, and did a couple not-shitty things. Tbh most of the reason I wanna continue the series is because I wanna know what happens to Tamlin and I've heard Cassian is way better than Rhysand.

Okay I'm done ranting for now, if I have anything more to add I'll edit this some other time when it's not 2 AM and I'm being fueled by rage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Child abuse, and Torture

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Classism, Grief, Sexism, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Child abuse