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Das Reich der sieben Höfe - Flammen und Finsternis by Sarah J. Maas
117 reviews
mollydollydoodah's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
5.0
This book is a masterpiece. I rated the first book a 5, but in comparison I believe this novel to be the best thing I have ever read, which I do not say lightly. The plot twists, sudden revelations, raw emotions, heart-racing action, and every other little piece of this story is so well done that this book encapsulated my entire being. I could not think of anything other than this book and Taylor Swift for the past few days, fighting sleep and responsibilities as I got lost in the world of Feyre Cursebreaker. This book had me whole-heartedly sobbing, giggling, dumbstruck, and thoroughly enthralled as I got to know and love— and hate— the characters. Feyre is amazing, and I absolutely love how Sarah J Maas explains her powers and emotions and writes her to be an all-encompassing badass. The vulnerabilities of the characters allow the story to flow in such a heart-touching way that traps you in the story. It has been so amazing to watch the characters grow and react to each other, and see how each character is written differently. I absolutely love how Rhysand was reintroduced & how he helped her to find herself again. I think that Maas did an amazing job of giving us reasons to have the readers cheer on Rhys instead of Tamlin, especially as the book progressed. I think that the open healing and vulnerability between them helped form their relationship, and how he made her want to paint again. He is overall so healing to Feyre, and I love how much that is displayed. I also really appreciate how we get to see his side of the story and why he acted the way he did in the previous novel. I am also very happy that the little rift after the Suriel did not last long at all, and that we had a soon and meaningful reveal of feelings in that little cabin instead of having it be drawn out and dramatic. I was absolutely broken at the end of the novel, after Feyre broke the bond & sacrificed herself back to Tamlin. Maas did an excellent job of hiding the important details and giving readers such a deep sense of loss before she later reveals their trickery. I am very interested to see how the dynamics of the next novel will work, and if we’ll get dual perspectives like we did at the end of this book. I am also intrigued to see what ends up happening in the Spring Court between Lucien and Feyre, especially since he seems to be knowledgeable of her tricks. I am so excited to see where this takes everyone, and I am counting down the pages until we get a much needed reunion between our favorite couple. This book was amazing and I can’t wait to read the next one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Violence, Gore, War, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and War
audreytrml's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Grief, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Torture
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
kjperry97's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual content and Rape
helenferg's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape
chandlerwood's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Violence, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting
nicoledr's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
merenguita's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-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 reeeally liked this book, more than the first one tbh. What I like the most is the gradual expansion in the world-building, it kept me intrigued the whole way through, and also the depicton of trauma and depression, I find that in some fantasy books the MCs go though some really shoking scenes and then just go about their day as normal, and tha fact that you can see how the characters here are impacted and deteriorated, subtly first, is really refreshing.
Now to spoilers:
Things I liked:The way Feyre slowly starts to notice the abuse she went through, how Tamlin is a thret in the background in a way you almost forget about him at times until the end and then just uff... the BETAYAL! Just Mor in general <3 and also Nesta <3
Things I didn't like:I'm nor really a fan of the whole mate thing, between Rhys and Feyre is fine I guess, I just don't like the thought of Rhys loving her even before she really knew her, but the relization of Lucien and Elain I wasn't a fan of, I feel like it's just way too convinient for the plot. Also I can't really get completly behind the relationship between Rhys and Feyre because of what he did to her in the first book, he drug her and used her and I'm not sure the author is really seeing how problematic that is, because it is brushed aside really fast in this book and idk, it makes me a bit uncomfortable... and just kind of as a pet peeve: once Feyre knows they're mates she refers to Rhys as "my mate" way too often and it just gets repetitive
Now to spoilers:
Things I liked:
Things I didn't like:
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Vomit, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence
karen191's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-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
4.0
I went into this book unsure, I really did not enjoy the last half of the first book and I was pleasantly surprised by this edition. LOVED the themes of consent, the adventure, and of course… the smut. The ending is so good I almost want to start the next book today, but I think I’ll hold off.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, and War
lunxy's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
OK SO i need to stress that i did hav fun reading this book! and i’m excited to finish to finish the series…. and to my favourite SJM apologist pls dnt kill me for only giving it 2 stars 😭😭😭 (n pls only read the first half of this review 💀)
THINGS I LIKED
- the idea of going thru something so fucked up that ur fundamentally a different person and therefore are no longer the person your partner fell in love with is i think really interesting.., tamlin and feyre both changing for better or for worse was cool
-the bone carver literally slayed… the entire scene where they hav to exchange truths was really really cool..,,. and feyre attracting the attention of all these ancient fucked up beings jus bc she’s something new was sick!!
-the start of feyre and rhysands relationship was really fun to read, the passages where she was in the night court and it was rhysand trying to feel her vibe and gain her trust we’re probably the highlight of the book for me (memorable moments are feyre chucking her shoes at his head and rhysand teaching her to read 🤭🤭🤭 hehehe)
- i also just really liked the vibe of the summer court 😃 it was fun seeing somewhere that had a really distinct vibe frm the rest of the world
-ICONIC MOUNTAIN TREMBLING SCENE
-Lucian my beloved 😏🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
(tamlin my secret beloved)
THINGS I DIDNT LIKE (babes u know who u r pls stop reading now 😭 ily)
-i said the same thing with the last book but the beginning was a bit too rushed… there is a HUGE shift in tamlins character and whilst i like the idea of it, it was way too rushed… i would hav liked to actually see him spiral more so it wasn’t such a sudden change
-in the same vein if liking the idea of something but feeling the execution could hav been better, feyre being all broken and traumatised did get a bit repetitive… she would jus keep going on about how weak and disgusted she is with herself and like i’ll admit after a bit i was like 🙄🙄🙄 babes i got it…. u rlly driving this point home…. at least use some different phrases damn 🙄 it jus felt a bit like they were saying the same thing over and over again EVEN THO i did enjoy the fact there were serious consequences to her being kidnapped and the journey of her wanting to paint again
- i really could not get used to the constant use of MALE and FEMALE 😭😭😭😭 like i get that it’s bc they’re faires but like…. they are not really written as not-human either like they jus read as hot men with wings and magic… there is nothing that makes them really unique and fae like???? so having to read shit like “lazy male smile” 😭😭😭 i…. struggled
-the fact that she built up that the humans queens where not beautiful and were chosen to rule based on ability or whatever and i was like 😚😋 slay… but then included one really hot and and she was the only good one and the only one that rlly mattered 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😃 sjm obsession with ppl being hot is tiring
-i found a lot of the characters to be really 2 dimensional 🫣 😭 i like the base ideas/vibes of cassian azriel mor and amren and was excited for there characters to develop but they…… never really did? like, who you think they are at first meeting them is exactly who they stay after 600 pages so it was hard to really connect with them when they didn’t feel like fully realised characters? like literally the first dinner feyre has with them they all just monologue their tragic backstories at her?? 😭 and tbh there is so much sad backstory monologuing in this book..,,.. i can’t think of any character who had their backstory delivered in an interesting way….., all of the women oppression plot lines were jus TOLD to us but we never really see it..,,. same with how cruel the Illaryians (def not spelled right lol) and so much else..,.. it’s jus a lot of ppl saying how shit everything is..,.i think this book would hav benefited frm a lot more SHOWING vs TELLING
-and now for my biggest crime 🫡🫣 i did not like rhysand ……. 😃😭 IM SORRY 😭😭😭😭 i did really like him at the start but as it went on i just found him…. boring?….. the fact that his is the MOST BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL and is ALWAYS in the right and even if you think he’s wrong turns out later he will monologue and explain how he was actually doing it all for feyre and for the good and all the bad stuff was just an act and also if he hurts feyres feelings even if he’s right he will immediately apologise bc he’s jus that good like 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 the is no??? nuance to that ig??? like you’ve immediately taken any tension out of the story bc why would i care that the city is being invaded when in the first quarter of the book u already told me he’s the most powerful and no one can step to him????? why would i care about the tamlin rhysand feyre dynamic when you’ve already made it clear that rhysand is the best person to walk the earth????? like maybe it would b interesting if his power isolated him? oh wait no don’t worry besties 😃 turns out he’s beloved by everyone and he’s jus ur average joe somehow too x … he didn’t feel like an interesting character bc the book went out of its way to stress there was absolutely nothing wrong with him and he can do no wrong?? i think lucian and tamlin remained my favourites despite being butchered in this book jus bc scenes with them were automatically more interesting to read…
-the mating trope is really not for me 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i HATED everytime feyre would call him “my mate” 😭😭 THE FACT THAT FEMALES ACCEPT THE MATING BOND BY COOKING THE MALE FOOD??????,, THAT IS SO INSIDIOUS AND EVEIL 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 cmon gender norms 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 the way sjm sets feyre up the whole book for her girlboss era and then they mate and she makes her a housewife 💀💀💀 nauurrrrrr 😭😭😭 AND THAT WHEN MALES MATE THEY BECOME REALLY AGGRESSIVE AND POSSESIVE BUT ITS NOT THEIR FAULT BC THATS JUS HOW IT WORKS??????? there’s no way this is so twisted 💀😭😭😭😭💀💀💀😭😭😭😭😭😭 i think i felt ambivalent to rhysand thru most of the book but when they mated i started to b fr annoyed by rhys…. AND THAT FEYRE DIDNT EVEN FEEL IT SOME RANDOM SURIEL TOLD HER THEY WERE MATED BRUH??????????????? like the whole idea of rhysand vs tamlin being that he always tells feyre it’s her choice BUT NARRATIVELY THEIR ROMANCE CULMINATES IN FEYRE BEING ROBBED OF A DECSICION BC SOME MAGIC BULLSHIT MADE THEM MATES????? ur joking 😭😭😭😭😭 nauurrr
-also jus on the side 1- feyre having suicidal thoughts and then rhysand being like NEVER SAY THAT AGAIN 🤬🤬🤬👿👿👿👿 IM SERIOUS like 💀 that is not how u talk to someone with mental health issues skhsjhsksbaksbsj
2- the couldren needing to recharge after turning 2 sissies into fae when it made the entire universe?? like is it all powerful or not
3- rhysand was always roaring and feyres dogs were always barking 😭😭😭
4- it felt lazy that the way they had plot reveals was jus that they never told feyre anything ever and everytime something weird would happen feyre would just like to herself “it must have been horrible… i was sure i never wanted to know” BUT SHE SAID THAT ABOUT LIKE EVERYTHING LIKE WHY DOES SHE NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE MAYBE U DNT WNA KNOW BUT I DO TF 😭😭😭😭😭
SO IM GLAD I READ IT AND IM KEEN TO FINISH THE TRILOGY BC I LOVE LOVE LOVE TALKING ABOUT THE LORE BUTTT i do think the first book was better…, bc it was more of a straight romance and i think sjm is kinda weak at fantasy world building … the first book had less of that 💀🫡🫡🫡🫡 praying i still hav friends after this hot take
THINGS I LIKED
- the idea of going thru something so fucked up that ur fundamentally a different person and therefore are no longer the person your partner fell in love with is i think really interesting.., tamlin and feyre both changing for better or for worse was cool
-the bone carver literally slayed… the entire scene where they hav to exchange truths was really really cool..,,. and feyre attracting the attention of all these ancient fucked up beings jus bc she’s something new was sick!!
-the start of feyre and rhysands relationship was really fun to read, the passages where she was in the night court and it was rhysand trying to feel her vibe and gain her trust we’re probably the highlight of the book for me (memorable moments are feyre chucking her shoes at his head and rhysand teaching her to read 🤭🤭🤭 hehehe)
- i also just really liked the vibe of the summer court 😃 it was fun seeing somewhere that had a really distinct vibe frm the rest of the world
-ICONIC MOUNTAIN TREMBLING SCENE
-Lucian my beloved 😏🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
(tamlin my secret beloved)
THINGS I DIDNT LIKE (babes u know who u r pls stop reading now 😭 ily)
-i said the same thing with the last book but the beginning was a bit too rushed… there is a HUGE shift in tamlins character and whilst i like the idea of it, it was way too rushed… i would hav liked to actually see him spiral more so it wasn’t such a sudden change
-in the same vein if liking the idea of something but feeling the execution could hav been better, feyre being all broken and traumatised did get a bit repetitive… she would jus keep going on about how weak and disgusted she is with herself and like i’ll admit after a bit i was like 🙄🙄🙄 babes i got it…. u rlly driving this point home…. at least use some different phrases damn 🙄 it jus felt a bit like they were saying the same thing over and over again EVEN THO i did enjoy the fact there were serious consequences to her being kidnapped and the journey of her wanting to paint again
- i really could not get used to the constant use of MALE and FEMALE 😭😭😭😭 like i get that it’s bc they’re faires but like…. they are not really written as not-human either like they jus read as hot men with wings and magic… there is nothing that makes them really unique and fae like???? so having to read shit like “lazy male smile” 😭😭😭 i…. struggled
-the fact that she built up that the humans queens where not beautiful and were chosen to rule based on ability or whatever and i was like 😚😋 slay… but then included one really hot and and she was the only good one and the only one that rlly mattered 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😃 sjm obsession with ppl being hot is tiring
-i found a lot of the characters to be really 2 dimensional 🫣 😭 i like the base ideas/vibes of cassian azriel mor and amren and was excited for there characters to develop but they…… never really did? like, who you think they are at first meeting them is exactly who they stay after 600 pages so it was hard to really connect with them when they didn’t feel like fully realised characters? like literally the first dinner feyre has with them they all just monologue their tragic backstories at her?? 😭 and tbh there is so much sad backstory monologuing in this book..,,.. i can’t think of any character who had their backstory delivered in an interesting way….., all of the women oppression plot lines were jus TOLD to us but we never really see it..,,. same with how cruel the Illaryians (def not spelled right lol) and so much else..,.. it’s jus a lot of ppl saying how shit everything is..,.i think this book would hav benefited frm a lot more SHOWING vs TELLING
-and now for my biggest crime 🫡🫣 i did not like rhysand ……. 😃😭 IM SORRY 😭😭😭😭 i did really like him at the start but as it went on i just found him…. boring?….. the fact that his is the MOST BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL and is ALWAYS in the right and even if you think he’s wrong turns out later he will monologue and explain how he was actually doing it all for feyre and for the good and all the bad stuff was just an act and also if he hurts feyres feelings even if he’s right he will immediately apologise bc he’s jus that good like 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 the is no??? nuance to that ig??? like you’ve immediately taken any tension out of the story bc why would i care that the city is being invaded when in the first quarter of the book u already told me he’s the most powerful and no one can step to him????? why would i care about the tamlin rhysand feyre dynamic when you’ve already made it clear that rhysand is the best person to walk the earth????? like maybe it would b interesting if his power isolated him? oh wait no don’t worry besties 😃 turns out he’s beloved by everyone and he’s jus ur average joe somehow too x … he didn’t feel like an interesting character bc the book went out of its way to stress there was absolutely nothing wrong with him and he can do no wrong?? i think lucian and tamlin remained my favourites despite being butchered in this book jus bc scenes with them were automatically more interesting to read…
-the mating trope is really not for me 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i HATED everytime feyre would call him “my mate” 😭😭 THE FACT THAT FEMALES ACCEPT THE MATING BOND BY COOKING THE MALE FOOD??????,, THAT IS SO INSIDIOUS AND EVEIL 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 cmon gender norms 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 the way sjm sets feyre up the whole book for her girlboss era and then they mate and she makes her a housewife 💀💀💀 nauurrrrrr 😭😭😭 AND THAT WHEN MALES MATE THEY BECOME REALLY AGGRESSIVE AND POSSESIVE BUT ITS NOT THEIR FAULT BC THATS JUS HOW IT WORKS??????? there’s no way this is so twisted 💀😭😭😭😭💀💀💀😭😭😭😭😭😭 i think i felt ambivalent to rhysand thru most of the book but when they mated i started to b fr annoyed by rhys…. AND THAT FEYRE DIDNT EVEN FEEL IT SOME RANDOM SURIEL TOLD HER THEY WERE MATED BRUH??????????????? like the whole idea of rhysand vs tamlin being that he always tells feyre it’s her choice BUT NARRATIVELY THEIR ROMANCE CULMINATES IN FEYRE BEING ROBBED OF A DECSICION BC SOME MAGIC BULLSHIT MADE THEM MATES????? ur joking 😭😭😭😭😭 nauurrr
-also jus on the side 1- feyre having suicidal thoughts and then rhysand being like NEVER SAY THAT AGAIN 🤬🤬🤬👿👿👿👿 IM SERIOUS like 💀 that is not how u talk to someone with mental health issues skhsjhsksbaksbsj
2- the couldren needing to recharge after turning 2 sissies into fae when it made the entire universe?? like is it all powerful or not
3- rhysand was always roaring and feyres dogs were always barking 😭😭😭
4- it felt lazy that the way they had plot reveals was jus that they never told feyre anything ever and everytime something weird would happen feyre would just like to herself “it must have been horrible… i was sure i never wanted to know” BUT SHE SAID THAT ABOUT LIKE EVERYTHING LIKE WHY DOES SHE NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE MAYBE U DNT WNA KNOW BUT I DO TF 😭😭😭😭😭
SO IM GLAD I READ IT AND IM KEEN TO FINISH THE TRILOGY BC I LOVE LOVE LOVE TALKING ABOUT THE LORE BUTTT i do think the first book was better…, bc it was more of a straight romance and i think sjm is kinda weak at fantasy world building … the first book had less of that 💀🫡🫡🫡🫡 praying i still hav friends after this hot take
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
cuteasamuntin's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-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
4.0
A Court of Thorns and Roses delivers the well-worn, somewhat predictable beats and tropes we know and love in fun and exciting ways, hitting the right beat at every twist and turn. By contrast, A Court of Mist and Fury takes a sharp left away from what seems to be shaping up as an equally well-known plot in the early chapters. Maas is incredibly bold as she turns this fairy tale ending on its head in an unexpected journey into social change, personal agency, the many shapes of love, and healing from trauma.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Body horror, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War
Be prepared for a frank, reflective exploration of the complicated journey that is PTSD recovery and healing from the trauma of intimate partner violence.