Reviews with content warning for Drug use - A Court of Thorns and Roses

First of all - how did she get away with naming her two MCs Fairy and Tam Lin lmaooo

Phrases used so often as to be distracting: intrinsically human, feral, growl, shredded to ribbons

I can see why people like it, it’s a fast read with characters you feel like you know. I’ll prob read the rest of the series but I have definitely read better books

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mollz12's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

I have been hesitant to read this book because of the back and forth reviews.

Trigger warnings are needed for this: sexual assault, drugging, non consent sex, male toxic traits

I loved the fairy world and the fantasy part of this. I was “whatever” about the love story. I read this fast, so it held my attention.
The thing I absolutely was disappointed in was the intention of sexual assault and non consented sexual acts. I couldn’t believe she added this.

There is a point near the end after FREYE getting drugged over and over and the fairy says he never touched her below because he wanted to be on Tamlin’s good side…… what?!??
What?!????
How about … not to do things to her SHE DID NOT AGREE ON. so so ridiculous.

I only would read the 2nd one if rape is left out of it!

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azurelunatic's review against another edition

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Finished chapter 39 and further via recap because I was not equal to enduring another one of those torture scenes via audio book

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ja3hwa's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

I Love Tamlin so much but Rhysand is making me my brain all fuzzy. The world was great and the ending was perfect. It was a satisfying close book.

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peregrinwho's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

There is a concerning amount of sexual assault, drugging and raping in this book once you get to the halfway point. The book was focused too much on muscles instead of giving the love interest a personality, and the mc shakes like a chihuaua in fear every other page, but the story was overall fun until chapter 20.

The mc is told the love interest will have a magic compulsion effecting him for a night that will cause him to rape a woman if there's no one willing around, and that might end up being her, and she gets off on it. There's even undercurrents of furry/omega stuff to top it off. It turned the relationship very toxic very quick. He suddenly starts trying to control the mc and assaults her hours after she was assaulted by other characters. She slaps him, but it's framed as foreplay.

I refuse to read the rest of this series' rape fantasies and domestic abuse. It's not cute or sexy. And I don't want to find out if Tamlin knots. Also, the plot is remeniscent of Beauty And The Beast but in all the ways people who say Belle had stokholm syndrom talk about. There's no "hideous curse" that makes sure her love isn't shallow-just a flimsy masquerade mask, the mc bandages a wound the love interest gets but it isn't in pursuit of protecting her, and he lies to her about pretty much everything in the name of "protecting" her, clearly devaluing her autonomy and trust. Ironic, given every other character in the story does more to protect her than he does. Lucien is the only rounded character, and the only reason worth reading.

Also I'm sorry I cannot get over the answer to the riddle that saves them all is "love" I was rolling my eyes so hard I was worried they'd get stuck.

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dahliaden's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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rowstream's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I know I’m like 10 years late to reading this but I was totally fine being ~not like the other book girlies~ and refusing to read this series because everyone else was obsessed with it. And for what? To act like that somehow made me better? Perhaps for a time it soothed me to roll my eyes at talk of faerie romance and all the tedious world building of courts and magic and such… except why? Literally why. Why do I do this to myself. I love Twilight, The Hunger Games—I jumped on those bandwagons early on, so why did I put this one off for so long just to inevitably devour it??

Yeah fantasy isn’t usually my thingggggg but people change!!!

✨ she’s a High Fae girly now!!!!! ✨ (Please read this next line in that one voice from Shrek) ANYTHING FOR YOU, MY LORD!!!

Anyway, Feyre is an awesome protagonist and I’m so looking forward to what next awaits her in Prythian…

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