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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

264 reviews

quinbyfaye's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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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speckledstars's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved A Court of Mist and Fury, but I think I like this one a little more. Nesta’s trauma, as well as the trauma of others, is so well-written. It made me pause and reflect on my own feeling, even if our experiences were nothing alike.

Sarah J Mass’ storytelling has greatly improved since the beginning of ACOTAR. The sex scenes are still a little cringy, but they’re better. The character development in this book is also very good, along with the worldbuilding. Sarah J Mass has done a great job at building a believable world and characters that really draw you in. I look forward to the next installment.

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dani_reis's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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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lakeofwords's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh no... the smut faery book made me cry multiple times. Woops.
I don't think I've ever bothered to read the acknowledgements after a book's ending but this one was so sweet.
My brain might be leaking after this whole ACOTAR marathon I put myself on but it managed to make me so much happier I don't really mind.
(I miiiiight have developed a teeny tiny parasocial relationship with these characters and I might also be a bit too obsessed with the world in this series, but what can I do?)

Personal notes:
And no, I DON'T want to think critically about the problematic stuff, I DON'T want to watch and read essays about how baaaaad this book is and this series is this and that and blah blah blah. I'm done endlessly putting myself through criticism over stuff I actually enjoy and makes me feel good. I'm done judging myself so harshly for enjoying things that might have aspects I don't agree with, let me fully use this magical fictional world as the ultimate escapism and leave me alone. I have tortured myself so much through the years over the things I enjoy and deprived myself of so much for the sake of being "a good person" that doesn't consume "problematic" media. Fuck my OCD. Byeeeeee!

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bethy_joy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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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itsnotri's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

This book switches between Nesta and Cassian’s POV. It’s life after the war with Hybern, the beginning is Nesta’s battle with herself and everyone around her due to her own traumas that she is trying to deal with alone . She starts finding herself throughout the book though (not a smooth process at all) and

finally learns to accept herself and all of her ugly and eventually accepts Cassian as her mate. She finds her own set of friends as well as earning her place back in the inner circle. Nesta IS the main character.

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bookishying's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bookbelle5_17's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

Review of A Court of Silver Flames

By: Sarah J. Maas

Feyre has given Nesta some time hoping it will change her, but she has gotten worse. She’s spending Feyre and Rhysand’s money going to taverns and sleeping around with any Fae male that crosses her path. Feyre gives her sister an ultimatum, get her shit together and train with Cassian or be cast out into the human world. Nesta agrees to train with Cassian, but only pretends to cooperate. Cassian has his hands full and must help her heal with her PSTD, like Rhys did for Feyre. Meanwhile, a threat is looming in the background from the human queens, and Nesta might be the best weapon they got.

Nesta Archeron is my least favorite, not counting Tamlin, whom I hate, but once again Maas proves she can change my mind about a character. This one has a lot of similarities to ACOMAF as it deals with a lot of the same themes such as PSTD and grief. The romance starts the same, but Nesta is a bit meaner to Cassian than Feyre was to Rhys. At least Nesta didn’t throw a shoe at him, but she’d probably would have thrown a dagger instead. Nesta is full of female rage and has mixed feelings about her father and Feyre. She resents Feyre but won’t acknowledge her own part in the terrible things that happened to them. Feyre took care of them while Nesta didn’t bother to do anything, and she saved Elaine from the King Hybern and the cauldron. Nesta’s one redeeming quality is her love for Elaine, but she’s almost too protective. Nesta also loves Feyre and appreciates her, and she also realizes it’s easier to blame Feyre than admit her own faults. As for her father, Nesta feels their father abandon them, but he brings a ship named after Nesta to rescue them during the war. He also sacrifices himself and the last thing he says is he loves Nesta before his neck was broken while she froze up. She is triggered by certain sounds that remind her of his death. She pushes everyone away even Elaine and Amren, but Cassian won’t give up on her. Being in Nesta’s head allowed us to understand her and feel sympathy for her, though I still got frustrated with her. We get a different side of Cassian as well, that isn’t as lighthearted and easy going, but a version of him that still struggles with his own demons. I liked the new characters who became friends with Nesta and could relate to her. They don’t judge her, especially since they have their own trauma’s that they experienced. This book also includes the actual blood rite being played out with Nesta and her friends being forced into it. The magical objects and the confrontation with the human queen who was turned into a crone by cauldron was a fun and cool part of the story, but it wasn’t the main point of plot and I wonder if Maas will continue building this threat. Yes, once again we have some intense and hot sex scenes that are detailed, and it was awkward listening to it via audio book. This one has a different narrator, and she does a great job portraying Nesta’s emotions. I enjoyed this one and am excited for the next one.

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