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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

232 reviews

hannah_rc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

jessieb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Colonisation

katiecoconut21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

A Court of Mist and Fury is easily my favorite novel in the ACOTAR series. After reading A Court of Thorns and Roses, I was expecting more Tamlin-Feyre romance, but boy was I wrong (and glad to be so). 

This novel is a Hades and Persephone retelling, and I find it to be one of my favorites of the type. First off, it addresses what happens after you kill for love. Second, it describes how falling out of love and falling in love is natural (though Sarah J. Maas seemed more bent on making it an evil-good switcheroo). 

The Rhysand-Feyre dynamic is one of my favorites, though I was wondering how Sarah J. Maas would turn all those evil things Rhysand did Under the Mountain into not-so-evil actions? She did so successfully, I might add. And when we found out that

Rhysand and Feyre were mates

, I was so excited...I literally squealed.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this book (but mostly the Rhysand-Feyre romance) and find it to be my favorite in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Kidnapping and War

shhimreadinghere's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

I'd give it a five especially for the last 20 chapters. It picks up like ACOTAR does in the last 1/3 of the book except this is a much bigger climax to resolution so much more on the line. Where I get frustrated is wishing most of Feyre's dialogue was more than just questions. I know she's only a year into this world but someone please make her read the treaty or a history book about the war. something. i could picture this whole book in my head like a movie, would reread parts to sync up with the pacing of the visual I had in my head. I haven't been this immersed in a series since I read Twilight as a 12 year old. The tension, the stakes, the adventure, all 10 out of 10. The spice only enters the chat in the last 150ish pages which how people talk about it, I thought maybe it came way too soon. I'm glad it happened when it did. Sarah J Maas is amazing at building - the world, the tension, the stakes, the characters, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, and War

hades_astor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

I have read this book three times because it is my favorite SJM book and one of my favorite books in general!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

nani_06's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Vomit, and Gaslighting

scytheria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

In which Feyra gains a personality and a few brain cells and this series gets good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

julleah's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

While the story is good, I would not recommend this to anyone with sexual trauma or an abusive person in their life as this book will likely be very upsetting. Trigger warning: explicit sex scenes (several that can be skipped), abuse, torture, returning to abuser, sex work, assault is hinted at, PTSD, violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

flavorbritt's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault

abidoodle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I definitely liked this book better than the first, but to be honest I also took a long break and kind of forget the beginning. I think there are good parts to it but there’s also just some pretty cheesy and bad writing that made me physically cringe at points haha. I would say, again, it’s better than the first and it’s been a good book to get through quickly because it’s action packed, but I wouldn’t say it’s that good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence