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adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, War
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Here's the thing- I hated this book. But I can't really point a finger at why exactly so I didn't give it a lower rating. The first half was extremely boring and the second half was extremely problematic. I think some of my dislike comes from osmosis ing through pop knowledge the next steps in Feyres romance. But regardless, had this not been a book I was reading for a friend, I would have DNFed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol
adventurous
tense
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
So far, I’m not as into this series as I was the Throne of Glass series. Still a captivating enough read to get me out of my slump! Enjoyed the strength and drive of the main character Feyre. Enough plot twists that it didn’t feel predictable. Less smut than expected, maybe 1 or 2 sex scenes?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder
Moderate: Torture
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
tense
Loveable characters:
No
I really hated this book. I made the effort of finishing it because it was very popular and I believed it had to get better. I did not. The writing is not great, it’s very simple and any attempt at foreshadowing is badly done, you can guess it’s foreshadowing the moment you read it. The main relationship is not very interesting, it’s essentially based on a lie and a kidnapping. The world could’ve been interesting, but it was not consistent. The world is first described as very dark and humans being very weak compared to fairies. Entire villages are being murdered in a night, but this starving average girl can somehow defend herself and survive this world all alone, when entire villages and families couldn’t. Honestly one of the worst book I’ve read in my life. <at some point she’s drugged by force every night for almost two months and forced to do degrading things she normally wouldn’t do if not drugged. The character who forces her is later revealed to be “on the right side” and he was trying not to be suspicious to the villain, but that’s just a bad plot point in my opinion>
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Sexual harassment
adventurous
dark
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, War
Minor: Torture, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book has been on my TBR for years and I was excited to finally read it. Bookstagram told me it would be good, but I feel lied to. It read like a mashup of Beauty and the Beast and Howl’s Moving Castle—two stories I love—but I didn’t love this. I didn’t like any of the characters and the story was just… blah. It was slow, I didn’t really care about what happened to any of the characters, and I predicted the plot twist close to the end.
All that being said, friends and family have assured me the series gets better as you go along, so I’ll give the second book a try. The jump from 400 pages to 600 makes me nervous it will be a giant waste of time, but hopefully I will like Mist and Fury better.
ACOTAR gets 2.5/5 for me, but I did finish and I am willing to give the second book a chance.
All that being said, friends and family have assured me the series gets better as you go along, so I’ll give the second book a try. The jump from 400 pages to 600 makes me nervous it will be a giant waste of time, but hopefully I will like Mist and Fury better.
ACOTAR gets 2.5/5 for me, but I did finish and I am willing to give the second book a chance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, War
Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I enjoyed this, it was fun to finally read what everyone else has been reading. A few reasons for my low ish rating are: I found Feyre a bit annoying, I didn’t quite understand how she and Tamlin fell in love I guess and it didn’t feel super well conveyed to me. Like for example when they first said ily to each other I felt a bit shocked. My main complaint of this book is that it didn’t feel fast paced enough for 416 pages. I know I’m new to fantasy, but I hoped it would have been more of a page turner based on how much people love the series (although I have heard many say the first book isn’t great, but that the rest of the series is, so I’ll definitely read the second one). It was overall a really well written and interesting story, just not in a page-turner type of way. I think if I connected with/ liked the characters more I would have read it a lot more quickly. ALSO while I think I’ll like the next book, I am completely overwhelmed by this series. The second book being 626 pages and then only increasing feels insane to me😭
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder