Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

6 reviews

clairejoanmarie's review against another edition

hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, War, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

daisyfont's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Torture, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment and Death of parent

amandak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Mental illness, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, War, Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

llsugarspicell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

kloft1993's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

ashlightgrayson's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.0

This is probably my favorite installment in the series after ACOMAF. I usually take issue with the way Maas writes her sex scenes, but I'm happy to say that she toned down the weird analogies in this one by a lot; it's been a great improvement. 

Nesta is a very divisive character for a lot of people, but I was interested in seeing her journey to adopting healthier coping mechanisms for her trauma. Nesta has gone through a lot and everyone else seems to have found some way of coping with what they've been through. On the other hand, Nesta needed a bit more of a nudge and she definitely got it. We already know that Cassian and Nesta have had budding romantic and sexual attraction, so this book just expands on that. Their relationship becomes more of a focus and you get to see how they learn to trust each other and become more comfortable with each other. Nesta is also able to form new strong friendships as well, which was probably my favorite part of this story. These relationships parallel those that Feyre formed with the inner circle in ACOMAF and ACOWAR. Part of Nesta's problem with Feyre is that she has never felt like she has belonged among the fey and she no longer fits in among humans either. We finally get to see her find her own inner circle here while also becoming stronger in her own right. This in turns helps her make amends with her sisters as well. 

There are political conflicts that continue to be a strong plot point that drive the events in the story. There are moments of adventure and pretty interesting sparring matches and battles featured. However, like previous installments, the major focus is character development. There is also commentary on sexism and some of the social issues that have previously been mentioned pertaining to the Illyrians. Overall, I feel like the wait for this book was worthwhile and I think it's one of the better books in the series. 

My main complaint with Sarah J. Maas is that she makes the stakes seem high for the characters, but then never actually kills anyone. This is the second time Feyre is on the brink of death and is saved by some  miracle in the end. I think when you have stakes that high in a story you need to have consequences that match the stakes. I don't feel that has happened yet. It just might not at this point considering that we're on book 4 already and it still hasn't happened. That's my main gripe so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Torture, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse