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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

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edey_books's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I’ve never related more to a character than Nesta before. It’s a fabulous shift from the previous books in the ACOTAR series, and I can’t wait for the next one. Nesta is a complicated character who does indeed have toxic traits, but she also shows how you can grow past them and still be loyal, fierce and strong. “Climb the mountain.”

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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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cfitz13's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

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katierosecrane's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book is very similar to ACOMAF, but with Nesta in it. I might be scared to read some long books but not by SJM.

I love a mental health troupe and Cassian and Nesta have an amazing love story. I appreciated that this book wasn’t geared towards YA audience. It made the themes hit harder and the parallelism to ACOMAF showed that.

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l0053yn0053y's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

2.0

I was able to get through the first 2 books of the ACOTAR series with ease because of how well the plot carried me through the story, I needed to know what happened next. The third and fourth I read at a reasonable pace because I was hoping it would get better.
This was such a slow read! I had a hard time because I didn't really enjoy Nesta's character from the first 4 books and Cassian just didn't seem like he was a very dimensional character to begin with...he was a very stereotypical support character, the barbarian of the group.

I will start with the good.

As Nesta works through her trauma she does face challenges that push her to become a respectful likeable character as she realizes her true worth. I think it showed a wonderful character development on her end. But how that development comes about...it just all felt very forced. I felt like all of the characters were very 2-dimensional besides Nesta. The plot was a bit sloppy and very rushed at the end....the sex scenes just seemed to be added to spice up the plot but it didn't make sense nor was it a healthy way for both Nesta and Cassian's characters to help with her healing...it just didn't flow as the first 2 books did. It also seemed a bit of a repeat of the second book just with more focus on the training side....and my biggest gripe with this book is HOW THE FUCK CAN THEY HEAL A MAN WITH GUTS HANGING OUT OF HIM BUT THEY CANNOT PERFORM A CESARIAN PREGNANCY??? This was the biggest issue I had as it was supposed to be the big conflict where the story turns but I just found it so ridiculous. I also knew that none of the characters would die so I didn't care....I was hoping just for it to be some poetic justice that Nesta might sacrifice herself and save Feyre and Nyx or something drastic...but similar to the third one, the ending was rushed, everyone nearly died, but everyone was saved in the end...go team! Then when Cassian and Nesta realize they were mates just felt so underwhelming and glossed over....Then the bonus chapters I wish hadn't been included because Azriel just seemed all out of character and there hasn't been any growth/development that the reader has seen so it just didn't seem like the right place and time to introduce that side of the story. I really hope she wraps up the Az/Elain/Lucien triangle and Feyre fucking follows up on her promise to Vassa...how long is that temporary release? I bet when the characters return it won't be long...Maas has to build the tension somehow...

I was absolutely in love with this series but have slowly had my appreciation shifted to losing it as the plot line has gotten sloppy and so have the characters....

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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rilvil's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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syvanahlouise's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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annenichols's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

Sorry, I did not like this one. For me, only books 1 and 2 have been worth reading so far (because 2 is actually good, and 1 is a prologue).

I have never liked Nesta as a character. She's a nasty, strongheaded sister in sort of a cliche way; her headstrong reactions in dangerous situations in the earlier books just aren't believable. I also haven't really found her lovable, although this book

redeems

her in a predictable way.

Feyre is flatter in this book, in which she's less of a protagonist. Most of the characters are a bit flatter.

The idea of Nesta's character arc in this book has some interest and depth to it, but its execution just didn't do it for me. Too many parts had me cringing or rolling my eyes (the

love interest

, the

friendship bracelets

- really?). This book felt younger and less sophisticated, clunky in its overt attempt to have a strong female protagonist.

Some parts of the end were intriguing, mostly the

Blood Rite

. The final

birth

scene is also somewhat engaging.

I'll still read the next book because I'm kind of in it with the series at this point, and in the hopes that it's as good as the second book. I hope it's not about Elain.

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rivierareads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

The only ACOTAR book that made me cry. Well-written with an interesting plot. I could not put this down

and this book definitely wins the best smut award for Nesta x Cassian

. The messages about hope sometimes felt a bit cheesy / over-the-top / in-your-face but it’s a nice message and not too constant. I guess my biggest complaint is that it felt like the plot was very elaborate and intriguing only for a lot of it to end up in a wash in the ends. But overall excellent, fun to read, with believable character development and relationships (SO important!).

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