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Das Reich der sieben Höfe - Flammen und Finsternis by Sarah J. Maas

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flamesocks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

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_bailey_reads_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

Literally the greatest fantasy romance book of all time…. I ate this book up. It’s very long and yet I read the whole thing in about 2-3 days. When it was over I felt like my life was missing something… that’s how engrossed I was in this book and these characters!

The MC, Feyre, is such a beautiful and well written character inside and out. Her journey from book 1 to book 2 (this book) is so heartbreaking, empowering, and somehow relatable even though it’s fantasy!

I felt this book had really good character development for the MC and also for other characters, specifically, a love interest (who I won’t name so I don’t spoil it).

It has moments of really good action and adventure. Moments of anxiety and you could feel the MC’s feelings of pain and distress. But also moments of a lot of humor and fun and love! This book has so much heart! The spice in the book is amazing, well written and steamy!

I loved it and loved characters and will forever!

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shaunaxx's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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? No

5.0

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pernillelsk's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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semeyers's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.5

Okay, is it possible to have a toxic relationship with a book series? Asking for myself.

Because on one hand these books....just aren't that good.

The plot? Fine enough to get through, but once you start thinking about it there are many plot holes.
Magic? Undeveloped, inconsistent, honestly confusing.
World-building? Mediocre.
Character development? Inconsistent/non-existent.
Actually, the characters themselves? Inconsistent in a baffling way, not a realistic way

1) So Mor was abused (understatement) by the ultra patriarchal Court of Nightmares. Rhys is supposedly a bastion of reason and feminist ideals, not to mention the most powerful high lord in history.....yet Rhys stands by while women in the Hewn City and the Illyrian tribes, both groups in his court and under his rule, are trodden down, abused, and brutalized because "that's how things are/they're too spread out to stop"? And everyone in the Inner Circle is just fine with it? Nah, I don't buy it.
2) Rhys is abused and traumatized for FIFTY years to hide the existence of Velaris....but gives it up almost immediately to the Queens when there were other options available to him? Too weird to overlook.

Villains? Not very compelling.
The dialogue? Eye-roll inducing, with overused phrases throughout. I think someone searched for it and the word "mate" is used over 200 times. The "offensive gesture" annoys me every time it shows up, which is a lot. On a related note, this is also one of those books where characters growl and purr and snarl and show their teeth. I can excuse this as them being non-human, but I know this really gets to some people.
The spicy scenes? Cringe worthy. The teasing/flirting scenes are 10x better, IMHO.
This book has a lot of tell and almost no show. You, as the reader, are told that certain characters are insanely powerful over and over again, but they aren't shown being powerful. If you miss any subtleties, don't worry, you'll be hit over the head with them in the last 100-200 pages of the book.

For these reasons, I really can't justify more than a 3.5-star rating.

But, all that being said? I am obsessed. Can't stop thinking about it. These books have taken over my brain. I can't get enough of Feysand and I need to know more about all of the characters, the courts, and the magic. I am invested in Nesta's storyline. I rarely buy books, but when I found out the wait at my library for ACOWAR was 16 weeks, I went and bought the entire series. Doesn't help that I've also thrown myself into all of the fan theories that would excuse some of the criticisms I have

Is Rhysand the big baddie after all? This would actually explain some of the plot holes and a lot of the inconsistency in his actions.

. I have heard that ACOMAF is the best of the 5 books out so far, with maybe only ACOSF overshadowing it a little, so I am interested to see how ACOWAR plays out! I have seen a ton of spoilers (thanks BookTok/BookStagram) so I already know I've got gripes with some of the tropes coming up.....

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ten_telegrams's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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miagic_tome's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. This book consumed my every thought for a few days after reading and I’m eagerly working on the rest of the series. The only reason it is not 5 stars is because the author uses rape and sexual assault as a plot device in an odd way. It is constantly mentioned, and seemingly vital to some characers’ stories. Yet it’s somehow always on the periphery, so content warnings don’t show it but they’re inescapable. Really messed with my immersion when I had to listen to characters throw in threats and stories of raping people along with their villainous plans.

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effy's review against another edition

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4.75

Review from 2nd re-read: This was yet another re-read for me!

Once again I am back to

hating Tamlin with a fiery passion,

order has returned to the world!

Something about this re-read just hit different and it really got me in the feels at quite a few points throughout the book. I just had such a good time revisiting this world and seeing

Feyre and Rhys fall in love once again.

I was also pleasantly surprised by some of the scenes that I had either forgotten about or didn't realise were in this book.

Overall this was a really positive re-read experience for me <3

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maregred's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

The only exciting part of this book was picking out what Maas stole from the Black Jewels series.

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amartin48's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

The difference between this book and ACOTAR was NIGHT AND DAY (no pun intended). I fell in love with these characters and their beautiful, devastating brokenness. What was so lovely about this book is that those characters also fell in love with their flaws, and became better individuals for it. It was heartwarming to read of characters that never gave up on each other, particularly when it was extremely difficult. That, and they made good choices most of the time. When they didn't, they owned up to, and grew from, those moments. I do love love, but I love it even more when it seems like the right kind of love, whether it be sibling, friendship, romantic, or other kinds of love.

That, and a TON of plot happened in this book.

The backdrop of a budding war with global life or death stakes, a discovery of not only fated love, but a healthy love, really put this book over the edge for me.

I won't say it's the most beautifully written, nor is it a groundbreaking literary achievement, but this story captured my heart, and I look forward to reading it again.

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