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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

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k_l_smith's review against another edition

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adventurous dark inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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amateur_bookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Genre: Fantasy, Romantasy

My rating (audiobook): 5

My OG rating (book): 5

My summary: Nesta has been drowning herself in booze, gambling, and casual sex with random males to cope with her trauma of her and Elaine being made into fae and her father’s death at the hands of the King of Hybern. Fed up with footing the bill for Nesta’s irresponsible hobbies, Rhysand and Feyre and the rest of the Night Court give her an ultimatum—live at the House of Wind and train with Cassian and work in the library, or be cut off from them and returned to the human lands. Cassian, taking on more responsibilities from Rhysand, is also tasked with babysitting Nesta and training her at the House of Wind. There’s always been something simmering between Cassian and Nesta, and this arrangement is sure to make them or break them.

My thoughts: This was one of my favorite books of the series when I first read it in June 2023. The audiobook did not disappoint. I absolutely loved the narrator. I thought she was excellent and it really made it enjoyable to listen to, and even though it’s super long, it didn’t really feel like it. This is, by far, my favorite narrator of the ACOTAR audiobook series to date.

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riverangel99's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

This book is definitely different than the other books in the series. I was skeptical at first since it goes between Nesta and Cassian’s POVs. I didn’t like Nesta from the other books but throughout the story there is major self growth and she learns to accept herself and who she is. I loved that we learned more about the priestesses. I loved the cast of characters and I can’t wait for the next book to come out eventually!

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shansbookjournal's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-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

4.75

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livvmarks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

The most beautiful perfect book ever- made me feel so seen in the mental health aspect as well. Can’t wait for the next one in the series<3

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bookish_kori's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Rating was difficult, as this book is so much more indulgent and easy to praise than ACOTAR upon reflection, but it also didn’t give me as much to praise as ACOWAR. I went with 3. The relationship and friendship progression between Cassian and Nesta was well done and easy to believe, even if it was hard to imagine Cassian simply forgiving her for all that she’d ever said to him when she held his barbs against him. It’s definitely a kind of play on rivals to lovers and it does make sense.

Positives: relationship progression between Cass and Nesta, a little bit of progression between Feyre and Nes, positive and strong female relationships, a sisterhood to rival the bat boys brotherhood, warrior women/Valkyrie training, positive dealing with SA trauma, empowerment and choice, positive portrayal of healing from trauma and acceptance (at least from Cassian, priestesses, and Feyre for the most part) that everyone’s journey may be different and that that doesn’t mean that we’re not still responsible for our own actions. Silly positive: they did the annual snowball fight 😂

Negatives: Feyre is really patient and doesn’t really confront Nesta after the beginning of the book. It works and Nesta isn’t nearly as rude to her as she is to Elain but it seems unrealistic for someone who argues as much and as well as Feyre. Also: fighting Elain is so anti-Nesta. It can be explained that she’s finally dealing with her own stuff since she’s not worried about Elain anymore but still it seemed off. Nesta still isn’t likable, though she’s more likable than she was before reading the book. I don’t actually think the smut happens more often or more gratuitously than it does between Rhys and Feyre. So, same as the first books: there are times and places for it and battlefields/training are not it. Also they did the snowball fight but you never find out who wins 😭

***SEMI SPOILER AHEAD***
There was NO conversation between Nesta and Rhysand. He was aggressive to her the whole time which was only explained by her being mean to his mate and that Feyre was pregnant so he was extra ornery as a mate. Then 180ed after a plot twist at the end and it was so ridiculously unrealistic I hated every interaction they had. Lastly the WHOLE PREGNANCY was INSANE. Rhys withheld vital info from Feyre, shielded her magically the ENTIRE pregnancy and ignored her distaste for that (I cannot imagine how that felt after Tamlin? The heck?), she was basically useless the entire book because of the pregnancy, and—though the inner circle still revered her as their high lady—they continued to make decisions without her and withhold information (and made decisions about Nesta without Nesta which was wild for a court built on choice). It just seemed really awful for them but then again it was from Nesta and Cassian’s POVs so maybe that’s what it seemed like the whole time to them. Maybe I just don’t like the inner circle from anyone else’s POV… but like also Cassian is IN the inner circle and *still* they looked bad.

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stewartj0421's review against another edition

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dark hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I struggled with this one more than the rest of the series. For one thing, it was 95% romance, 5% plot. (Okay, maybe I’m being dramatic.) I also knew going into it that I would struggle simply due to the fact that, at the start of the book, I hated Nesta. And I was so sad to be leaving Feyre’s POV.

By the end of the book, I can’t say that I particularly like Nesta — I certainly don’t love her — but I do understand her. I am proud of what happens throughout the course of this book. And I hope we continue to see her story develop in future books.

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