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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

74 reviews

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Physical abuse, and Torture

jub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, War, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

tatiannaskye's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Cassian had my heart! This book made me feel such strong emotions, some good some bad aka more like sad. But either way this book is right up their with the first book in acotar series!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Eating disorder

sugarbear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

ejlarson88's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

this made me like nests which was something i never thought i would say. best book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

eviesim's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder and Confinement

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

runitsthepopo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

reading_ray's review against another edition

DNF - 12%
 The only thing I liked was the map.

I could not get past the first 5 or so chapters. How Sarah had the Inner Circle leave Nesta on her own to deal with her PTSD and get mad at her for not getting better is so aggravating. Mental illnesses, for most people, don't get any better without help. Her family should have reached out sooner, not when they were embarrassed by her behavior. 
 They didn't reach out because they were concerned for her but embarrassed when she spent their money. Which I feel the need to point out, they have been paying everything for her for a year. I also find it unbelievable that none of the Inner Circle are sympathetic towards Nesta with her PTSD. The fact that the Inner Circle can't relate to her PTSD after having gone through what they did in the first three books and what others are said to have gone through before is completely unrealistic.
 There were also better ways to get Nesta up to the mountains. The Inner Circle didn't need to trick her out of her house, steal all of her things, condemn her building, and give her an ultimatum where both options are threatening to her life(go to a place that is known for its misogyny or to a place where Fae are hated).
 On a final note, A Court of Wings and Ruin had an ending. There was not hint of another book, besides it being listed on Goodreads. This reeks of an author only continuing a series for more money. I know authors get their money but I feel that if an author is going to continue to write about a world different characters should be the focus of the story. Yes in the first three ACoTaR books it was about Feyre and Rhysand and this was about Nesta and Cassian, but Nesta and Cassian also had important roles in the first three books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

astudyinsass's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

This was the first book I read from the ACOTAR series and I was not disappointed. I had read the Throne of Glass series back in high school, but I drifted away from SJM and her books just as the ACOTAR series started gaining popularity. I was unable to escape its presence on social media so I finally caved an checked out the book from the library. I had seen enough about the original trilogy that I did not really want to start with the first three books and Nesta seemed like an interesting character based on what I had seen online. This book definitely held my attention and I found myself really caring for the main couple by the end of the book. I definitely had to do some googling for certain events that happen in past books that I would have known about if I had read the series in order. But, in the end, I found the story easy to follow even if I didn't completely understand the world it was set in. 
I think the way Maas wrote Nesta's struggles with guilt and grief were very well done. There were a few lines I was quite impressed with and have stuck with me a few days after reading them. I can definitely tell that this book is more adult in it content then her YA Throne of Glass series and I think this is a benefit for Maas. She did not need to "write around" certain topics, she could just boldly state them and I think that was to her benefit. 
My one gripe with the novel was the final showdown between Nesta and the main villian. It felt rushed and then the scene immediately shifts to a very emotional, high stakes birth and I felt whiplashed from it. Other then that, I found myself enjoying the book and I may even go read the rest of the series eventually. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

mldn's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship