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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

208 reviews

littlered22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

Went into this hating Nesta and came out attached to her, relating to her and feeling like I healed some reading this. Give it a chance if you've loved the series this far in

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Addiction, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Gore

annie_mai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

At first I wasn't sure, going into Nesta's pov. But it was beautiful. Her journey with mental health was so so relatable, and so inspiring to see her fight her way through it. The character development is *chefs kiss*. 

Didn't really care much about the plot to be honest, I just wanted to see Nesta

and Cassian happy! The Dread Trove felt a little shoehorned in, and bigged up a lot by the characters but it turns out that finding them was actually pretty easy.

I would give this an age rating of 18+. Check out the content tag warnings because this book does describe lots of things that might be uncomfortable for you. For sexual content -

definitely very common, and essential to the plot so it's not something you can skip over unfortunately. There's a lot more of it and it's a different style to the previous books, but I think that just reflects Nesta's character more.

This book also has explicit violence just like the others. 

But overall it's a good read. Worth the money and time, just annoying that there isn't another one in the series yet! I want to know what happens next!!!! 9/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Grief, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Cursing

juliemariesmith3's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Rape and Torture

readyforit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

5⭐️4🌶️(very descriptive scenes)
I went into this book disliking nesta, mostly for her actions in ACOFAS. I think she may be my favorite character now. Rhys (especially) and feyre took several steps backwards in their character development. Maybe feyre was previously an unreliable narrator since she’s in love with Rhys and his mate, but he was nearly insufferable in this book. He kept making horrible call after horrible call. Maybe we only get to really see his failures and shortcomings because of how he interacts with nesta. I don’t think it excuses some of his behavior though.

I had the absolute pleasure of falling more in love with cassian. I did miss mor in this book a lot though.

The Valkyries were the shining star in this book for me, I love their friendship and that they push each other to succeed. Girlhood at its finest. They even made each other friendship bracelets🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Classism, Eating disorder, Cursing, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Medical trauma, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, and Excrement

This book might be triggering for someone who is struggling currently with addictions or suicidal thoughts. I’d suggest waiting to read until you’re in a better headspace.

janeywaneyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

I want to give this book more than 5 stars, honestly the best book in the ACOTAR series. For a character I started off disliking to even loathing slightly, I am in love with Nesta. Nesta's journey to redemption is heart wrenching and you are with her every step of the way. Maas has shared a very personal journey here one that every reader can relate to, when your mind gets too loud and the thoughts stop you from living but you are shown a journey out, not just Nesta's but her friends Emerie and Gwyn. I cried, I laughed, I reeled amd then I cried some more, this book is beautifully brilliant that I couldn't put it down. 
My other confession...Cassian I would choose him too and those ever so very very spicy scenes... *bites lip* Team Cassian Forever!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

epointer44's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

hannalizzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

I laughed, I cried, I got turned on. What more can you ask for? Nesta is a nasty bitch with a heart of gold and I love her and relate to her and am so so proud of her. I cannot wait until the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Sexual content, War, and Mental illness

avialaeleigh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

I can now see why everyone says that they like this book. Reading it made me wish that I had read it earlier and not stopped because I was upset that it wasn't a continuation of Feyre story. 

Nesta was one of those characters that I just didn't like when we were first introduce to her. But she grows do much in this. We come to understand why she did what she did. And why she acted the way that she did. Not only to herself but also to those around her. 

We come to see her make friendships, family and finally the love her life. Nesta is a classic eldest daughter character and throw in fantasy drama and it is even worse than real life. Yes she makes mistakes, yes she is a bitch. But even from the beginning she is aware of who she is and how people might see her. She makes others think that she doesn't care what they think of her, but that couldn't be further from the truth. 

She used what other people might think of her and how they might perceive her as armour to protect herself from being her and used words and her weapon to make them keep thinking of her in that like. 

I love the character growth that we see from her and how she becomes the person that she was always meant to be. 

I cried, laughed and lived through every moment of this book and this series and I cannot wait to see what comes next, especially of its true that SJM is continuing this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

bex2023's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

If you’re not into smut, don’t pick it up. If you’re into smut but in private areas, don’t do what I did and read it on a train next to a little old lady who keeps peeking at your book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Rape

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas was fantastic! I’ve loved this whole series so much, and I really think this book is one of my favorites of all time, along with ACOMAF. I’m so sad it took me such a long time to start this series, but it’s been a really long time since I’ve absolutely devoured multiple 600+ page books in just a few sittings. I really love how easily the narration transitioned from Feyre to Nesta, and I loved the journey Nesta takes throughout ACOSF. I love that we learn more about Cassian, but still get to see many of our other favorite characters, even if it’s a little less than when Feyre narrated. I LOVE the other characters we meet in this book, namely Geyn and Emerie, and their relationships with each other throughout the book. These characters are so wonderful and robust. They certainly feel real, and I can 100% say that my love is DEFINITELY real. I just love them and this story in so many different ways, from the pacing to the interactions, it’s pretty much perfect if you are a lover of romantasy in every sense. There’s definitely a reason this series is a fan favorite, and if you haven’t read it yet, definitely pick it up and join the rest of us waiting anxiously for the next installment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cursing, Medical content, and Mental illness