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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

172 reviews

alamayhem_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

This was by far my favorite installment in the series, no questions asked. I loved every single page of this book and found myself immersed in the story from beginning to end. Nesta’s character development has to be one of the best yet in this series. I was screaming, crying, blushing, and smiling throughout the course of this book.

When we first meet Nesta, we absolutely hate her. She is unbearably cruel, selfish, and unkind to everyone. Especially to those who try to show their love and support for her. I found it so hard to like her at first, but I was prepared for this, due to my bestie telling me to just give her a chance. I continued reading, and she was so right. As the story continues, you find yourself slowing falling in love with Nesta. I found it similar to that quote from The Fault in Our Stars, (so sorry, I had to) “I fell in love with [her] like I was falling asleep. Slowly, and then all at once”. This is exactly how I felt when I was reading this book. As I got to understand Nesta as a character and be inside of her head more, hearing her thoughts and reactions to things, her behaviors made so much more sense to me. She was in pain, angry, and went through a lot of trauma since Hybern and losing her father etc. As she slowly comes to this realization, she is able to start to want to work through this trauma and allow herself to want to get better. 

Then we have Cassian. MY BOY, CASSIAN. God, dare I say it, but I think Cassian is my favorite bat boy. He is just so amazing, kind, compassionate, there for Nesta, and so so sEXY. The smut in this book was absolutely immaculate. This was definitely Sarah’s most smutty book in the ACOTAR series, and I will say — 10/10. I lived for it, haha. It was written sO well and it was my first hint at one of the crucial plot elements of the book (iykyk). That has to be one of my favorite things about her spicy scenes. They are so purposeful and actually add to the plot, rather than just being thrown in there. 

Then the female friendships inside of this book were just so beautiful and amazing. I love nothing more than a good female friendship. Emerie, Gwyn, and Nesta’s friendship is one that I want to have so badly in my own life. To have that camaraderie with people who have similar traumas and healing journeys to go through together, is just so beautiful and special. Especially when it is a group of girls too? Absolutely iconic. Seeing their own character development and them grow as Valkyries together was so legendary and empowering. I strive to be a quarter as strong as those girls, ha!

Then of course as always, the last 100 pages of this book were actually insane. They had me on the edge of my seat, eagerly reading to find out what was going to happen. These were the pages where I was actually screaming, crying, and freaking out as I read. I was so emotional, it was crazy. I absolutely loved the way that Sarah wrapped up this book though. All of the twists, the conflicts, the turmoil, the reveals, the emotions, the tEARS. It was my favorite ending by far, again. This book really hit it out of the park for me.

As usual I could go on for hours about this book and series, but alas, I will stop here for now. Overall, this seriously was the best installment in the series, and only increased my love for the world, all of the characters, and made me ten times more obsessed with the bat boys. I cannot wait to read the next installment when it comes out! I rate this book 5/5 stars! 🌟 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Blood

kadbee's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, Blood, Mental illness, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I can't tell if I like this book best because it's actually better/plays to SJM's strengths as a writer or if this one just has more characters/tropes that appeal to me personally. *gestures at Nesta like I'm John Mulaney in 'Kid Gorgeous'*: My wife's a bitch, and I like her so much.

Still deducting points for the clumsy deus ex machina.

Also:

Yet another fictional universe that really needs to get around to inventing the therapist.

Much like Star Wars,

I'm supposed to believe that our main characters can heal from anything except being female pregnancy.

We now have two male characters named after female goddesses ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Dysphoria, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Self harm

There is a potentially fatal pregnancy

and the mother is not informed her life might be in danger. There's no discussion of abortion.

smilingsammie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Alcohol, Medical content, Body shaming, Addiction, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Misogyny, Cursing, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Torture

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, War, Child death, and Sexual assault

nlosievski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Sexism, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Ableism, Pregnancy, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Rape, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

tegan_watts's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Murder, War, Rape, and Sexual content

intellectualchar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Rape

katierosecrane's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Self harm, Sexism, War, Child death, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Mental illness, and Murder