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A review by beejulee
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
hopeful
relaxing
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I have no words. I’m not sorry.
Shoutout to The Reading Hag for TRULY immersing me into this series. Please if anyone wants to read this with the audiobook, listen to her on YouTube or Patreon. She absolutely influenced my interest in this series.
Edit (After Calming Down A Year Later)
I would personally give this a 4.5 due to the fantasy politics that were beginning to develop-- it wasn't what I was most interested in. I believe why I liked this book so much is for the same reason why others may dislike this book. I loved the details and descriptions of everything: how Feyre was hunting in the woods, how she observed the beauty of the spring court, the look of Tamlin's skin and body and how it glowed, the description of the events that occurred, etc. I am a big cottagecore, slow-paced, lifestyle kind of girl and if you remove the climax and abuse that came afterwards, the story was beautiful. I wish this was a stand alone book or there were more books that went in detail on the simple things that Feyre was (reluctantly) a part of while in the Spring Court trying to understand everything. I know most people hate Tamlin due to the later books and love Rhysand but I wasn't a fan of that concept, and I'm glad it wasn't *too* pushed in this first book. I enjoyed seeing Tamlin & Feyre's development together and I wished they did more with it properly in the later books, rather than making him a sellout and having Rhysand become the "tall, dark & handsome bad boy" that everyone loves. Otherwise, remove the dungeon and torture, the sick villain, the foreshadowing of another man being a love interest, make Tamlin have better character development and it would have been a true solid five stars. Give me more books with nonsense descriptions about the way the character paints, the way she spends time in the gardens and forests, etc.
Shoutout to The Reading Hag for TRULY immersing me into this series. Please if anyone wants to read this with the audiobook, listen to her on YouTube or Patreon. She absolutely influenced my interest in this series.
Edit (After Calming Down A Year Later)
I would personally give this a 4.5 due to the fantasy politics that were beginning to develop-- it wasn't what I was most interested in. I believe why I liked this book so much is for the same reason why others may dislike this book. I loved the details and descriptions of everything: how Feyre was hunting in the woods, how she observed the beauty of the spring court, the look of Tamlin's skin and body and how it glowed, the description of the events that occurred, etc. I am a big cottagecore, slow-paced, lifestyle kind of girl and if you remove the climax and abuse that came afterwards, the story was beautiful. I wish this was a stand alone book or there were more books that went in detail on the simple things that Feyre was (reluctantly) a part of while in the Spring Court trying to understand everything.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Blood, Murder