A review by graceskate
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

Was not expecting to like this as much as I did. The characterization of one character in particular
(Tamlin)
dramatically changes from the first book. I think the second and third books in this series work very well together but are sort of disconnected from the first book.
If there had been bigger red flags with Tamlin in the first book or moments where the mask slipped a bit him turning into an abusive prick would have made more sense. Book 1 Tamlin and Book 2 + 3 Tamlin are very different characters and makes the first book feel disconnected. I like book 1 on it’s own and I like books 2 and 3 together but when you put the whole series together the jump between 1 and 2 doesn’t really make sense.
Besides that I enjoyed the books if you can pretend
Tamiln was showing more signs of being abusive in the first book and accept that you aren’t really going to see his character develop in that direction
then it’s pretty good.
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