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A review by tephtowers
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This book is much improved compared to ACOTAR, however, it doesn't take much to be better than ACOTAR. I continued this series only because my friend promised it got better... Otherwise, the disappointing first installment of the series would have been my last.
Feyre continues to be mostly insufferable throughout. And Rhys is too good to be true... So it feels a bit contrived. But dark, brooding, and tattooed is my type, so there's that.
The book is 99% told in Feyre first person, however the new perspective introduced at the end of the book gives me hope that the next book may jump between POV. I find first person to be a lazy writing style, but hope that more perspectives will only improve the series.
Although many of the twists and turns were predictable, there were a few surprises that kept me reading, especially in the second half of the book. The first half was a little too meandering for my liking.
(On a scale of 1-5, Mark would have given this a 1.5. He would have enjoyed the hidden city, and the secret second life of Rhys. He would have hated everything to do with Feyre and her powers (of course she's the most powerful everything), and Nesta times 12. Oh, and he woulda hated the smutty parts, but really there were only like 3 chapters that were steamy, so he could looked past that.)
Feyre continues to be mostly insufferable throughout. And Rhys is too good to be true... So it feels a bit contrived. But dark, brooding, and tattooed is my type, so there's that.
The book is 99% told in Feyre first person, however the new perspective introduced at the end of the book gives me hope that the next book may jump between POV. I find first person to be a lazy writing style, but hope that more perspectives will only improve the series.
Although many of the twists and turns were predictable, there were a few surprises that kept me reading, especially in the second half of the book. The first half was a little too meandering for my liking.
(On a scale of 1-5, Mark would have given this a 1.5. He would have enjoyed the hidden city, and the secret second life of Rhys. He would have hated everything to do with Feyre and her powers (of course she's the most powerful everything), and Nesta times 12. Oh, and he woulda hated the smutty parts, but really there were only like 3 chapters that were steamy, so he could looked past that.)