mmcgov334 's review for:

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

3.0

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I liked a lot of things about this book.

Pros:
- I liked the character development on a lot of fronts. Namely tamlin, nesta, and slain
- I liked the high stakes nature of having to beat the king of hybern
- I liked the king of hybern’s support from his people explained. It reminds me of a dictator finding a scapegoat for a society’s problems
- I loved the dad’s redemption arc. It was short but seeing him comeback with his three ships named after his daughters was really touching

Cons:
-for some reason, a lot of the “high stakes” moments didn’t fully captivate me like I would hope
- I think the ouraboros was done poorly. I get what Sarah J Maas was going for, but it did not work like it should. It felt way too easy for Feyre to get the mirror
- I wish more was explained about Elaine and Lucian and Nesta. I want to know nestas emotions more, but I think that will come with the next book
- I wish either Rhys and amren would have died or would not have. It felt very cop out to kill them off for a chapter at most just to bring them right back