A review by livreads16
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

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

2.75

Um okay. I don’t even know where to start. Reading the acknowledgements and finding out she has an editor is shocking me to my core. I’m really horrified to think of the what the first draft was. I am like stuck in this series, I needed something to get me out of a slump so I picked this up. Also I was tired of seeing spoilers on tik tok. So the whole
nesta cassias mate thing: very obvious. Like obvious from ACOMAF I swear I could see that shit coming from mikes away. Which isn’t really an issue cause I don’t think it was supposed to be hidden. I did like the whole like fuck around relationship they had. I think that was good and fun. Obviously I’m a slow burn fan but not everything should be a slow burn so it’s okay.
okay is Maas a good writer? No. Is the plot well written? Not really. Are the characters diverse? No. Is the “feminism” (white feminism) in the book nuance and we’ll executed? No. But BOY the scenarios these characters get into are just lovely. Like I am loving the energy we’ve created in the studio.
the dance scene?!? That’s fucking art right there omg I LIVE for a good jealousy scene wow.
also like I love the characters, the dynamics are just so funny. Azriel is just a crowd favorite. Like well done. I think Rhys character was very on brand. Like oh he threatened
to kill nesta?
Not surprised at all that’s a very Rhys thing to do. He threatened to kill Lucien over a look. You’re surprised that he threatened nesta over
telling feyre she’s gonna die in childbirth?!? Be forreal.
I don’t have a problem with him threatening to kill her, I do have a problem with the slut shaming? Like very against you deciding how people should heal. Like oh you’re “running out of money”? Bullshit. I liked where the plot ended. It did however take entirely too long to get there. Did this book need to be 751 pages? Absolutely not. She also used the same words over and over again and it’s not even like good words she keeps using, they’re shitty words!! “Hoarfrost”? Pick litterally anything else. Also like some of these sex scenes? Fucking painful to read. Like you really did not just use the word “m*lking”…. Like where was the editor on that one?!!? So this book would have been a 3.5 but the writing is just so bad it can’t get above a 3, and that word takes it down at least another half star, so 2.9. But it was a fun read!! It’s just not a good book <3
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