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A review by kateships
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
4.0
This was my favorite of the series so far. I do not really like Feyre and thought that her development from 1-3 was unrealistic. This one followed more of Nesta’s journey and moved POVs (which I think this series needs more of).
The main group was definitely harsh on her, clearly we missed a lot of story where she was terrible to everyone, but they eventually realize that she isn’t going to help herself, so they force her to make a choice. Her fear and trauma and bad mental space was relatable and understandable once she started working through it. And I am SO GLAD we got to actually see her working through it. She found a routine and a purpose, and through that she made connections and found her self-worth. I really did love her journey to be vulnerable, deal with the trauma, and be open to love.
This book is not without flaws, and the writing is downright cringy at times, but it drew me in and had me in a chokehold for the 24 hours it took to read. The graphic sex scenes were a bit gratuitous for me and not wholly necessary to get the point across. It’s a bit long-winded but I wasn’t bored. The Valkyrie stuff was fun but totally cheesy, and the training bits were more detailed than they needed to be. Also, every-time the author wrote in Nesta reading her “smut” (and called it that) it instantly pulled me out of the story it felt so out of place.
All in all, its a flawed book, the writing is hit or miss, and the characters outside of Nesta and Cassian are super under-developed, but I thought the story we followed with Nesta going from scared, mean, and traumatized to facing it all and finding a desire for life and love to be realistic and raw and lovely.
The main group was definitely harsh on her, clearly we missed a lot of story where she was terrible to everyone, but they eventually realize that she isn’t going to help herself, so they force her to make a choice. Her fear and trauma and bad mental space was relatable and understandable once she started working through it. And I am SO GLAD we got to actually see her working through it. She found a routine and a purpose, and through that she made connections and found her self-worth. I really did love her journey to be vulnerable, deal with the trauma, and be open to love.
This book is not without flaws, and the writing is downright cringy at times, but it drew me in and had me in a chokehold for the 24 hours it took to read. The graphic sex scenes were a bit gratuitous for me and not wholly necessary to get the point across. It’s a bit long-winded but I wasn’t bored. The Valkyrie stuff was fun but totally cheesy, and the training bits were more detailed than they needed to be. Also, every-time the author wrote in Nesta reading her “smut” (and called it that) it instantly pulled me out of the story it felt so out of place.
All in all, its a flawed book, the writing is hit or miss, and the characters outside of Nesta and Cassian are super under-developed, but I thought the story we followed with Nesta going from scared, mean, and traumatized to facing it all and finding a desire for life and love to be realistic and raw and lovely.