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A review by racheyreads
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It has taken me a long dang time to pick up this book and I am glad I did. Don't get me wrong, it didn't blow me out of the water, and I do think most of the value for this series comes from the later books. However, for a book one in a fantasy romance series it did a good job of explaining the world, some major characters within the story and touched briefly on the politics.
I do, however, understand why people would DNF this book at the half way mark. It kept me intrigued regardless so I knew I would have continued, but some of the plot points are quite silly when it takes almost 75% of the book to reach the info dump of an explanation as to why things have been as they are.
Feyre's blind love for Tamlin is a whole kettle of worms I'm not interested in exploring, save for the nagging feeling this was pulling a Shadow & Bone on me... a relationship purely for convenience and nothing else.
Overall though I enjoyed the story, the writing was for the most part easy to follow and I had no issues wasting a good few hours here and there within the book.
Now if only I can get more Lucien...
I do, however, understand why people would DNF this book at the half way mark. It kept me intrigued regardless so I knew I would have continued, but some of the plot points are quite silly when it takes almost 75% of the book to reach the info dump of an explanation as to why things have been as they are.
Feyre's blind love for Tamlin is a whole kettle of worms I'm not interested in exploring, save for the nagging feeling this was pulling a Shadow & Bone on me... a relationship purely for convenience and nothing else.
Overall though I enjoyed the story, the writing was for the most part easy to follow and I had no issues wasting a good few hours here and there within the book.
Now if only I can get more Lucien...