A review by laurgrah
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I LOVED this book. It was a perfect 3rd book in a series (does that even make sense?) I love Maas's writing—how it perfectly captures what Feyre thinks and feels with just a touch of humor. She deals with serious topics in a very articulate way, but no so much where it starts to sound like an essay and not the characters speaking to each other, you know? (homophobia, domestic violence, sexual assult). Anyway 10/10 book my favorite in the series so far. I ate this book up in like 3 days it was so good (but holy shit it was LONG like 700 pages or something. It wasn't slow paced, but there was just a LOT of plot.) 

SPOLIERS:
I LOVED the ending sososo much. I was a little upset with how Tamlin ended up being such a villian in the second book—this gives him a little bit of redemption from how he treated her before. I mean he's still not my favorite character, but I'm glad he isn't ALL monster. And Rhys. Oh Rhys, I love him so much hes literally so great (I'm a little scared to read the next book what if my dear Sarah makes him mean like how she made Tamlin mean?????????????????? I WILL BE DESTROYED!!!!!!!!!). One of my favorite parts of the plot was about the old monsters. For some reason, they just really interested me. Like that one guy in the library basement, the bone carver, the lady in the cabin. I just really like them—they had this mystery that none of the other high fae had, you know. I really like the little subplot thing she had going on where all the old monsters like travelled to earth from another place. Oh also, when the monster thing that Feyre would always go to when she wanted answers died... I CRIED SO HARD!!!!!!!!!! My only gripe with this book is that there is just so much meat to it. There is so much plot and so many things to keep up with. That is fairly typical for a 700 page book in a fantasy series, but in my personal opinion, not my favorite thing in the world. But my love for this book goes way past superficial page numbers and huge plotlines, so whatever I can handle it. It's kind of just part of reading these huge fantasy serieses. The spice level in this book was ALMOST the right amount. I felt like it could use a little bit more (like 2 or 3 more spicy scenes, you know to keep the momentum going) but still great. I love how she uses so much intamacy when writing the sexy parts (OH MY GOD THE WINGS????? SO HOT!) anyway back on topic great book 10/10 everyone who likes fantasy books and also sexy men with wings will love it.
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