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A review by blackrein
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
4.0
This was a good installment. The drama, the intrigue, the world building, the pacing. All great. Would have given 5 stars except SJM can't write war battles to save her life.
Everyone is described as an endless well of power, yet every little fight they get into, their magic depletion is ridiculously quick with no explanation about how it is restored. During the final battle in the book, the volume/number of soldiers was hard to comprehend. Details about each courts army were completely glossed over and made them seem small and weak.
I also take issue with building up the bone carver as this wicked villain that could utterlly annihilate an invading force, and he dies within the first hour of battle like all he could do is swing a scythe.
Also why did Feyre only burn her father corpse and not the king of hybern too!?! Totally going to ite her later.
This ending feels like it was pressured into finishing in order to reach a deadline.
Everyone is described as an endless well of power, yet every little fight they get into, their magic depletion is ridiculously quick with no explanation about how it is restored. During the final battle in the book, the volume/number of soldiers was hard to comprehend. Details about each courts army were completely glossed over and made them seem small and weak.
I also take issue with building up the bone carver as this wicked villain that could utterlly annihilate an invading force, and he dies within the first hour of battle like all he could do is swing a scythe.
Also why did Feyre only burn her father corpse and not the king of hybern too!?! Totally going to ite her later.
This ending feels like it was pressured into finishing in order to reach a deadline.